I have developed yet another Pet Peeve. I KNOW! But I can’t seem to help it.
I download huge numbers of free books from the Kindle Unlimited Book Store. I’m really grateful to get them there because I’m a voracious reader and I simply cannot afford to buy lots of books anymore, have no place to put paperbacks; though, sometimes, I try to stuff JUST ONE MORE into a bookshelf.
The upside is that they are free. The downside is that I end up deleting so many of them – some after reading only a few pages – because of the lack of editing. I have done a bit of writing, though I’ve never had anything published. I’m a bit offbeat about my punctuation, wanting to write as I talk, showing emphasis by commas, semicolons, bold text, parenthetical phrases, quotes, dashes, etc. It is almost like sprinkling seasonings into a dish while I’m cooking. Each of us has our own style, rules or no rules.
But I have very little patience with those who don’t proofread. Misspellings, poor grammar, wrong use of words, etc. becomes so distracting and annoying that I just don’t want to continue. The delete button is a very handy tool on my Kindle, but I would really prefer to be able to finish the book before I use it.
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I really want to meet Vince. His mind is so impressive.
I have always loved mimes. Marcel Marceau was a master. I could have watched him for hours.
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Indian Hills Signs – Vince, the Sign Guy
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Indian Hills Signs – Vince, the Sign Guy
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Indian Hills Signs – Vince, the Sign Guy
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Indian Hills Signs – Vince, the Sign Guy
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Indian Hills Signs – Vince, the Sign Guy
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I love this. I think it’s breathtaking.
Yesterday we spent much of the afternoon with a chainsaw. My husband had gone down to get the mail, since I received an email saying that a package had been put in the mailbox on Saturday. He took a long time, so I went out to check on him. I found his truck, our dog, Amber, in the back, parked outside the shop. He was putting the chainsaw and a long extension cord in the back. I got our gloves and we went down the driveway again.
A big tree about 6 feet back from one side of the driveway had broken off and its big branches were across the driveway. Happily, the electrical outlet and cord we ran years ago and put in a protective box toward the bottom of the driveway was working, or else we wouldn’t have been able to take care of this ourselves. It took us an hour or so for my husband to chainsaw parts off, and I hauled the parts across the road and rolled them into the ditch. We’ll watch and see if we need to do more, but hopefully, that’s it for a while.
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I’m hoping that today will be a quiet day for us. We’ll gather our trash and drive it to the bottom of the driveway soon. I put my gloves and my hand pruner in the truck yesterday so I can take a few minutes to cut down baby mimosa ‘trees’ and other big weeds right at the bottom of the driveway around our mailbox and on the other side, around where we put the trash can for emptying tomorrow. That’ll be it for errands today.
I’m hoping to get back to my ‘new normal’ 3-pound weight exercises several times during the day, after spending time at the computer, plus my yoga stretches. I also want to get up to my art room, since the tree squashed any other plans yesterday.
I wish you a nice, quiet, happy day.
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Indian Hills Signs – Vince, the Sign Guy
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I love phrases for which there are no opposites, like this one. “Losing my mind,” is another one that comes to mind. Word games, plays on words, puns, sarcasm – they all make our language a delightful surprise, bring a smile to our faces and lighten our moods. :0)
I really feel lucky to have grown up speaking English. I tried to learn Spanish when I was in school. I even was lucky enough to stay in Mexico City with a family who was a part of my dad’s community club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The girl had spent a month or so in our home, and this particular family wanted to return the favor – so I was the beneficiary. I got so I could understand if people spoke very slowly, and I could reply, if haltingly, kind of like a young child, but that was the best I could do.
I don’t know how someone learns English. There are so many quirky things about it. Very few rules that aren’t broken randomly. A whole different language when you throw in phrases and slang, puns, jokes, homonyms, etc.
I threw the ball through the window. Are you through? is just one example of why it’s probably impossible to really learn English well unless you grown up with it as your first, if only, language.
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Puns – BoredPanda.com – Migle Miliute and Gabija Saveiskyte
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Indian Hills Sign Humor – Vince, The Sign Guy
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BoredPanda.com – Migle Miliute and Gabija Saveiskyte
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Indian Hills Signs – Vince the Sign Guy
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Indian Hills Signs – Vince, the Sign Guy
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