[freudling]

bottom feeders from high school that now have desk jobs without activity to attend to besides surfing this forum.

At each others throats constantly.

[Stradlater]

Welcome to seniority.

[Cubeoid]

I'm unemployed.

[King Bob On The Cob]

bah

[rickey939]

Proud of you.®

[DeathToWindows]

I'm a student, persuing an undergraduate degree and planning to earn a doctorate afterwards.

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by freudling

bottom feeders from high school that now have desk jobs without activity to attend to besides surfing this forum.

At each others throats constantly.

I work in a auto parts factory. My "desk" is a tool box. Sorry to ruin the average.

[Kevin]

I got your desk.

In my pants.

[ghporter]

Retired Air Force (23+years), 12 years worth of faculty time on the world's largest community college (the Community College of the Air Force), associate degrees in electronics, instructional systems and a BS in computer science. Working on a masters in Occupational Therapy (and probably another BS in biology along the way.

Oh, and I'm also working on getting rid of the paunch that comes from not having to run and do push ups several times a week-getting into a good schedule for work outs is not the easiest thing to do.

My desk is several, in different classsrooms and at home.

[Oisín]

Is a “MANN'er” supposed to be a MacNN'er, or is it something else that I've just never heard of?

Or do you have something against manners?

Or is it just a German misspelling for Männer? 'Cause then I'd be inclined to agree with you.

[Randman]

Does the OP know what recalcitrant means, or did he read it somewhere?

Also, learn to type if you're going to attempt snide commentary. It's MacNN and there's no need for an apostrophe as it's not a singular possessive you mentioned. And geeky recalcitrant are not proper nouns and should not be capitalized (unless you wanted the headline in upstyle, and in that case, you failed in that as half of the words are downstyle).

High school was a long time ago but I lettered in football and tennis and also was on the track team. I was class vice-president, a commencement speaker and on the newspaper and yearbook staffs. I also nailed a couple of the super-hot cheerbabes.

Graduated with honors and am a published author and award-winning journalist. Sometimes, I work at a desk, sometimes I work from home (usually on my PB on the couch or maybe on the patio or by the pool if it's not too hot).

Do I post a lot? Yes. Do I find the time to do so while carrying out my job to the best of my abilities and eve have time for freelance work and hobbies away from the computer? You betcha.

And what c/v does the OP have? Enlighten the rest of us "MANNer's", please.

[freudling]

Randman:

MANN'ers should indeed be MACNNERS. No sleep.

The capitals are for emphasis only, so your comments there are not relevant.

Do I find the time to do so while carrying out my job to the best of my abilities and eve have time for freelance work and hobbies away from the computer? You betcha.

Eve? I like to both eve and have time too. Sometimes I weave it. But then, at times, I just have time in the evening. Lastly, I even have time to anaylze spelling - sometimes.

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by freudling

Eve? I like to both eve and have time too. Sometimes I weave it. But then, at times, I just have time in the evening. Lastly, I even have time to anaylaze spelling - sometimes.

So I see. Though, if I were you, I'd give that particular argument up: you seem rather bound to lose it.

As a side remark: I don't have a desk job. If I had a desk job, I wouldn't be spending so much time on the Internet. I have far too much time on my hands. I am not, however, constantly at anyone's throat.

[teney7]

Bottom feeders from high school... wtf???

I go to an ivy league school, thank-you-very-much. That is NOT bottom-feeding.

[paul w]

Originally Posted by Oisín

As a side remark: I don't have a desk job. If I had a desk job, I wouldn't be spending so much time on the Internet. I have far too much time on my hands. I am not, however, constantly at anyone's throat.

But are you a bottom feeder? Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more, say no more.

[chris v]

Originally Posted by paul w

But are you a bottom feeder? Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more, say no more.

Eww. Scat! Um, I mean Shoo!

A big, hardy welcome to Freudling, newest mebmer of the Looser MACNN Lounge Post Instead of Work Club.

[Randman]

Originally Posted by freudling

my comments there are not relevant.

Fixed.

Originally Posted by freudling

Lastly, I even have time to anaylaze spelling - sometimes.

I figured if I spelled a word wrong, it would make more sense to you.

Just admit, you ride the short bus to school and you're jealous that we can have careers and lives and make money and still find time to while away a few minutes here and there on "teh internets".

[iDriveX]

I own my own insurance company and have bought a half million dollar home in one of the most beautiful locations on the planet at age 23. Not so much bottom-feeding over in this direction.

[Mastrap]

I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees. I write award winning operas, I manage time efficiently.

Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row. I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed and I cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in 20 minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love and an outlaw in Peru.

Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious arny ants. I play bluegrass cello, I was scouted by the Mets, I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When bored, I build suspension bridges in my back yard.

I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear. I don't perspire. I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. Last summer I toured New Jersey with a travelling centrifugal-force demonstration. I bat .400. My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. Children trust me.

I can hurl tennis rackets at small objects with deadly accuracy. I once read Moby Dick, Paradise Lost, and David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I have performed covert operations for the CIA.

I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Moncton, I successfully negotiated with a group of terrorists who had seized a small bakery. The laws of physics do not apply to me.

I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all paid. On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full-contact origami. Years ago I discovered the meaning of life but forgot to write it down. I have made four-course meals using only a Mouli and a toaster oven. I breed prize-winning clams. I have won bullfights in San Juan, cliff diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at the Kremlin. I have played Hamlet, I have performed open heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis.

(with apologies)

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Mastrap

I breed prize-winning clams.

Liar! Your clams are pathetic! You can only hope to one day wrestle the prizes away from my clams!

[dcmacdaddy]

bottom feeders?

I've got a B.A. in English with a concentration in scientific and technical writing.
I'm working on a M.A. in English with a concentration in medieval literature (for fun).

I've got 10+ years as an IT/Multimedia Specialist at the Smithsonian. I am responsible
for the daily operation of two million dollars worth of multimedia and audiovisual
equipment at the National Museum of the American Indian.


And I am able to leap tall building in a single bound.


Beat that!

[nredman]

i know i'm a bottom feeder

[Artful Dodger]

Originally Posted by freudling

bottom feeders from high school that now have desk jobs without activity to attend to besides surfing this forum.

At each others throats constantly.

Suffice it to say that I could buy and sell your family including unborn generations many times over. Are you taking bids?

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by Artful Dodger

Suffice it to say that I could buy and sell your family including unborn generations many times over. Are you taking bids?

I have more money than you! Look at me!

[nredman]

can you send me some money mr. warbucks?

[freudling]

Randman:

The "award-winning journalist." Oh Randman, write us something brilliant. I am looking for some of your books. Any links to any of your articles? Can't wait to dig in to the highly regarded Randman's published works.

All of you are so important. Thanks for the replies.

Oisin:

You may have missed it? Sometimes I have time for spelling. But, I went and fixed it for you. Ah, remember, it is still correct with the 'z' (Canadian spelling).

I wonder how many of you are corpulent. I stipulate corpulent as being synonymous with Randman, the author and journalist.

[Stradlater]

Originally Posted by freudling

You may have missed it? Sometimes I have time for spelling. But, I went and fixed it for you. Ah, remember, it is still correct with the 'z' (Canadian spelling).

Originally Posted by freudling

anaylze

[freudling]

iMenu at Randman's homepage, where he will give you a, "view from the other side."

The phrasal verb "mix-up" does not need a dash.
And if this is one of your first visits to my site, you can click on the links at the left and be taken the respective pages.

A to was omitted.

bachelor's in journalism

You sure you need an apostrophe on that.

Now to Randman's CV:

Much of my work has been on the design side, but I also have vast experience as a sub-editor, copy editing and writing.

Nice tense switching from present simple to present continuous. Since you used the indefinite article and are naming positions, it should read, "copy-editor and writer."

Then you go on, immediately after:

Along with CCI, I have vast experience

"Vast" is redundant. Arrrgh, must struggle to learn new words. As an award-winning writer, I just must...

...you. And I thank you for taking the time to visit my site.

Starting a sentence with "and." Very creative.

You also were spouting off about a paper you used to work for in Myrtle Beach being in the top 22 papers in the world within SND. First, what place was it in? Second, SND is laughable. Last year, I used to work for a business publication that was ranked, by SND, as number 1 for design. Who cares. SND is a money sucking operation.

[freudling]

Stradlater:

You get the A+. Yes, it is analyze. But I like anllazynce.

[rickey939]

[freudling]

Let me say here we are all having a good one over this. The purpose was to see if people would defend themselves with social status, trying to show that they are not "bottom-feeders" and/or "recalcitrant." But, I never said that the latter two were not positive. You have defended yourselves with your social status: but that in a sense is a strawman. Middle-upper class is not "positive" to us in this context. For those that admitted to being bottom-feeders and/or recalcitrant, even if it was sarcastic, it is preferred. We predicted your responses.

People are too finite.

[BlueSky]

I once bit my girlfriend's ass in a playful moment, so I think I'm a bottom-feeder. As for recalcitrant, I'm pretty sure I'm getting plenty of it in my diet.

[Artful Dodger]

Originally Posted by olePigeon

I have more money than you! Look at me!

Yippee...


your words, not mine

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by freudling

Let me say here we are all having a good one over this.

A good what???

Cracking one off are we?

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by Doofy

A good what???

Cracking one off are we?

Maybe cracking up?

Honestly, I can see how "defending oneself" could come up in this thread. Me, I was just pointing out that any absolute has an exception. Ok, for accuracy's sake how about "very nearly all absolutes have exceptions." Whatever. The point is that labeling people is not very useful or even necessary. I was not a hugely popular kid in high school, nor a terribly scholarly one, but having grown up a bit between then and now, I can see that it doesn't matter-unless one is in high school right now, and just about everyone gets over that after a while.

And having just worked with several other people on building rèsumés and CVs, I sort of flowed into tooting my horn a bit. I didn't mention my GPA though. It makes some folks' eyes get pretty wide.

[Stradlater]

Freud, I neither defended nor admitted. What is my psychoanalysis?

[freudling]

You dream of Randman.

[invisibleX]

Originally Posted by freudling

Let me say here we are all having a good one over this. The purpose was to see if people would defend themselves with social status, trying to show that they are not "bottom-feeders" and/or "recalcitrant." But, I never said that the latter two were not positive. You have defended yourselves with your social status: but that in a sense is a strawman. Middle-upper class is not "positive" to us in this context. For those that admitted to being bottom-feeders and/or recalcitrant, even if it was sarcastic, it is preferred. We predicted your responses.

People are too finite.

Is anyone else creeped out by his use of the word "we"?


Oh and I wish I was a bottom feeder. There's the bottom, a bowling alley, another bowling alley, then me.

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by paul w

But are you a bottom feeder? Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more, say no more.

Know me too well, you do. And begun to talk like Yoda, I have.






All right, since you insist on taking this discussion, I'll play along...

Originally Posted by freudling

The phrasal verb "mix-up" does not need a dash.

But the verbal noun created from the phrasal verb 'mix up' does. And that is what Randman used on his site.

bachelor's in journalism

You sure you need an apostrophe on that.

Where are you taking it from? I don't see it anywhere, and I'm too tired to search extensively for it (it's 2 A.M.). If you are talking about several people who all have bachelor's degrees in journalism, then no, you don't need the apostrophe. These people will be bachelors in journalism.

If, on the other hand, you are talking about the degree itself, then yes, you do need the apostrophe, since 'bachelor's' in this case is an abbreviation of 'bachelor's degree'. Possessive, not plural.

Much of my work has been on the design side, but I also have vast experience as a sub-editor, copy editing and writing.

Nice tense switching from present simple to present continuous. Since you used the indefinite article and are naming positions, it should read, "copy-editor and writer."

No, it should not. There should be a hyphen in 'copy-editing' (or it should be one word), but there is nothing wrong with the tenses. “Copy-editing and writing” is an accompanying clause to the main phrase.

Had this been a switch between the present simple and the present continuous tenses, there would still have had to be a finite verb in the second part of the sentence, since the present participle of a verb cannot function as part of the nexus of a sentence without a finite form of a copular verb. Also, the correction you suggest is an even better switch: the switch between a verb and a noun (as you did above as well).

The meaning of the sentence is “...I also have vast experience as a sub-editor, where my job included copy-editing and writing”.

Along with CCI, I have vast experience

"Vast" is redundant. Arrrgh, must struggle to learn new words. As an award-winning writer, I just must...

So, “I have experience” and “I have vast experience” have the same meaning, do they?

...you. And I thank you for taking the time to visit my site.

Starting a sentence with "and." Very creative.

To quote the source most ready at hand, dictionary.com: “It is frequently asserted that sentences beginning with and or but express “incomplete thoughts” and are therefore incorrect. But this rule has been ridiculed by grammarians for decades, and the stricture has been ignored by writers from Shakespeare to Joyce Carol Oates. When asked whether they paid attention to the rule in their own writing, 24 percent of the Usage Panel answered “always or usually,” 36 percent answered “sometimes,” and 40 percent answered “rarely or never.””


And when I highlighted the word 'anaylaze' when quoting you in my previous post, I was not referring to the -yse/-yze difference, but to the same thing Stradlater so wonderfully graphically pointed out.

I wonder how many of you are corpulent. I stipulate corpulent as being synonymous with Randman, the author and journalist.

Go take a look in the photo thread, wherever it's dropped off to. I seem to recall that Randman did post a picture of himself. This picture doesn't seem to hold any associations with corpulence, though.

[effgee]

What's wrong with being a bottom-feeder? With guys like you at the top of the food chain, finding oneself at the opposite end of the spectrum suddenly seems like a great place to be.

I like it down here.



(P.S. I strongly suggest you document your method of mass-psychoanalysis in a white paper/book - I'd buy that in a heartbeat.)

[besson3c]

bottom feeder? I once ate 6 six hotdogs in under 2 minutes! Then, I earned 4 PhDs from Harvard...

To Bill Brassky!

[iLikebeer]

I like bacon and punk girls with dyed hair and piercings.
Sometimes I drink too much.
One day I'll be a space pilot, you wait and see.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by ghporter

I was not a hugely popular kid in high school, nor a terribly scholarly one, but having grown up a bit between then and now, I can see that it doesn't matter-unless one is in high school right now, and just about everyone gets over that after a while.

Yep. High school isn't a defining characteristic. It's just high school, nothing more, nothing less.

I had zero popularity in high school. As exactly half of the school's metal heads (two of us, neighbours) I was pretty much treated like a leper.

I have pretty much zero popularity amongst most folks even now. Except the honeys, so I mostly have to hang with gorgeous women all the time (aside from my two guitarists and my company managers, MacNN is the only male contact I have ). I sometimes wish I wasn't a bottom feeder so I could hang out with men and do things like drink beer, burp, scratch my nuts and watch soccer on the TV. It's really hard having to dodge the cuddles, the flashes, the come-ons and the lewd flirting all the time. It's all very traumatic.

[freudling]

Oisin:

As stated, the info was firstly from Randman's website (homepage). Second, the other crap was from his personal stuff section of his website - his online resume.

The phrasal verb "mix-up" does not need a dash.

But the verbal noun created from the phrasal verb 'mix up' does. And that is what Randman used on his site.

What? You seem to be mixing up GERUNDS with phrasal verbs. Gerunds act as nouns, but are really verbs. Phrasal verbs are phrasal verbs. NO DASH NEEDED there.

Quote:
bachelor's in journalism

Where are you taking it from? I don't see it anywhere, and I'm too tired to search extensively for it (it's 2 A.M.). If you are talking about several people who all have bachelor's degrees in journalism, then no, you don't need the apostrophe. These people will be bachelors in journalism.

I think an apostrophe is not needed. If he had said, "bachelor's degree" conjoined like that then yes, an apostrophe would be prudent. But since he shorthanded it it looks unnecessary.


Much of my work has been on the design side, but I also have vast experience as a sub-editor, copy editing and writing.

Nice tense switching from present simple to present continuous. Since you used the indefinite article and are naming positions, it should read, "copy-editor and writer."

No, it should not. There should be a hyphen in 'copy-editing' (or it should be one word), but there is nothing wrong with the tenses. “Copy-editing and writing” is an accompanying clause to the main phrase.

This is how it looks according to YOUR rules:

"...a copy editing and writing." The indefinite article denotes singularity and the latter example makes little sense if any. There is no such thing as 'a copy-editing', only 'a copy', 'a man', 'a Biochemist', etc. It is irrelevant here that it is an accompanying clause to the primary clause. The clause itself is grammatically incorrect for the above reason.

"Vast" is redundant. Arrrgh, must struggle to learn new words. As an award-winning writer, I just must...


[i]So, “I have experience” and “I have vast experience” have the same meaning, do they?[i/]

You must read his "personal stuff" resume on his webpage. Click on his name and then his homepage link will be available. He used, in two very short back-to-back paragraphs, "vast" in the same context. Redundant.

Starting a sentence with "and." Very creative.

He could have reworked that bit and negated the need to have to start another sentence.

As for the analyze thang, you missed the exercise. Let it be dropped.


Corpulent.

Go to his website.

[ghporter]

Doofy, I feel for you man! Let me know when it starts to be too much for you, and I'll come over and help shoulder your horrible burden. And buy you a Guinnes so you can burp your manly burps. (Not big on football -either type- though...)

[Kevin]

[itistoday]

[insert credentials and defense of self here]
I LOVE YOU freudling!!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!! YOU HAVE NO IDEA!!!! FACE!!!!!!!! I WANT TO FEED ON YOUR BOTTOM!!!!!!!

These ****ing censors. They even block F-v-c-k!!!!

[effgee]

Originally Posted by freudling

Let me say here we are all having a good one over this. ...

Now that you've been all witty and stuff (btw, what's up with the pluralis majestatis in your post - surely you don't mean to tell us that you actually know people?) and some of the friendly folk in here showed you "theirs" ...

Originally Posted by freudling

... I used to work for a business publication that was ranked, by SND, as number 1 for design. ...

... I for one am bursting at the seams to see "yours".

How about it?

[freudling]

You'll have to go through the "Access to Information Act" to obtain data. Allow up to 100 years to process requests.

[effgee]

See - that's why us simple folk will always remain at the bottom. You egomaniacs at the top stubbornly refuse to share your secrets.