OT Note from School

On Aug 2, 11:01*am, Kate XXXXXX
wrote:

We have a thin called The Crap Pile... *Every so often I'll riffle
through it and toss the waste paper in the recycling.

Umm... We have a thin[g] called The Crap Pile too, but it's nothing I
would considering riffling through under any circumstances. YMMV (but
we won't be shaking hands...)

Doc

I used to send class assignments and other missives back to the
teacher with corrections in red, which the relevant child helped make.
Please forgive me! Teachers have so much authority, and sometimes
children need encouragement to stand by their own convictions. They
need to know that adults often make mistakes. My children's teachers,
fortunately, were usually relaxed and confident enough to admit to
error. I don't think they were terrified of me! (They probably were
terrified of DD2, who really didn't need encouragement.)
Roberta in D



Steven Cook wrote:
I'm not faulting anyone, but now you can see why I just about die of fright
and nerves whenever I write something to send out to parents or whomever.
I'm paranoid of making glaring mistakes, of which I am sure there are some.

Dr. Zachary Smith wrote:
On Aug 2, 11:01 am, Kate XXXXXX
wrote:

We have a thin called The Crap Pile... Every so often I'll riffle
through it and toss the waste paper in the recycling.

Umm... We have a thin[g] called The Crap Pile too, but it's nothing I
would considering riffling through under any circumstances. YMMV (but
we won't be shaking hands...)

Doc

I think it should be a 'fat' called the crap pile... It's rather like
the ironing pile: we ignore it until it gets too tall and slithers all
over the floor! Or we need all those letters that tell us about the
current state of pension plans and endowments and other stuff we usually
ignore. It got that name because of the amount of 'ad crap', bank
crap (the bumph that accomanpies the monthly statements), bill crap (the
same that accompanies the utilities bills), and all the odd stuff we
don't know what else to do with...

Leave your crap pile long enough and some archeologist will dig through
it with glee!

'Riffle' is a portmantau word: a combination of 'rifle' and 'waffle'.

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
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bought, brought.
border, boarder.
etc is for et cetera not ec cetera.
ask not axe.
specific not pacific.
the list goes on.
argh.
j.
who uses the extra crap from banks and with bills for hundreds of wee tiny
dresden blades or any other EPP i fancy make'n up

"We use Bic!" We do? I've never heard that. Must be a Minnesota term ....
not one used in Virginia.

HOWEVER, here in Virginia most people pronounce pin and pen the SAME way!
That drives me nuts. They will usually say "pin" for a sewing implement and
"ink pin" for a writing implement. Once at a QUILT GUILD meeting, I asked
several people for "pins" and each offered me a writing implement. I said,
"Pin, not Pen" and none of them heard/understood the difference. It drives
me nuts, but if we were all the same Life would be so very dull.

(BTW: I already know that my use of commas is usually wrong!)
Grins, PAT

"Julia in MN" wrote in message
...
Polly Esther wrote:
I love the story, Kate. Translation needed however. What is 'scribbled
in biro' ? I usually do rather well with your colorful expressions. I
guess my all time favorite from you was 'mucking out the loft'. LOL
Polly
I couldn't wait for Kate's reply, so I asked google "what is biro". It's a
generic term for ball point pen, much like we might use "bic" on this side
of the pond.

Not in this case, PAT g
..
In message , Pat in Virginia
writes
"We use Bic!" We do? I've never heard that. Must be a Minnesota term ....
not one used in Virginia.

HOWEVER, here in Virginia most people pronounce pin and pen the SAME way!
That drives me nuts. They will usually say "pin" for a sewing implement and
"ink pin" for a writing implement. Once at a QUILT GUILD meeting, I asked
several people for "pins" and each offered me a writing implement. I said,
"Pin, not Pen" and none of them heard/understood the difference. It drives
me nuts, but if we were all the same Life would be so very dull.

(BTW: I already know that my use of commas is usually wrong!)
Grins, PAT

--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

She is just very
persnickity about it all going out correct. Mind you, this is the
sister
with the alphabetized list of spices inside the cupboard door, the
color
coded entries on the calendar, the color coded bins of holiday
decorations,

I wish I was that organized at home. I run a tight ship at work,
though. Here at home, it's more of
my being a professional "pile-it". Every once in a while it gets
cleared out...kind of more like...moved.

amy in CNY

When I was growing up in Indiana, everyone pronounced Crayons "crans". My
grandmother called a harrow, a harry - for city folks, a harrow is a piece
of farm equipment. I still pronounce pin and pen the same way, 'cuz that's
how I learned it! We always pronounced tournaments as turnaments. I know
there were other words that I learned wrong, can't think of any more right
at the moment.

Donna in SW Idaho


"Patti" wrote in message
...
Not in this case, PAT g
.
In message , Pat in Virginia
writes
"We use Bic!" We do? I've never heard that. Must be a Minnesota term ....
not one used in Virginia.

HOWEVER, here in Virginia most people pronounce pin and pen the SAME way!
That drives me nuts. They will usually say "pin" for a sewing implement
and
"ink pin" for a writing implement. Once at a QUILT GUILD meeting, I asked
several people for "pins" and each offered me a writing implement. I said,
"Pin, not Pen" and none of them heard/understood the difference. It drives
me nuts, but if we were all the same Life would be so very dull.

(BTW: I already know that my use of commas is usually wrong!)
Grins, PAT

--
Best Regards
pat on the hill