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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 03:34 PM
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Ever make a typo and have somebody go ballistic on you?
Geez...double-geez. Nothing like saving the f-bomb for something really important. WTF?

:shrug:

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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 03:38 PM
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1. Going ballistic on people who make typos is great stress relief
:evilgrin:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 03:40 PM
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2. I guess. I feel like I've been slapped in the face or something!
Man...I'm not used to that kind of abuse.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 03:42 PM
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3. I was joking. Sorry.
:hi:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 03:44 PM
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5. * huge sigh *
For a few minutes there, I thought you were serious. Thanks. :hi:
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 03:48 PM
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7. The issue with the internet is...
without using a :sarcasm: it's easy to be misinterpreted.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 04:04 PM
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18. So true.
I'm guilty of it myself.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 03:43 PM
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4. I go ballistic because we have a spell check
and no one bothers to use it.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 03:45 PM
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6. Unfortunately, it doesn't have IBTL in it!
Edited on Thu Aug-17-06 03:45 PM by KC2
Maybe it should! :P
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Rosemary2205 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 03:53 PM
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10. If ur goin ta go balistic ever time sumone mispells
ur goin ta shoot a embolizm sumday.

:) :)
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 03:50 PM
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8. Oh, I knew right away she didn't mean it. She's not like that. She's
very nice. I'm sure she was just playing.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 03:53 PM
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11. I know that now
I can be hyper sensitive. Thanks.
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 03:52 PM
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9. Absolutely.
But I was a typesetter at the time.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 03:54 PM
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12. Obviously, that wouldn't be a good job for me!
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 04:32 PM
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27. Especially if the typo makes it to press.
Ouch.
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 03:55 PM
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13. yes, but the typo was in an important proposal
and it read "The Contractor shall migrate code changes to the assembly test environment, execute application module tests via Assembly Test scenarios, document the results, fuck your wife, and obtain internal approval of successful test execution."

Oops.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 03:59 PM
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15. lol
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kay1864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 03:57 PM
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14. Me, I'm still hoping for one of these...
;)

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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 03:59 PM
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16. I only eat FBLTs.
Fakin' Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato.
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 04:06 PM
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20. this bar down the street from me makes those
I think I ate about four of them one night. Good stuff! Especially with the Vegannaise.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 04:18 PM
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24. Man, if any of the bars around me had good veggie food I'd...
drink even more than I already do.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 04:00 PM
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17. Couldn't get your pic.
Edited on Thu Aug-17-06 04:01 PM by KC2
This is all I got:

Network Error (dns_server_failure)


Your request could not be processed because an error occurred contacting the DNS server.
The DNS server may be temporarily unavailable, or there could be a network problem.

For assistance, contact your network support team.
SSOC Reference ATL-RCC-Out-ProxySG-02


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kay1864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 04:29 PM
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26. Hmm...have you tried F5?
If not, paste this into your browser and add 'www.' if you want to see: thepragmaticchef.com/TPC-images/050923_blt.jpg
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 04:04 PM
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19. Every one of my post and replys have typo's
So i am sure it probably has
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 04:09 PM
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21. I've never noticed.
But, then again...why would I?

:shrug:
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 04:10 PM
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22. Yeah, I've been meaning to go ballistic on you about that.
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 04:12 PM
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23. Someone needs to Master Haruka
I type and spell like Ass.
:)
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 04:23 PM
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25. KC2, I once typed ROLF instead of ROFL.
Man, did I hear about that one for a long time!
I got lots of barfing jokes.

-sigh-

PS- When I'm tired, my grammar and spelling skills
go out the window. I probably shouldn't post then,
but it's so darn hard not too,sometimes.

:hi:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 05:17 PM
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28. I know what you mean about posting when tired!
Edited on Thu Aug-17-06 05:18 PM by KC2
I posts more when I am tired...I become a rambling idiot a lot of times!
:pals:
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