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   Bill_Conner | Feb 07, 1999 10:28pm | #1

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   Guilty!

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   Mongo_ | Feb 07, 1999 10:41pm | #2

   *I gut one at the libary sail. it costs me won dolar and sez "Webster's Dictionary" on the cuver.Same as Bill, often times the speed of my fingers exceeds the accuracy of my fingertips. On other occasions I should have just plain paid more attention during my school daze.

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   Fred_Engle | Feb 07, 1999 11:00pm | #3

   *Typing class...or extra period of shop, guess which one I picked. Seemed like the right choice back in 75.

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   Jim_Lewis | Feb 08, 1999 12:56am | #4

   *Jon,You left out the question mark at the end of the second sentence. Is there such a thing as a punctuation checker?Actually, kidding aside, I find that poor punctuation, or lack of punctuation, causes me more problems in understanding than poor spelling. If someone sez "I'm going to bild a home," I don't have a moment's hesitation knowing what "they" mean. But I occasionally have to go back over 40-word sentences that contain no commas or any other pauses. Or commas in weird places. ("He went, to the store.")I could probably look back through posts in this group and find good examples. But then someone would find where I live and examine my carpentry.

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   andrew_d | Feb 08, 1999 03:11am | #5

   *Isn't wordprocessing one word by now? Seriously, it is only poor grammar that slows me down. One nice result of law school is being able to read 900 MPH. Even faster with a FredL post: No vent, no plastic, "submarine" tight, use cels, shut up doofus. ;-)

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   bill_curry_ICQ#32533945 | Feb 08, 1999 03:19am | #6

   *Ok,,,,,,,,,,,Ok spelling isn't by strong suit. That's why I got married. Hey baby how do you spell?????????????????????

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   The_Tennis_Court_Builder_...on_t | Feb 08, 1999 04:18am | #7

   *Jim,LFD!!!.....Laughing For Days!!Have a goooooood day,Jack :)

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   B.Ketter | Feb 08, 1999 04:43am | #8

   *What finger tips?....I lost most of those things years ago to saws, and knives. I thought that was the mark of a carpenter, that and blind in one eye........Just Kiddin'....Brian

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   Bob_Poor | Feb 08, 1999 07:44am | #9

   *Aw c'mon Sean. Not everyone can spell we'll correctly, even with a spell checker! I would propose to those of you that now find out that because of your poor grammar,spelling and punctuation that you do your replys on a word processor and copy them into this forum. Then people like the ones that need to see things in only the correct manner such as some of the ones above and below, will stop whining and get on with the business at hand which I believe has to do with fine homebuilding.Spelling impaired people of the world unite!

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   blue_eyed_devil_ | Feb 08, 1999 07:53am | #10

   *Ha ha ha, 'dats a goot wan jon!By the way, wats a speelcheeker?Speelin' and framin' in MI,Blue"I support public edekashun."

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   Ken_Drake | Feb 08, 1999 08:03am | #11

   *AdirondackJack,&bill curryWould you consider cleaning up your spelling and punctuation a little?I just returned from our local library and found that the correct spelling,( according to the latest release of Merriam Webster's Unabridged Dictionary,) of the word "good" does not contain 7 o's.I would think that at your age, you would realize that you are a roll moddle. Young people should not have to go to school each day and argue with their teachers that the correct spelling of the word "good" is goooooood.And what's with all the exclamation marks at the end of each and every little thing that you post?Are you feeling a little insecure these days????By the way, bill curry, I noticed that you have a similar problem with all of your question marks at the end of your sentences!!!Perhaps the two of you should reapply for a position with Hope, a rather serious soul up in the Adirondack State Park, which, she insists, to this day, is abbreviated as ADK. By the way, she rejected my application for a job. She went along with my basic salary requirement, as well as the company truck, new car, new boat, $150 per day living expenses, but she wouldn't go for the 4 cases of Deep Woods Off bug repellent to fend off the 6 billion black flies that invade the area each year.I wish I could chat longer but I've got to get back up on the roof to help my Assistant Design a Kupola!!!! Your friend, "The Father of All Interrelated Posting Topics"

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   andrew_d | Feb 08, 1999 08:50am | #12

   *Geez, everyone just relax. I come to this board for the quality of the ideas, not the exposition. (I also know that most of the "rules" of spelling and grammar were created by people who didn't appreciate or understand English.) So spell phonetically, who cares? Except for Blue Eyed Devil -- a misguided Who fan?

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   andrew_d | Feb 08, 1999 09:05am | #13

   *Um, I might be paraphrasing. i tend to remember the gist of what was said, not the actual words. :)

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    Joe_Hennessey | Feb 08, 1999 10:25am | #14

    *My New Spell Checker Eye halve a spelling chequer It came with my pea sea It plainly marques four my revue Miss steaks eye kin knot sea. Eye strike a key and type a word And weight four it two say Weather eye am wrong oar write It shows me strait a weigh. As soon as a mist ache is maid It nose bee fore two long And eye can put the error rite Its rare lea ever wrong. Eye have run this poem threw it I am shore your pleased two no Its letter perfect awl the weigh My chequer tolled me sew. -Sauce unknownSomeone sent me this last week, looks like some of the same choices the Word97 program offers up? Joe

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    Bucksnort_Billy | Feb 27, 1999 07:06am | #15

    *Whuts zo hird abot speling???????!!!!!!!!!

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    bill_curry_ICQ#32533945 | Feb 28, 1999 03:10am | #16

    *when will someone make a key board to fit big fingers. (wear a size 14 ring)b Lucky I can get my hands on the keys

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    Jeff_Maras | May 29, 1999 02:58am | #17

    *I know I'd really appreciate the spellchecker.

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   Jon_Thompson | May 29, 1999 02:58am | #18

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   Sean,

   I've noticed that spelling is not a strong suit among builders.

   Is it possible to include a spell checker in the posting software. It sure would make reading the posts easier.

   Jon