Gar1eth

I'm not saying that grammar can never change. I understand how someone might not understand the difference between "who" and "whom". And I'm one of the ones that can't usually differentiate between "which" and "that". But do we let all standards fall? Who/whom and that/which are somewhat subtle grammar points where the meaning is really obvious no matter which word they use. While the meaning is obvious when confusing dominant/dominate, are we really ok with confusing verbs and adjectives? If I was the parent of a child who used the phrase "I am the dominate boy on our block," aside from wanting to know who and how he is dominating, shouldn't I help him also understand why using the word dominate like this is wrong? I'd say yes. In the same way I wouldn't let him believe that 2 + 2 = 3.
 
Gman

...But it sets my teeth on edge every time I read it.
 
A short email correspondence with an escort -
 
Mr. XXX--your pictures are incredible. One thing when I look at your ad. You can 'dominate' someone because it's a verb as in "Mr XXX dominates everyone he tops." But to describe yourself-you are 'dominant'. "Mr. XXX is an incredibly dominant top. "It's an adjective. You can't be dominate. Well you could be but not according to the rules of English. A lot of ***s do say it. But it is wrong.
 
 
Mr. XXX's response:
 
Thanks,
But I don’t think that matters, who cares.., I been noticed that..
contact me only to set an appointment not for grammar corrections..
Thanks for your concern
 
 
 
 
Exeunt the conversation.
 
Gman

Jolt Cola has been revived. I was just reading last night that it's in Dollar General stores.
 
As for napping-it doesn't work for me. I fall really deep asleep, and either don't want to wake up or wake up more tired than I was.
 
Gman

@YoungAD, long time ( at least on the threads I've been following lately) no hear from. How the heck are you and your family? I hope it won't be considered presumptuous of me to wish you and them a spectacular autumn.
 
Thinking the best of you, I remain cordially yours,
 
Gman

Alternatively, use of non-standard grammar can be a marker used to filter out people from things like employment. Pointing out deviations from standard grammar can help the person concerned overcome the barriers that its use would otherwise impose on them. Picking the time to offer the advice, or even whether to do so, can be the tricky bit.

@YoungAD, long time ( at least on the threads I've been following lately) no hear from. How the heck are you and your family? I hope it won't be considered presumptuous of me to wish you and them a spectacular autumn.
 
Thinking the best of you, I remain cordially yours,
 
Gman

Gman remains the classy one...

@YoungAD, long time ( at least on the threads I've been following lately) no hear from. How the heck are you and your family? I hope it won't be considered presumptuous of me to wish you and them a spectacular autumn.
 
Thinking the best of you, I remain cordially yours,
 
Gman

Grammar does matter.
"It is very different to help your Uncle Jack off a horse than it is to help your uncle jack off a horse!" ;-)
(Sorry, I didn't create this one. I found it, but it does make a good point!)

Good grammar is sooo sexy!

...But it sets my teeth on edge every time I read it.
 
A short email correspondence with an escort -
 
Mr. XXX--your pictures are incredible. One thing when I look at your ad. You can 'dominate' someone because it's a verb as in "Mr XXX dominates everyone he tops." But to describe yourself-you are 'dominant'. "Mr. XXX is an incredibly dominant top. "It's an adjective. You can't be dominate. Well you could be but not according to the rules of English. A lot of ***s do say it. But it is wrong.
 
 
Mr. XXX's response:
 
Thanks,
But I don’t think that matters, who cares.., I been noticed that..
contact me only to set an appointment not for grammar corrections..
Thanks for your concern
 
 
 
 
Exeunt the conversation.
 
Gman

...But it sets my teeth on edge every time I read it.
 
A short email correspondence with an escort -
 
Mr. XXX--your pictures are incredible. One thing when I look at your ad. You can 'dominate' someone because it's a verb as in "Mr XXX dominates everyone he tops." But to describe yourself-you are 'dominant'. "Mr. XXX is an incredibly dominant top. "It's an adjective. You can't be dominate. Well you could be but not according to the rules of English. A lot of ***s do say it. But it is wrong.
 
 
Mr. XXX's response:
 
Thanks,
But I don’t think that matters, who cares.., I been noticed that..
contact me only to set an appointment not for grammar corrections..
Thanks for your concern
 
 
 
 
Exeunt the conversation.
 
Gman

Well I'd like to say life. But in reality it's caffeine.
 
Over the last several months I've found myself often dragging either in the afternoon or evening to the point that sometimes I've had trouble keeping my eyes open. Yes, I know this probably means I should get more sleep. But I also have (BiPap treated) sleep apnea. I doubt that the BiPap totally eliminates my apnea although I feel much better using than I do not using it.
 
I'm not really a coffee drinker. Most of my caffeine throughout my life has come either from soft drinks or tea although in college I would take occasional caffeine tablets. And back when I was working, I would often take an energy drink. But it had been a while since I drank any energy drink routinely.
 
Now cutting to the present time, because of this sleepiness, I've started taking caffeine again multiple days a week (although not everyday). I was initially taking 5-Hour Energy. And it was working, but it has a lot of other junk you probably don't need like mega doses of B vitamins. In fact it gives you 2000 % of the RDA for Vitamin B6. After doing some reading, I found out that overdosing on B6 can cause nerve problems. I don't know how much of an overdose you have to get to cause nerve problems. But I decided I didn't routinely want to be taking 2000% of the RDA when it doesn't really help with alertness. So I've cut back on the 5 Hour Energy in favor of caffeine tablets. They only have caffeine as an active ingredient. They are a 200 mg strength. But I only take a 1/2 of one.
 
And I have to say how shocked I am at how well the caffeine is working. It keeps me awake and brightens my mood a bit. I don't think I'm addicted as I don't get headaches and my mood doesn't crater when I don't take it. I used to laugh (inwardly) at people who needed coffee to get awake in the morning. But now I've joined them except I need it in the afternoon or evening. And of course I'm not that fond of the taste of coffee-at least not without a lot of milk and sugar. So the tablets are a better fit for me.
 
Gman

Well I'd like to say life. But in reality it's caffeine.
 
Over the last several months I've found myself often dragging either in the afternoon or evening to the point that sometimes I've had trouble keeping my eyes open. Yes, I know this probably means I should get more sleep. But I also have (BiPap treated) sleep apnea. I doubt that the BiPap totally eliminates my apnea although I feel much better using than I do not using it.
 
I'm not really a coffee drinker. Most of my caffeine throughout my life has come either from soft drinks or tea although in college I would take occasional caffeine tablets. And back when I was working, I would often take an energy drink. But it had been a while since I drank any energy drink routinely.
 
Now cutting to the present time, because of this sleepiness, I've started taking caffeine again multiple days a week (although not everyday). I was initially taking 5-Hour Energy. And it was working, but it has a lot of other junk you probably don't need like mega doses of B vitamins. In fact it gives you 2000 % of the RDA for Vitamin B6. After doing some reading, I found out that overdosing on B6 can cause nerve problems. I don't know how much of an overdose you have to get to cause nerve problems. But I decided I didn't routinely want to be taking 2000% of the RDA when it doesn't really help with alertness. So I've cut back on the 5 Hour Energy in favor of caffeine tablets. They only have caffeine as an active ingredient. They are a 200 mg strength. But I only take a 1/2 of one.
 
And I have to say how shocked I am at how well the caffeine is working. It keeps me awake and brightens my mood a bit. I don't think I'm addicted as I don't get headaches and my mood doesn't crater when I don't take it. I used to laugh (inwardly) at people who needed coffee to get awake in the morning. But now I've joined them except I need it in the afternoon or evening. And of course I'm not that fond of the taste of coffee-at least not without a lot of milk and sugar. So the tablets are a better fit for me.
 
Gman

I drink soft drinks all the time. They never seem to give me the lift the caffeine tablet does. I just looked up the amount of caffeine in a can of Coke. There's 34 mg. If we assume I'm getting about 100 mg by splitting a 200 mg tablet in 1/2, then I'd need 3 cans of Coke to approximate a half a caffeine tablet. But I've had three cans of Coke before at one sitting, and I still don't think it gives me the 'jolt' a caffeine tablet does. Maybe it's because I drink a Coke slower-maybe the sugar decreases the rate of absorption of the caffeine-who knows?
 
Gman

I can't remember how I lived before coffee.

No kissing, No appointment

It is difficult to order a soft drink in the local Starbucks where I read the paper some mornings.

You had me at “caffeine”! (Insert Jerry McGuire meme here...)

Well I'd like to say life. But in reality it's caffeine.
 
Over the last several months I've found myself often dragging either in the afternoon or evening to the point that sometimes I've had trouble keeping my eyes open. Yes, I know this probably means I should get more sleep. But I also have (BiPap treated) sleep apnea. I doubt that the BiPap totally eliminates my apnea although I feel much better using than I do not using it.
 
I'm not really a coffee drinker. Most of my caffeine throughout my life has come either from soft drinks or tea although in college I would take occasional caffeine tablets. And back when I was working, I would often take an energy drink. But it had been a while since I drank any energy drink routinely.
 
Now cutting to the present time, because of this sleepiness, I've started taking caffeine again multiple days a week (although not everyday). I was initially taking 5-Hour Energy. And it was working, but it has a lot of other junk you probably don't need like mega doses of B vitamins. In fact it gives you 2000 % of the RDA for Vitamin B6. After doing some reading, I found out that overdosing on B6 can cause nerve problems. I don't know how much of an overdose you have to get to cause nerve problems. But I decided I didn't routinely want to be taking 2000% of the RDA when it doesn't really help with alertness. So I've cut back on the 5 Hour Energy in favor of caffeine tablets. They only have caffeine as an active ingredient. They are a 200 mg strength. But I only take a 1/2 of one.
 
And I have to say how shocked I am at how well the caffeine is working. It keeps me awake and brightens my mood a bit. I don't think I'm addicted as I don't get headaches and my mood doesn't crater when I don't take it. I used to laugh (inwardly) at people who needed coffee to get awake in the morning. But now I've joined them except I need it in the afternoon or evening. And of course I'm not that fond of the taste of coffee-at least not without a lot of milk and sugar. So the tablets are a better fit for me.
 
Gman

WOW! Romann was my very first hire ever when he lived in the West End of Dallas. At that time I thought a C-note was incredibly expensive. Sadly he moved to Chicago a month after our get together. One of my best hires......EVER! Trips down memory lane are good for the soul.

I'm glad he's hygenical!!
 
Gman

It can't have been anywhere near 15 for Avi. My first knowledge of him and first discussions of him on the Forum were after Lucas' Men of Israel came out . And that was in 2009.
 
In the early days Avi didn't have the best reputation as an escort. I think he's had some good reviews since then. But it always made me pause on whether to hire him. That and the porn star upcharge.
 
Gman

Whoa, whoa, whoa! I didn't mean anything insulting by it.
 
I only meant slightly older because it's not as common to see a bodybuilder guy who's older than 30, because usually I don't go for 20s year old guys with muscle. I usually like guys in their 30s to 60s like Jake Archer, the John Smithy, Parker Matson, or Giovanni Volta.
 
So, are we good or is @caliguy and @Gar1eth going to chase me around Palm Springs to the tune of Benny Hill music?

Spelling matters!!
 

 
Gman