pet peeve thread
#1061
Posted 2016-November-30, 17:48
They sent me an email Monday saying the order had been shipped and since it doesn't take a week to get here from Ontario I tried to track the order today, not wanting the package to sit in the snow on the step at 20 below. FedEx said they didn't have it so called the company. It hasn't left the shop yet, they said they will let me know when they get around to sending it ( my words, getting a bit frustrated here). They also said it was a good thing I had called as otherwise Amazon might have cancelled the order.
Don't know Memory Express at all, doubt they are in east central Sask. Purolater has been decent, at least they don't just drop stuff off unless you have given then a signed slip of permission. They take it away and leave a notice giving you a way to contact them to arrange delivery, which is fair enough. This is the first time I've dealt with FedEx. First the store has to let them pick up the computer though. Fedex said some companies wait until they have a "shipment" so they get a better shipping rate. So it may be a good two weeks after I finally got the order accepted before I get the thing. Gotta love living in the boonies sometimes.
#1062
Posted 2016-November-30, 18:08
As I said, not the cheapest, and the more you know about computers, the better the store will be for you, but nobody I know has complained about their customer service or their tech service. Of course, everybody I know has built their own computer from parts, too, so take that as you will.
Spent my summers growing up north of Fairview Alberta. I understand both the joys and the frustrations of the boonies. Have to admit I am a city boy, however...
I seriously feel your pain. I cringe whenever I need to get something shipped from anywhere, and I live in the middle of Calgary. I can't imagine it when they won't accept "R.R.2, Okotoks" as an address at all, never mind a shipping address.
#1063
Posted 2016-December-15, 01:57
American lights plug in end to end. This is so much more convenient.
#1064
Posted 2016-December-15, 07:21
#1065
Posted 2016-December-15, 09:14
Zelandakh, on 2016-December-15, 07:21, said:
Citation? dictionary.com shows both "dwarfs" and "dwarves" as plurals, and doesn't say that one is improper or only for a specific context. Merriam-Webster says "also dwarves", so there's a suggestion that "drarfs" is more preferable, but not that "dwarves" is improper.
Language changes, and "accepted practice" is the very definition of what's correct at that point in time.
I guess my pet peeve would be people who think that the language of their youth is the only correct way.
#1067
Posted 2016-December-15, 12:25
Zelandakh, on 2016-December-15, 07:21, said:
barmar, on 2016-December-15, 09:14, said:
I'd heard that story before, too, so I looked it up. Note that my source isn't cite-worthy, but assuming its citations aren't totally misinterpreted (and do you expect Tolkien SBs not to correct that?), it seems to support the case (my emphasis):
Tolkien Gateway said:
The enduring popularity of Tolkien's books, especially The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, has led to the popular use of the term dwarves to describe this race in fantasy literature. Before Tolkien, the term dwarfs (with a different spelling) was used, as seen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In fact, the latter spelling was so common that the original editor of The Lord of the Rings "corrected" Tolkien's dwarves to dwarfs (The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, 138).
You're absolutely correct, language (especially English) evolves. But this particular evolution was deliberately created by one person to make a point, and driven into the real world because he happened to make it in the ur-example of Modern Fantasy (warning: TVTropes link).
#1068
Posted 2016-December-15, 12:52
Zelandakh, on 2016-December-15, 07:21, said:
Would it be fair to say that your peeve about dwarves dwarves any other issue for you? Or would it be fairer to say that your concern about dwarves is dwarved by other concerns, such as the use of a noun as a verb? As for the latter issue, one could, I suppose, google whether such is acceptable practice. Of course, maybe your concern about dwarves is not dwarved but merely dwarfed?
#1069
Posted 2016-December-15, 21:32
Zelandakh, on 2016-December-15, 07:21, said:
If this is your major peeve then you live a charmed life. I mean, seriously, who gives a rat's ***?
#1070
Posted 2016-December-15, 23:30
Kaitlyn S, on 2016-December-15, 21:32, said:
I think I've just discovered a new pet peeve: people with no discernible sense of humour.
#1071
Posted 2016-December-16, 09:41
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How often do you refer to dwarfs in everyday context? Especially since it's not PC these days to use that term to refer to short people.
#1072
Posted 2016-December-16, 10:16
mikeh, on 2016-December-15, 12:52, said:
Sometimes you can really make me laugh Mike. You missed a trick though - you could have thrown in a sneaky practise so that we could extend our "grammar police" pet peeve sub-thread.
barmar, on 2016-December-16, 09:41, said:
Well if you are interested in bonsai I would imagine you refer to dwarfs often. Similarly for some that deal with animals or pets, dwarf rabbits being quite common. But yes, the verb form is probably more common in normal parlance these days but the -ves form is also used there and it is probably even worse in that context.
#1073
Posted 2016-December-16, 10:36
Kaitlyn S, on 2016-December-15, 21:32, said:
As Mike points out, this thread is perhaps not meant to be taken with the same gravity as the Trumped one. Believe me, racism is much higher on my personal pet peeves list than dwarves.
#1074
Posted 2016-December-16, 10:39
Kaitlyn: speaking of pet peeves, I think Zel would be very upset with your issue; I expect he doesn't give a rat's ****, instead.
Now that I've used up my daily quota of cusswords, I return you to your regularly scheduled peeve-griping.
#1075
Posted 2016-December-16, 10:52
mycroft, on 2016-December-16, 10:39, said:
Ah, now I get it - I was wondering how a rodent owned a donkey!!!
#1076
Posted 2016-December-16, 13:32
#1077
Posted 2016-December-16, 17:34
Zelandakh, on 2016-December-16, 10:16, said:
Ah, thought you were a connoisseur of that type of pr0n
#1078
Posted 2016-December-28, 16:45
Cyberyeti, on 2016-December-16, 17:34, said:
Perhaps we should challenge Kaitlyn to post her first 5 links to the web search "bonsai pr0n"...
#1079
Posted 2016-December-28, 16:46
#1080
Posted 2017-January-03, 08:35
This has bitten me twice, one I posted about before because it was at a bridge event, they gave it to me, my stepmum was recovering from chemo, so I couldn't attend family Christmas.
The recent one is much more annoying. Nearly 2 years ago, I'd lost nearly 60 pounds, I enrolled at a gym feeling good and wanting to lose a little more. At the group induction, one of the people there turned up with a horrendous cold. They gave it to me and basically since then I've had ME/CFS (which is why some people that might have expected to see me at things like the Tolly haven't for the last 2).