How about when you make a statement to someone like "It's is really cold today" and they reply with "I know right". I guess there are times when we could use gooder grammar.
Answering a question as it was asked
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I don't like those either. Particulary when they ask a question then immediately say that. Now you have two questions and need to guess which question to answer.
I also hate the question that "yes" or "no" is a perfectly good answer but the asker wants you to elaborate. My bride is always doing that and gets ticked at me when I give the short answer. Like
She: "We have to do something about that shrub don't we?"
Me: "Yes"
She after short pause: Well?
Me: "Well what?"
She: "You know what I mean"
Me: "No, I don't know what you mean?"
She: "What are we going to do about that shrub?"
Me: "I don't know.I haven't given that any thought?"
She: "Well why didn't you say so?"
Rounder
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Depending on who it is, when asked what time it is, I will answer " Right now".
StephenM
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My wife says our 9 year old is turning into a Mini-me. Last night we were watching a show about how they built old wooden ships and I wanted to see how badly the Cardinals were losing.
"Ethan, can you hand me the remote?"
"Yes. Yes I can."
He looked over at me, grinned and didn't move a muscle.
"Ethan, can you hand me the remote?"
"Yes. Yes I can."
He looked over at me, grinned and didn't move a muscle.
ElMostro
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I work from home and am my own boss, I am pretty strict about my shop hours and when I take my breaks so
- Neighbor comes by the shop in the middle of my work day and says "hey that machine there (pointing to my drum sander) can sand down and flatten wide boards, right?
- I reply, yes.
- He leaves and shows up 20 minutes later with four 6 foot x 12" hard maple boards and says I'm back!
- I look at him in wonder and after a few seconds of silence he says "I brought he boards".
- I say "I can see that, what for?
- He says "you said you could sand and flatten them for me".
- I say no...you asked if my machine can sand and flatten boards and I replied yes.
- He says, "well what I meant to ask was can you sand and flatten these boards for me".
- I say, next time be specific, had you asked that I would have saved you a trip...I can't do it.
- He asks "why?"
- I say cause I am in the middle of my work day and I can't stop for 2 hours to switch sandpaper rolls to sand your boards.
- He asks "can I come by tomorrow?"
- I say "sure".
- He starts to leave without the boards, I say "hey, you forgot your boards". He looks at me puzzled and says "but you said I could come by tomorrow".
- I say "yea, what does that have to do with leaving the boards?"
- He says "well aren't you going to sand them then?
- I just looked at him
- Neighbor comes by the shop in the middle of my work day and says "hey that machine there (pointing to my drum sander) can sand down and flatten wide boards, right?
- I reply, yes.
- He leaves and shows up 20 minutes later with four 6 foot x 12" hard maple boards and says I'm back!
- I look at him in wonder and after a few seconds of silence he says "I brought he boards".
- I say "I can see that, what for?
- He says "you said you could sand and flatten them for me".
- I say no...you asked if my machine can sand and flatten boards and I replied yes.
- He says, "well what I meant to ask was can you sand and flatten these boards for me".
- I say, next time be specific, had you asked that I would have saved you a trip...I can't do it.
- He asks "why?"
- I say cause I am in the middle of my work day and I can't stop for 2 hours to switch sandpaper rolls to sand your boards.
- He asks "can I come by tomorrow?"
- I say "sure".
- He starts to leave without the boards, I say "hey, you forgot your boards". He looks at me puzzled and says "but you said I could come by tomorrow".
- I say "yea, what does that have to do with leaving the boards?"
- He says "well aren't you going to sand them then?
- I just looked at him
I was a parachute rigger in the Navy. We made a lot of cover for jet intakes to missiles. Yes I do know how to sew and I was very good at it. Most of these had to have grommets installed we used a lead block under the material when to cut the hole so keep from damaging the cutter. When I was station in NAS Lemoore CA had a chief (E7) who loved to come in to a shop and say "Ok let get the lead out and go to work" So when he came into my shop and said "Ok let get the lead out and go to work' I reached in my desk drawer took out the lead block set it on my desk and said "There the lead is out what did you want us to do" He shook his head and said "I had to come in the one shop that could really take the lead out" He never use the statement again.
walshjp17
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I started out at NAS Willow Grove in the paraloft. Everyone on base came into the loft looking for: flight jackets, boat covers, helmet bags, bingo bags, suit bags and just about anything else that could be sewn up with nylon thread. Oh, and every month or so, we repacked the chutes:biggrin:
John I have made to many bags to count and it has pay off a time or two. When I was with VF-81 we were on the TR and my shop had no power outlets what so ever, we moved an outlet from the passage was outside my shop so we could use our sewing machine. We put in the paper work to have them installed and about 3 weeks later a man came up to my shop and looked around he said he was seeing were he could run power from. I asked how long it would be until I would have more outlets. "At least 6 month we are really busy" I was making a parachute bag. and he said "Oh your the guys who makes them, I would sure like one of those" It will take about 6 months we are really busy. I had my shop fully wired the next day. I gave him a small bag with 2 side pockets. I picked up a lot of contacts from that. I've packed my share of chutes. I work the main loft at NAS Lemoore, on the USS Coral Sea, USS Kitty Hawk and NAS Millington, TN As with all PR's each and every chute was fully guaranteed. If it did not work just bring it back for a another one.
You're dating yourself a bit - that rascal was in service when I was in boot camp. Of course she was in service for about 42 or 43 years.....
Dan26
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Another one that we seem to fall for is when someone asks, "Do you want to eat in or go out for dinner?" I usually answer, "Yes." That's because I do want to eat in or go out for dinner.
Smitty I made my first Westpac cruise in 1977 on the Coral Sea. It was a neat cruise, the Admreals war room was across the passage way from the main paraloft the Admreal would stop in for coffee or just to visit all the time. His life was saved by a parachute so he felt a strong bond with all PRs.
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Lucky2
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I'm sorry to disagree, but 24hrs of day start at 12:00am which is midnight, and ends at 11:59:59pm 24 hrs later.
Len
There are 24 hours in a day, but if you are up for a full day then the 24 hours would start when you get up snd end when you go to sleep.
prophetmkr
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I work in retail as well. I like the ones that come up and say "I have a question....."and then proceed telling me their story ending it without a question. Then we just look at each other for a second....then I say "well, you haven't asked a question.....THAT'S when the look of frustration appears! As an electrician it is important to use the right nomenclature AND phrase your question correctly - could be important to your health.
Would that be Eastern Time..GMT or some other time zone. It is always 12:00am somewhere on this world and 11:59:59pm in almost the same place. I think that most people who keep track of such things use military time where it is from 00:00:00 to 23:59:59 - always made a lot more sense to me than the civilian time notation.
I'm sorry to disagree, but 24hrs of day start at 12:00am which is midnight, and ends at 11:59:59pm 24 hrs later.
Len
navycop
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Just alittle off topic.. I worked security on base with guy that was Boatswainmate. When I went to security on the Truman I found he was a PR now with one of the squardrons.. He'd sew my rank on for me when I got "froked"..