09-03-2016, 10:08 PM
I notice you did rewrite my post and put it up as italicized,, albeit inaccurately,,
Interesting. The recent, staunch defender of numerous, repetitious, and deceptive multi paragraph posts by pahoated & gypsy is now concerned with the accuracy of a single word? One which has no affect on the overall meaning of the sentence? Perhaps there has been a discovery, albeit it farther down the flanks, on or near Mauna Kea tonight.
- Be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. - Work slowly. - Refer all matters to committees for "further study and consideration. - Hold conferences. - Make travel as inconvenient as possible. - Haggle over precise wordings of communications. - Advocate “caution.” Be “reasonable” and avoid haste. (Excerpts from the WWII OSS Simple Sabotage Manual)
Interesting. The recent, staunch defender of numerous, repetitious, and deceptive multi paragraph posts by pahoated & gypsy is now concerned with the accuracy of a single word? One which has no affect on the overall meaning of the sentence? Perhaps there has been a discovery, albeit it farther down the flanks, on or near Mauna Kea tonight.
- Be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. - Work slowly. - Refer all matters to committees for "further study and consideration. - Hold conferences. - Make travel as inconvenient as possible. - Haggle over precise wordings of communications. - Advocate “caution.” Be “reasonable” and avoid haste. (Excerpts from the WWII OSS Simple Sabotage Manual)
“We do this thing not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy.”