tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post8611236611460175406..comments2023-12-23T19:32:16.381-07:00Comments on The Goat's Lunch Pail: Assorted IrritantsLeah J. Utashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-4191455637668653622007-07-11T14:47:00.000-06:002007-07-11T14:47:00.000-06:00Hello Anonymous,Thanks for commenting.I don't know...Hello Anonymous,<BR/>Thanks for commenting.<BR/><BR/>I don't know for a fact, but I think the real sticking point on that one is the A.D. because the translation is "in the year of our lord." <BR/><BR/>Hey Rebecca, good point. I haven't had a speeding ticket in 19 years. AM and PM are noted sometime during the court proceedings. I remember one lawyer arguing that a drunk driving charge should be thrown out because the time was rendered as 10.15 instead of 10:15.<BR/>It worked in Ontario, apparently, but didn't fly here.<BR/><BR/>That geese thing is unforgivable.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-59500742523963289602007-07-10T12:30:00.000-06:002007-07-10T12:30:00.000-06:00Police officers anywhere, should be writing your t...Police officers anywhere, should be writing your tickets in the 24 hour clock, thusly: 00.00 and 12.00. (Unless the tickets have little A.M. and P.M. boxes to check for people that can't +/- 12 to the hour.) Not having gotten any tickets in a really long time, I can't remember, but it just makes sense.<BR/><BR/>What really bugs me is calling multiple Canada Geese "Canadian" because there is more than one! Our Government has never given Geese Citizenship as far as I know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-11496670822518325272007-07-09T19:33:00.000-06:002007-07-09T19:33:00.000-06:00Don't know if this is related, but how about the p...Don't know if this is related, but how about the politically correct B.C.E. and C.E.? For some great portion of 2000 years, we've been using BC and AD, but we can't use them anymore because they refer to the birth of Christ? What's with that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-81580304171115813472007-07-09T13:27:00.000-06:002007-07-09T13:27:00.000-06:00Everybody slips up, Dawn. I've made some whacking ...Everybody slips up, Dawn. I've made some whacking large errors myself. Still do.<BR/>Thanks for the vote of confidence re: poor traffic officer.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-7232116647264754112007-07-09T11:38:00.000-06:002007-07-09T11:38:00.000-06:00Leah, if some poor traffic officer should give you...Leah, if some poor traffic officer should give you a ticket at <EM>any</EM> time, I suspect he will have bitten off far more than he can chew! And if he's dumb enough to give you a ticket at 12am - heaven help him!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this thoughtful post. I'm as guilty as the next on some of these "lazy" habits. I doubt if I'll ever do them again now.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04991009842667783101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-20339580126392114282007-07-09T09:08:00.000-06:002007-07-09T09:08:00.000-06:00Crabby - I have no clue how to render the meridian...Crabby - I have no clue how to render the meridians in digital form. Very good question, though.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-52749539914222617542007-07-09T08:41:00.000-06:002007-07-09T08:41:00.000-06:00Hooray, it's holly!So I have a dumb question--how ...Hooray, it's holly!<BR/><BR/>So I have a dumb question--how is one supposed to write noon or midnight in digital form so that they can be told apart? <BR/><BR/>I had no idea about the Canadian "the/thee" rule. (I was going to say "how cute!" but I suspect that would do more than rankle).<BR/><BR/>And good point Holly about the ATM machine & PIN number, though I'm guilty sometimes of using both!Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-18169698576521084552007-07-09T08:33:00.000-06:002007-07-09T08:33:00.000-06:00Welcome, Holly. Thanks for coming by. I agree comp...Welcome, Holly. Thanks for coming by. I agree completely with your stance on redundancy.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-92126002863033331532007-07-09T07:43:00.000-06:002007-07-09T07:43:00.000-06:00ATM machine (that's what the M stands for!)andPIN ...ATM machine (that's what the M stands for!)<BR/>and<BR/>PIN number. (same as before)<BR/><BR/>It is completely coincidental that these are both banking terms.<BR/><BR/>Drives me nuts!!!<BR/><BR/>p.s. I am here via crabby's pageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com