Stay At Home Humor

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[geist1223]

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Reminds me of Patti most Evenings. She will be sitting on the TV Room Sofa with her feet up on the Blanket Chest. Mailie the Cat will be stretched out on her legs sleeping on her back. Felix will be tight up against her left hip with his head on her lap. She is trapped and can not move. After a couple hours she will apologize to the Animals because she has to get up to use the Bathroom. Mailie will be very upset and stomp off. Felix will grumble and move to my side of the Sofa curl up and go back to sleep.

 

[Tank]

 

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[plpgma]

 

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[LannyPC]

Yes, I know that the order-of-the-day is to only use one space after all punctuation -- but I simply can't ignore the composition training from my college days!

Neither can I.

 

[tombanjo]

 

[Tank]

 

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[T_R_Oglodyte]

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Women seem to inhabit a world with vastly more colors than men. One time, when we were at the mall together, my wife started looking around in a clothing store, looking at sweaters. She said she wanted a red sweater, so wanting to be helpful I started checking some other racks.

I pulled a sweater that I thought looked nice, and held it up for her. She looked at it and said, "That's not red. That's strawberry."

Silly me. Up to then I had spent my entire life believing that strawberries are red.

 

[pedro47]

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No, it is called Respect.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

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Yes, I know that the order-of-the-day is to only use one space after all punctuation -- but I simply can't ignore the composition training from my college days!

It comes from the situation that on a typewriter all key strokes have the same width - a period occupies the same width as a "W" or a blank space, with the period dot in the middle of the space. So on a typewriter if you put only one space at the end of a sentence, visually that isn't any different from a comma in the middle of a sentence, and only slightly different from the break between words. So by using two spaces after a period the sentence break and it's far easier to read. BTW - the same applies on a computer with a non-proportional font, such as courier. If you don't use two spaces after a period in courier, it's difficult to read.

Computers use proportionally spaced fonts, so that the width of each space varies with the width of the character. That provides the needed visual break after the period.

When text is converted to HTML, two spaces after a period are converted to one space. Next time you reply to post such as this, try putting two spaces in after a period to start a new sentence. When your reply is posted, you should find that the second space after the period was deleted. For example, I used two spaces to start this sentence as I'm typing, but now there is only one.

 

[spirit1]

It comes from the situation that on a typewriter all key strokes have the same width - a period occupies the same width as a "W" or a blank space, with the period dot in the middle of the space. So on a typewriter if you put only one space at the end of a sentence, visually that isn't any different from a comma in the middle of a sentence, and only slightly different from the break between words. So by using two spaces after a period the sentence break and it's far easier to read. BTW - the same applies on a computer with a non-proportional font, such as courier. If you don't use two spaces after a period in courier, it's difficult to read.

Computers use proportionally spaced fonts, so that the width of each space varies with the width of the character. That provides the needed visual break after the period.

When text is converted to HTML, two spaces after a period are converted to one space. Next time you reply to post such as this, try putting two spaces in after a period to start a new sentence. When your reply is posted, you should find that the second space after the period was deleted. For example, I used two spaces to start this sentence as I'm typing, but now there is only one.

What a lovely answer. Honestly...this is just something I never wondered about before but now that I know...I find it amazing regarding the thought that went into the process. Cheers.

 

[PigsDad]

It comes from the situation that on a typewriter all key strokes have the same width - a period occupies the same width as a "W" or a blank space, with the period dot in the middle of the space. So on a typewriter if you put only one space at the end of a sentence, visually that isn't any different from a comma in the middle of a sentence, and only slightly different from the break between words. So by using two spaces after a period the sentence break and it's far easier to read. BTW - the same applies on a computer with a non-proportional font, such as courier. If you don't use two spaces after a period in courier, it's difficult to read.

Computers use proportionally spaced fonts, so that the width of each space varies with the width of the character. That provides the needed visual break after the period.

When text is converted to HTML, two spaces after a period are converted to one space. Next time you reply to post such as this, try putting two spaces in after a period to start a new sentence. When your reply is posted, you should find that the second space after the period was deleted. For example, I used two spaces to start this sentence as I'm typing, but now there is only one.

Agree 100%, but I still type two spaces between sentences. Old habits die hard...

Kurt

 

[clifffaith]

Reminds me of Patti most Evenings. She will be sitting on the TV Room Sofa with her feet up on the Blanket Chest. Mailie the Cat will be stretched out on her legs sleeping on her back. Felix will be tight up against her left hip with his head on her lap. She is trapped and can not move. After a couple hours she will apologize to the Animals because she has to get up to use the Bathroom. Mailie will be very upset and stomp off. Felix will grumble and move to my side of the Sofa curl up and go back to sleep.

In our house having a cat in your lap absolves you from getting up to do chores. And in fact the one without the cat is required to do refill and refrigerator runs. Unfortunately saying "will you pee for me while you're up" doesn't work and eventually a feline needs to be dislodged.

 

[clifffaith]

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I designed drapery and othe window treatments for 30 years. When a particularly weird color name would show up my mostly female clients and I would agree that a "bunch of men sitting around a table" named the fabric. Most difficulties seemed to be in red/orange/pink colors. More than once I ordered a swatch because there is no way a bright coral should have been named "baby girl pink" or some such.

 

[plpgma]

...When text is converted to HTML, two spaces after a period are converted to one space. Next time you reply to post such as this, try putting two spaces in after a period to start a new sentence. When your reply is posted, you should find that the second space after the period was deleted. For example, I used two spaces to start this sentence as I'm typing, but now there is only one.

Very interesting -- I had never considered that! And here I just automatically input two spaces after the exclamation point -- didn't even think about it!

 

[plpgma]

Very interesting -- I had never considered that! And here I just automatically input two spaces after the exclamation point -- didn't even think about it!

And you're right, T_R_Oglodyte -- it does work that way!

 

[Passepartout]

Not being insensitive. I just post 'em when I find 'em.