Topic: ONE FOR THE BOOKS (Read 46916 times)

bk · « **Reply #90 on:** August 20, 2008, 09:07:48 AM »

Maybe that's what I need - a Cherry Ripe. All packages are addressed - haven't heard a peep about the discs, though, although it's early. No Fed Ex yet.

td · « **Reply #91 on:** August 20, 2008, 09:08:03 AM »

my choice for dance partner would be Gene Kelly, too.
If not Gene, then Hrithik Roshan Krrish who does an homage to "Singin' in the Rain" (with Preity Zinta) in KOI... MIL GAYA.

http://tinyurl.com/557e4j

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #92 on:** August 20, 2008, 09:18:54 AM »

Obama is going to announce his running mate by text message? So that's how he will get access to cell phone numbers in order to do campaign calls and get past the "Do not call" bit about cell phone numbers?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #93 on:** August 20, 2008, 09:20:34 AM »

Quote from: JRand57 on August 20, 2008, 07:54:27 AM

Question for ASK BK Day:

Who of all the dancers in the classic movies, would you most have liked to partner with....and what song?

Tommy Rall....I don't know "why"...

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #94 on:** August 20, 2008, 09:23:15 AM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on August 20, 2008, 09:18:54 AM

Obama is going to announce his running mate by text message? So that's how he will get access to cell phone numbers in order to do campaign calls and get past the "Do not call" bit about cell phone numbers?

At this point, it doesn't much matter who he picks or how he announces it.

If I were a super-delegate for the Democratic party, I'd be seriously weighing my options about what to do at the convention now that Obama is performing so poorly against "the best" that the GOP could field.

bk · « **Reply #95 on:** August 20, 2008, 09:47:16 AM »

Fed Ex arrived (they guaranteed delivery by eight, so Kevin gets it for free). I guess I'll go for a run shortly and hope that gets me out of this feeling that I've been hit by a truck.

Kerry · « **Reply #96 on:** August 20, 2008, 09:50:33 AM »

I loved "The Time Machine" and saw it sooooo many times on the big screen and little. I want one.

bk · « **Reply #97 on:** August 20, 2008, 09:52:26 AM »

I wish I had one now. I'd go back to Kritzer Time, I think, or maybe Kritzerland, or maybe Benjamin Kritzer.

Kerry · « **Reply #98 on:** August 20, 2008, 09:56:03 AM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on August 20, 2008, 08:32:20 AM

My backyard landscaping project is progressing nicely. Joshie is still under the sofa (with Sasha, too, I believe).
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DRLaura sent me pics of the rocks they are installing in her hole in her back yard.

Kerry · « **Reply #99 on:** August 20, 2008, 09:58:33 AM »

Dance partners:

#1 Ginger in "Pick Yourself Up"
#2 Rita Hayworth in "I'm Old-Fashioned"
#3 Cyd Charisse in "Dancing in the Dark"

Cillaliz · « **Reply #100 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:20:09 AM »

Quote from: George on August 20, 2008, 01:10:06 AM

I know that I personally don't have much to worry about, but there are quite a few children who live here in the condo complex and in the many apartment buildings on this street...AND only about a quarter mile away from where I live is a high school.

They most likely have nothing to worry about either. Most sex offenses occur between people who know each other in one way or another. Most molestation is by a family member, friend or someone who has lots of access to a child like a coach or a priest.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #101 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:21:09 AM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on August 20, 2008, 02:14:23 AM

IRONY 101"

Mark Spitz left amatuer swimming after the 1972 Olympics to earn a decent living. It wasn't until 1998 that Olympians were allowed to pocket endorsement bucks. Michael Phelps has been made a millionaire as an Olympic swimmer between 2004 and today - and can keep on training (and earning) for the 2012 Olympics.

der Brucer

I don't have a problem with them making money.

Elan · « **Reply #102 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:25:59 AM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on August 20, 2008, 08:54:17 AM

My question for Question Day. This is for Cillaliz.

Please explain the tenses of "to plea."

[pedantic mode ON]
Can't do it. "Plea" is a noun, and hence has no tense. The verb "plead," on the other hand...
[pedantic mode OFF]

Now, if you want to get involved in the "pled" vs. "plead" (pronounced "pled") vs. "pleaded" discussion, that's another story. Hie thee to your local copy of the OED, if you so desire.

(as an aside, anybody interested in the kind of minutiae that the OED specializes in MUST read "The Professor and the Madman")

Elan · « **Reply #103 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:28:27 AM »

My apologies for butting in there... language pedantry is something I delight in, although I try not be get too annoying with it. (And yes, I used a preposition to end a clause with in the last sentence... and this one, too!

Cillaliz · « **Reply #104 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:30:01 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on August 20, 2008, 08:48:04 AM

I'm not sure I'm explaining it correctly but he had already pleaded guilty; the grand jury was a formality. DR cillaliz can explain it much better than I ever could.

Well, you have to be charged before you can formally plead guilty and a grand jury is a proceeding where you are formally charged. My guess is they worked out a pre-indictment plea agreement and it will be formally entered now that he has been charged. Just my guess. That happens some places. Here we would waive the grand jury if we worked out a deal. That may not be the way it works in New York

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #105 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:30:07 AM »

That's the kind of thing I wanted to know, Elan. Thanks.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #106 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:31:35 AM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on August 20, 2008, 08:54:17 AM

My question for Question Day. This is for Cillaliz.

Please explain the tenses of "to plea."

LOL!!! That's a very good question. I don't know what they are officially but no one is consistent. Sometimes it's pled guilty and sometimes it's pleaded guilty. I even go back and forth between the two

Cillaliz · « **Reply #107 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:32:42 AM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on August 20, 2008, 09:18:54 AM

Obama is going to announce his running mate by text message? So that's how he will get access to cell phone numbers in order to do campaign calls and get past the "Do not call" bit about cell phone numbers?

Yup, but he won't be calling me~!

Cillaliz · « **Reply #108 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:35:57 AM »

Time to get back to work....

MBarnum · « **Reply #109 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:36:01 AM »

BK, I am sorry you are feeling so down! Hopefully us HHWers can get you to feeling like your peppey self again.

And here are some vibes to help you be happy!

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MBarnum · « **Reply #110 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:36:41 AM »

If you are at work I highly recommend not opening that link that JMK posted

Ginny · « **Reply #111 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:38:08 AM »

Well, I'm back from my midday meeting with the volunteer administrators and using my old computer. The folks in IT tell me that it's on its last legs and will probably be replaced tomorrow.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #112 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:38:47 AM »

So, Elan, it would be:

"How do you plead?"
or
"What is your plea?"

What is the past tense of plead?

"He plead (pled) guilty."
or
"He pleaded" guilty."

singdaw · « **Reply #113 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:43:57 AM »

My dancing partner would have to be one of those Bollywood hunks I hear tell about.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #114 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:55:51 AM »

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Plead

DR Laura, Dictionary.com isn't much help it says either

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #115 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:57:58 AM »

In my years as a court reporter, I couldn't correct what people said, and I have always wondered about plea/plead.

Elan · « **Reply #116 on:** August 20, 2008, 11:04:15 AM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on August 20, 2008, 10:38:47 AM

So, Elan, it would be:

"How do you plead?"
or
"What is your plea?"

What is the past tense of plead?

"He plead (pled) guilty."
or
"He pleaded" guilty."

Both "How do you plead?" and "What is your plea?" are correct.
"He pleaded guilty" is unquestionably correct
"He pled guilty" is long-standing colloquially correct usage, particularly in speech (aural analogue to "bleed/bled" & "feed/fed" )
"plead" as a past tense form looks and sounds plausible (analogous to "read"), but I'd need to check the OED to see if it has a legitimate basis.

MBarnum · « **Reply #117 on:** August 20, 2008, 11:10:58 AM »

Well, choose your partner DR Singdaw, it is time to fill up 'yer dance card!

Ginny · « **Reply #118 on:** August 20, 2008, 11:15:37 AM »

Quote from: Kerry on August 20, 2008, 09:58:33 AM

Dance partners:

#1 Ginger in "Pick Yourself Up"
#2 Rita Hayworth in "I'm Old-Fashioned"
#3 Cyd Charisse in "Dancing in the Dark"

But, DR Kerry, you promised to dance with me as soon as we're both recovered! How are you, BTW?

bk · « **Reply #119 on:** August 20, 2008, 11:17:14 AM »

Back from the long jog - barely. Lesson learned - I cannot jog twice in one day.

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