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You can't make this stuff up: Crazy stories ripped from the headlines
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That may be the dumbest court ruling in history (and for the record, I'm a frequent advocate for and user of the 'oxford comma').
Right now I know an attorney who is involved in another major case hinging on the absence of a comma. This is the kind of thing lawyers do. As an ex-English teacher, I’m ok with the principle that words (and punctuation) matter.
So it is now not just the letter and intent of the law, it is the punctuation too?
Has anybody looked at the Lewis and Clark journals?
Has anybody looked at the Lewis and Clark journals?
^^^ Yup. That's LAW -- written so it's consistent and long-lived, not open to the whims of various era's ideas about "what it means". This example, however, illustrates one of the problems with inconsistent rules for punctuation [insert my ongoing plug for use of the Oxford comma when separation is intended].
Journals/fiction/personal writing does not have to meet the standards of law writing -- nor, for purposes of entertainment and readability -- should it in many cases.
Journals/fiction/personal writing does not have to meet the standards of law writing -- nor, for purposes of entertainment and readability -- should it in many cases.
It IS the letter and intent of the law, and proper punctuation reveals that intent.
Read a middle English docunent. NOTHING is permanent. Spelling , word meanings, it all changes or it is burned and made up again.
I will get off the soapbox now and have another beer.
I will get off the soapbox now and have another beer.
Nice parking job vertical and upside down between trees off rt 88 near Carson pass:
(various paywalls) maybe dense smoke from Caldor fire was a factor !
apple.news
(various paywalls) maybe dense smoke from Caldor fire was a factor !
Car veers off highway and becomes wedged between large trees in Alpine County, CHP says — The Sacramento Bee
The California Highway Patrol says a driver was hurt in a crash off Highway 88 in Alpine County, with the vehicle wedged between large trees near Carson Pass.
apple.news
Wasn't that what Otis on The Andy Griffith Show always said?
Singapore is being terrorized by the country's growing population of adorable otters, who've eaten thousands of dollars' worth of expensive koi fish
Otters are killing thousands of dollars' worth of pricey koi as they move from Singapore's waterways to attacking fish in private ponds.
www.insider.com
I feel like if I owned the fish, I'd be like "F*&#ing otters!!" ::shake my fist::
Then take one look at that face..."Okay, have another. Please help yourself."
B.C. commercial fishermen have been known to shoot seals in similar situations....so don't be surprised if something similar happens in Singapore.
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TS
That is hilarious!
Otters of all sorts (lutra, lontra and enhydra) make superb kayak mascots.
Uhhhh, river otters in California can be very aggressive. I know a guy whose daughter lost a finger and has permanent scarring from an encounter with one. Even fish and game were at a loss to explain why she was attacked.
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Do they have pelts like sea otters?
If so, there’s a simple solution, but a problem stopping once the slaughter begins.
www.kqed.org
If so, there’s a simple solution, but a problem stopping once the slaughter begins.
The Fantastic Fur of Sea Otters | KQED
Sea otters aren’t just cute -- they’re a vivid example of life on the edge. Unlike whales and other ocean mammals, sea otters have no blubber. Yet they're still able to keep warm in the frigid Pacific waters. The secret to their survival? A fur coat like no other.
We need some of those to help with that invasive species of fish that came from the Far East with the cargo ships.
Even so. There are any number of creekers, whitewater paddlers and sea tourers here who find them inspirational - and the proof is everything lutrine from stickers and bracelet charms to foredeck inlays to little figurines for the bow.