Lazy thought
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I lay in bed wondering when the sun would come up, then it dawned on me …
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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I think that was the whole idea of "Lazy thought" :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I lay in bed wondering when the sun would come up, then it dawned on me …
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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I think that was the whole idea of "Lazy thought" :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Also, He must be feeling lazy today. He also copy/pasted it from the source. Don't bother asking how I know this but that's the first time he has ever put a space before an ellipsis on anything he's posted on this website. Best Wishes, -David Delaune
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Also, He must be feeling lazy today. He also copy/pasted it from the source. Don't bother asking how I know this but that's the first time he has ever put a space before an ellipsis on anything he's posted on this website. Best Wishes, -David Delaune
That's ... pretty observant of you to notice that I always use a space before an ellipsis. And that it's a "genuine" ellipsis character rather than my usual three dots (I store future TotDs in a Word document and it auto converts quotes, double quotes, and ellipses which is a PITA most of the time ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Ah! So you also have 16 hour ping[^] :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Also, He must be feeling lazy today. He also copy/pasted it from the source. Don't bother asking how I know this but that's the first time he has ever put a space before an ellipsis on anything he's posted on this website. Best Wishes, -David Delaune
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That's ... pretty observant of you to notice that I always use a space before an ellipsis. And that it's a "genuine" ellipsis character rather than my usual three dots (I store future TotDs in a Word document and it auto converts quotes, double quotes, and ellipses which is a PITA most of the time ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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That's ... pretty observant of you to notice that I always use a space before an ellipsis. And that it's a "genuine" ellipsis character rather than my usual three dots (I store future TotDs in a Word document and it auto converts quotes, double quotes, and ellipses which is a PITA most of the time ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
OriginalGriff wrote:
it auto converts quotes, double quotes, and ellipses which is a PITA most of the time ...
So why don't you turn off those replacements you don't like? File | Options | Proofing | AutoCorrect Options ... Select an entry in the table at the bottom and click Delete.
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I lay in bed wondering when the sun would come up, then it dawned on me …
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
