On 2019-08-02 7:23 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 8/2/2019 7:08 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2019-08-02 1:58 p.m., wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 10:14:22 -0700 (PDT), "
>>
>>>> Maybe he was a Maine Coon or a Norwegian Forest cat??Â* They get to
>>>> be large
>>>> bruisers but oh so gentle.
>>>
>>> He was a plain ole ginger tabby, far more affectionate than this
>>> female I have now.
>>>
>>
>> We had a ginger tabby male. He was a good sized cat. He used to sleep
>> on under the hood of our vehicles. One time I startedÂ* my pickup and
>> he let out a yowl went running off with no tail. It was the middle of
>> winter and there was no worry about infection.
> Excuse me?Â* That sounds horrific.
>

It was a clean cut and it healed quickly.

On 2019-08-02 5:03 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-08-02 1:38 p.m., graham wrote:
>>
>> I used to be a cash-paying customer for nearly everything. Then I got
>> a cash-back Visa and now use it for most things. But for trivial
>> purchases and those from small businesses, I still use cash.
>> OK, so the cost of these cards is hidden in the price, but it's there
>> anyway. Then there are those legions of loyalty cards that just swell
>> the wallet - if you bother with them.
>
> I don't bother with them. I don't even bother with the Air Miles card
> that I used for years.

I've had an Airmiles card for getting on for 30 years and still have
only ~1100 points.

On 2019-08-02 8:56 p.m., graham wrote:
> On 2019-08-02 5:03 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2019-08-02 1:38 p.m., graham wrote:
>>>
>>> I used to be a cash-paying customer for nearly everything. Then I got
>>> a cash-back Visa and now use it for most things. But for trivial
>>> purchases and those from small businesses, I still use cash.
>>> OK, so the cost of these cards is hidden in the price, but it's there
>>> anyway. Then there are those legions of loyalty cards that just swell
>>> the wallet - if you bother with them.
>>
>> I don't bother with them. I don't even bother with the Air Miles card
>> that I used for years.
>
> I've had an Airmiles card for getting on for 30 years and still have
> only ~1100 points.

I have got a few things from Airmile, like a BluRay player and a Garmin
Wristband and Garmin Swim Watch that fogged up the first time I wore it
while kayaking. It seems that my banking keeps adding points, but I
don't bother trying to redeem them I got fed up with their tactics.
When I had 200 points there were all sorts of things available for 500
points, but when I got 500 points there was nothing worthwhile for that
amount. Similar items would be available fore 1000. By the time I got
1,000 points those things were not available. The only things of
interest were 1500 points. I gave up.

On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 21:03:45 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-08-02 8:56 p.m., graham wrote:
>> On 2019-08-02 5:03 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2019-08-02 1:38 p.m., graham wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I used to be a cash-paying customer for nearly everything. Then I got
>>>> a cash-back Visa and now use it for most things. But for trivial
>>>> purchases and those from small businesses, I still use cash.
>>>> OK, so the cost of these cards is hidden in the price, but it's there
>>>> anyway. Then there are those legions of loyalty cards that just swell
>>>> the wallet - if you bother with them.
>>>
>>> I don't bother with them. I don't even bother with the Air Miles card
>>> that I used for years.
>>
>> I've had an Airmiles card for getting on for 30 years and still have
>> only ~1100 points.
>
>I have got a few things from Airmile, like a BluRay player and a Garmin
>Wristband and Garmin Swim Watch that fogged up the first time I wore it
>while kayaking. It seems that my banking keeps adding points, but I
>don't bother trying to redeem them I got fed up with their tactics.
>When I had 200 points there were all sorts of things available for 500
>points, but when I got 500 points there was nothing worthwhile for that
>amount. Similar items would be available fore 1000. By the time I got
>1,000 points those things were not available. The only things of
>interest were 1500 points. I gave up.

You do realize that 95 points will get you $10 of groceries at Metro
or Sobeys? That's all I ever use my air miles for.

Doris

On 2019-08-02 7:42 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 1:07:33 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> We had a ginger tabby male. He was a good sized cat. He used to sleep on
>> under the hood of our vehicles. One time I started my pickup and he let
>> out a yowl went running off with no tail. It was the middle of winter
>> and there was no worry about infection. but the end of his stubby tale
>> turned black. We had a drunken retired half blind vet across the street
>> who told me that he had seen a lynx. I tried to tell him it was our tom
>> cat, but he insisted it was a lynx.
>
> That's interesting. Those cats must find car engines to be quite comfortable on cold nights. My guess is that's what happened to the cat that adopted us. He's supposed to be a male but beats me how you can tell.


We had a number of cats over the years but he was the only one who slept
in engines regularly. I can understand the going for the warmth when we
first parked, but after an hour or two the engine would be ambient
temperature.

On Fri, 02 Aug 2019 09:41:56 -0300, wrote:


>The old cat I had many moons ago weighed in at 30lbs. The vet said he
>was slightly overweight, but not enough to worry.

The average house cat weighs between 7 and 10 pounds. 12-14 pounds
isn't unusual for a male. Larger than that usually means fat, OR a
large breed, like the Maine Coon.

I had a female that barely broke 5 pounds, but she was the runt of her
litter. GREAT cat though.

I had a male that weighed over 20. Ate light at home but would catch
AND eat wild rabbits, rattlesnakes, and other things. Was VERY
healthy and active until he was poisoned by a neighbors garden.

On Fri, 02 Aug 2019 09:10:23 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>> > I do have to go to the actual annoying bank next week though. I
>> > have to deposit a couple of checks. At that time, I'll withdrawl
>> > $100 in "one's." Nicely they have already counted bundles of $1
>> > dollar bills.
>>
>> That stack of #1 bill surely makes you popular with the G-string dancers
>> at the bar.
>
>These days, a stack of $5's would probably be more popular

I hardly EVER use cash any more, debit card works almost everywhere.

But I do occasionally get paid in cash for programming scanners for
people, often carry that cash for months before I use it.

But the local Credit Union I belong to has multiple branches,
ALL in good neighborhoods.

On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 19:23:01 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 8/2/2019 7:08 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2019-08-02 1:58 p.m., wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 10:14:22 -0700 (PDT), "
>>
>>>> Maybe he was a Maine Coon or a Norwegian Forest cat??* They get to be
>>>> large
>>>> bruisers but oh so gentle.
>>>
>>> He was a plain ole ginger tabby, far more affectionate than this
>>> female I have now.
>>>
>>
>> We had a ginger tabby male. He was a good sized cat. He used to sleep on
>> under the hood of our vehicles. One time I started* my pickup and he let
>> out a yowl went running off with no tail. It was the middle of winter
>> and there was no worry about infection.

>Excuse me? That sounds horrific.

When I was MUCH younger, we had a cat that would sleep under the hood
of our car. Cars were much larger than, and MUCH more empty space
under the hood.

Cat (Ribbons, orange male) rode all the way to the Naval Base when my
Dad went to work one morning. Took 2 days to convince him he was
better off at home.

He used to sit on my back when I was prone on the living room floor
watching TV. I could get up (hunched over) go to the fridge, drink
something, and lay back down with him still in place.

On 2019-08-02 7:09 p.m., Doris Night wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 21:03:45 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2019-08-02 8:56 p.m., graham wrote:
>>> On 2019-08-02 5:03 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2019-08-02 1:38 p.m., graham wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I used to be a cash-paying customer for nearly everything. Then I got
>>>>> a cash-back Visa and now use it for most things. But for trivial
>>>>> purchases and those from small businesses, I still use cash.
>>>>> OK, so the cost of these cards is hidden in the price, but it's there
>>>>> anyway. Then there are those legions of loyalty cards that just swell
>>>>> the wallet - if you bother with them.
>>>>
>>>> I don't bother with them. I don't even bother with the Air Miles card
>>>> that I used for years.
>>>
>>> I've had an Airmiles card for getting on for 30 years and still have
>>> only ~1100 points.
>>
>> I have got a few things from Airmile, like a BluRay player and a Garmin
>> Wristband and Garmin Swim Watch that fogged up the first time I wore it
>> while kayaking. It seems that my banking keeps adding points, but I
>> don't bother trying to redeem them I got fed up with their tactics.
>> When I had 200 points there were all sorts of things available for 500
>> points, but when I got 500 points there was nothing worthwhile for that
>> amount. Similar items would be available fore 1000. By the time I got
>> 1,000 points those things were not available. The only things of
>> interest were 1500 points. I gave up.
>
> You do realize that 95 points will get you $10 of groceries at Metro
> or Sobeys? That's all I ever use my air miles for.
>
> Doris
>
I think they have to be cash points or something. I haven'y figured out
the gobbledegook on the website.

jmcquown wrote:
> On 8/2/2019 3:32 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "dsi1"Â* wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> I had a small business and cash is good stuff. Made me feel all
>> warm inside. I paid cash to have my car towed - gave the guys 5
>> twenties and an extra 20 for the driver. I told them to forego the
>> receipt too. They like that kind of stuff. The office girl jumps
>> up and runs across the street to get lunch for the office. That
>> made everybody involved in the transaction feel all warm inside.
>>
>> ==
>>
>> lol
>
> Why do you encourage dsi1?
>

Probably same reason yoose continually strokes Popeye's Pee Pee.

Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-08-02 8:56 p.m., graham wrote:
>> On 2019-08-02 5:03 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2019-08-02 1:38 p.m., graham wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I used to be a cash-paying customer for nearly everything. Then
>>>> I got a cash-back Visa and now use it for most things. But for
>>>> trivial purchases and those from small businesses, I still use
>>>> cash.
>>>> OK, so the cost of these cards is hidden in the price, but it's
>>>> there anyway. Then there are those legions of loyalty cards that
>>>> just swell the wallet - if you bother with them.
>>>
>>> I don't bother with them. I don't even bother with the Air Miles
>>> card that I used for years.
>>
>> I've had an Airmiles card for getting on for 30 years and still
>> have only ~1100 points.
>
> I have got a few things from Airmile, like a BluRay player and a
> Garmin Wristband and* Garmin Swim Watch that fogged up the first
> time I wore it while kayaking.* It seems that my banking keeps
> adding points, but I don't bother trying to redeem them I got fed up
> with their tactics. When I had 200 points there were all sorts of
> things available for 500 points, but when I got 500 points there was
> nothing worthwhile for that amount. Similar items would be available
> fore 1000. By the time I got 1,000 points those things were not
> available. The only things of interest were 1500 points. I gave up.
>

I guess life has always been just a wee bit out of reach for yoose.

In article >, dsi123
@hawaiiantel.net writes:
>Dredge the bacon in flour, fry in a good amount of oil till brown. Do not
overcook. The bacon will be crispy without frying it all to hell. It's done in
about half the time.

Flour frying might give the bacon a crisp exterior, but the insides will still
be undercooked and slimy. Baking is the best way to go. It provides crisp
results without excess grease. Now, I know that some of y'all save that there
grease in coffee cans for later use. But that nauseates me, so we've never done
it.


Orlando Enrique Fiol
Ph.D. in Music Theory
University of Pennsylvania: November, 2018
Professional Pianist/Keyboardist, Percussionist, Arranger, Performer and
Pedagogue

In article >, lid writes:
> Why not?

A product called "great value" or "quality value" doesn't sound appetizing.

On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 6:21:08 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 3:43:51 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> >
> > We'll stay on our rock. All ya'alls rednecks can go back to where ya come from. Make America great again!
> >
> That's twice you've spelled it incorrectly. It's all y'all or just plain y'all.
> It's the contraction of you all but I don't know what 'ya'll' is a contraction of.

Unless it's possessive: all y'all's. Although I can't figure out how
red necks could go back to where they came from without the rest of
the body.

Cindy Hamilton

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> Unless it's possessive: all y'all's. Although I can't figure out how
> red necks could go back to where they came from without the rest of
> the body.

Makes sense too. Good observation!

Here in Virginia, "y'all" is very common.
After living here for almost 50 years, I say it too.
It's not just redneck talk though, just regional talk.

I've never heard "all y'all" though. I suspect that's just
a caricature of southern talk.

When dealing with true southern talk, perhaps Dsi1 should be
the one educating people here. After all, *HE* lives in our
southernmost state.

On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 18:56:28 -0600, graham > wrote:

>On 2019-08-02 5:03 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2019-08-02 1:38 p.m., graham wrote:
>>>
>>> I used to be a cash-paying customer for nearly everything. Then I got
>>> a cash-back Visa and now use it for most things. But for trivial
>>> purchases and those from small businesses, I still use cash.
>>> OK, so the cost of these cards is hidden in the price, but it's there
>>> anyway. Then there are those legions of loyalty cards that just swell
>>> the wallet - if you bother with them.
>>
>> I don't bother with them. I don't even bother with the Air Miles card
>> that I used for years.
>
>I've had an Airmiles card for getting on for 30 years and still have
>only ~1100 points.

The last four trips I made to the UK were all paid for by Air Miles,
now because I don't want to travel, I have it set to give me cash
back. Every other week or so, $10 off the grocery, or at the pump,
always seems nice to me. The miles are still adding up though and I
am coming up on a free Samsung 10 phone soon.

On Fri, 02 Aug 2019 20:09:09 -0500, Doris Night
> wrote:

>On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 21:03:45 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>>On 2019-08-02 8:56 p.m., graham wrote:
>>> On 2019-08-02 5:03 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2019-08-02 1:38 p.m., graham wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I used to be a cash-paying customer for nearly everything. Then I got
>>>>> a cash-back Visa and now use it for most things. But for trivial
>>>>> purchases and those from small businesses, I still use cash.
>>>>> OK, so the cost of these cards is hidden in the price, but it's there
>>>>> anyway. Then there are those legions of loyalty cards that just swell
>>>>> the wallet - if you bother with them.
>>>>
>>>> I don't bother with them. I don't even bother with the Air Miles card
>>>> that I used for years.
>>>
>>> I've had an Airmiles card for getting on for 30 years and still have
>>> only ~1100 points.
>>
>>I have got a few things from Airmile, like a BluRay player and a Garmin
>>Wristband and Garmin Swim Watch that fogged up the first time I wore it
>>while kayaking. It seems that my banking keeps adding points, but I
>>don't bother trying to redeem them I got fed up with their tactics.
>>When I had 200 points there were all sorts of things available for 500
>>points, but when I got 500 points there was nothing worthwhile for that
>>amount. Similar items would be available fore 1000. By the time I got
>>1,000 points those things were not available. The only things of
>>interest were 1500 points. I gave up.
>
>You do realize that 95 points will get you $10 of groceries at Metro
>or Sobeys? That's all I ever use my air miles for.
>
>Doris

Yes, I have mine set for that, it feels good lol

On Fri, 02 Aug 2019 19:48:10 -0700, wrote:

>On Fri, 02 Aug 2019 09:41:56 -0300, wrote:
>
>
>>The old cat I had many moons ago weighed in at 30lbs. The vet said he
>>was slightly overweight, but not enough to worry.
>
>The average house cat weighs between 7 and 10 pounds. 12-14 pounds
>isn't unusual for a male. Larger than that usually means fat, OR a
>large breed, like the Maine Coon.
>
>I had a female that barely broke 5 pounds, but she was the runt of her
>litter. GREAT cat though.
>
>I had a male that weighed over 20. Ate light at home but would catch
>AND eat wild rabbits, rattlesnakes, and other things. Was VERY
>healthy and active until he was poisoned by a neighbors garden.

My cat was an indoor cat, gave up on letting cats out, we had one that
'disappeared' and it was really disturbing. My daughter lost her cat
one night, they heard a coyote so have to assume...

Even though he was indoor, he hunted the mice when they came into the
basement for the winter, I could never find where they were getting
in. He also liked to be on the sun deck and I think he must have had
a shot at the squirrel there and been bitten because he suddenly just
watched them and gave them a wide berth.

On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 21:41:07 -0600, graham > wrote:

>On 2019-08-02 7:09 p.m., Doris Night wrote:
>> On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 21:03:45 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2019-08-02 8:56 p.m., graham wrote:
>>>> On 2019-08-02 5:03 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>> On 2019-08-02 1:38 p.m., graham wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I used to be a cash-paying customer for nearly everything. Then I got
>>>>>> a cash-back Visa and now use it for most things. But for trivial
>>>>>> purchases and those from small businesses, I still use cash.
>>>>>> OK, so the cost of these cards is hidden in the price, but it's there
>>>>>> anyway. Then there are those legions of loyalty cards that just swell
>>>>>> the wallet - if you bother with them.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't bother with them. I don't even bother with the Air Miles card
>>>>> that I used for years.
>>>>
>>>> I've had an Airmiles card for getting on for 30 years and still have
>>>> only ~1100 points.
>>>
>>> I have got a few things from Airmile, like a BluRay player and a Garmin
>>> Wristband and Garmin Swim Watch that fogged up the first time I wore it
>>> while kayaking. It seems that my banking keeps adding points, but I
>>> don't bother trying to redeem them I got fed up with their tactics.
>>> When I had 200 points there were all sorts of things available for 500
>>> points, but when I got 500 points there was nothing worthwhile for that
>>> amount. Similar items would be available fore 1000. By the time I got
>>> 1,000 points those things were not available. The only things of
>>> interest were 1500 points. I gave up.
>>
>> You do realize that 95 points will get you $10 of groceries at Metro
>> or Sobeys? That's all I ever use my air miles for.
>>
>> Doris
>>
>I think they have to be cash points or something. I haven'y figured out
>the gobbledegook on the website.

Go to Cash/Dream miles and set the meter, slide it to the proportion
of each you want.

On 2019-08-02 11:41 p.m., graham wrote:
> On 2019-08-02 7:09 p.m., Doris Night wrote:

>> You do realize that 95 points will get you $10 of groceries at Metro
>> or Sobeys? That's all I ever use my air miles for.
>>
>> Doris
>>
> I think they have to be cash points or something. I haven'y figured out
> the gobbledegook on the website.


It doesn't help that it is all being done to track your purchases so
they can target your demographic.

On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 07:53:17 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-08-02 11:41 p.m., graham wrote:
>> On 2019-08-02 7:09 p.m., Doris Night wrote:
>
>>> You do realize that 95 points will get you $10 of groceries at Metro
>>> or Sobeys? That's all I ever use my air miles for.
>>>
>>> Doris
>>>
>> I think they have to be cash points or something. I haven'y figured out
>> the gobbledegook on the website.
>
>
>It doesn't help that it is all being done to track your purchases so
>they can target your demographic.

I always hate it when they target my demographic. It really hurts!

On 2019-08-03 6:34 a.m., Gary wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> Unless it's possessive: all y'all's. Although I can't figure out how
>> red necks could go back to where they came from without the rest of
>> the body.
>
> Makes sense too. Good observation!
>
> Here in Virginia, "y'all" is very common.
> After living here for almost 50 years, I say it too.
> It's not just redneck talk though, just regional talk.
>
> I've never heard "all y'all" though. I suspect that's just
> a caricature of southern talk.
>
> When dealing with true southern talk, perhaps Dsi1 should be
> the one educating people here. After all, *HE* lives in our
> southernmost state.
>


We had a visitor from Texas a few years ago. He had lived here until he
was about 10 and then moved down there. He was obviously struggling to
use the proper second person possessive and seemed to have decided on
y'all's. Most people find it much easier to just say "your".

On 2019-08-03 7:06 a.m., wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Aug 2019 20:09:09 -0500, Doris Night

>> You do realize that 95 points will get you $10 of groceries at Metro
>> or Sobeys? That's all I ever use my air miles for.
>>
>> Doris
>
> Yes, I have mine set for that, it feels good lol

That is the least they can do,since they are so much more expensive than
other stores. I can same a lot more than $5 a week by shopping at Food
Basics. For instance, I needed some Shredded Wheat this week. It was
$4.99 at Sobeys and on sale for $2.88 at Food Basics. I stocked up with
4 boxes, so I saved $8.44

On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 07:53:17 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-08-02 11:41 p.m., graham wrote:
>> On 2019-08-02 7:09 p.m., Doris Night wrote:
>
>>> You do realize that 95 points will get you $10 of groceries at Metro
>>> or Sobeys? That's all I ever use my air miles for.
>>>
>>> Doris
>>>
>> I think they have to be cash points or something. I haven'y figured out
>> the gobbledegook on the website.
>
>
>It doesn't help that it is all being done to track your purchases so
>they can target your demographic.


Any credit card tracks you, it does not have to be a store loyalty
card.

Besides, any data a bank it wants about you but doesn't already have,
they can likely obtain from a data compiler.

"dsi1" wrote in message
...

On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 9:37:03 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> ==
>
> (

My son heard a cat outside our door late one night. He opened the door and a
cat walked in like he owned the joint. He had a slash on is belly that left
his guts exposed but you'd never know it since he seemed perfectly fine with
the condition. We got his belly sewed up and he's been a big pest ever
since. In this case, the cat chose us - we had no say in the matter.

===

Lucky cat) Or he was once he adopted you)

On Sat, 03 Aug 2019 08:09:41 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

>On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 07:53:17 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>>On 2019-08-02 11:41 p.m., graham wrote:
>>> On 2019-08-02 7:09 p.m., Doris Night wrote:
>>
>>>> You do realize that 95 points will get you $10 of groceries at Metro
>>>> or Sobeys? That's all I ever use my air miles for.
>>>>
>>>> Doris
>>>>
>>> I think they have to be cash points or something. I haven'y figured out
>>> the gobbledegook on the website.
>>
>>
>>It doesn't help that it is all being done to track your purchases so
>>they can target your demographic.
>
>
>Any credit card tracks you, it does not have to be a store loyalty
>card.
>
>Besides, any data a bank it wants about you but doesn't already have,
>they can likely obtain from a data compiler.

When it all started years ago, I was agin it, but I give up now.
Between cameras and data, nothing is private and since I live an
honest life I figure, there's not much there that can be used against
me.

It was always there in one form or another, in 1955 I applied for a
visa to stay in the US for a couple of months (from Japan) and was
turned down. My father phoned the US Ambassador to ask him what was
going on, he checked into it, came back to my father and told him it
was because they knew I had stood as the Communist Rep in the mock
elections at school in the UK !!!! He told me I had my visa, not to
worry.

Makes you think doesn't it? Wonder what the US Embassy in Tokyo would
think now of Trump and Putin, would they give either a visa lololol

"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

On 8/2/2019 3:32 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> I had a small business and cash is good stuff. Made me feel all warm
> inside. I paid cash to have my car towed - gave the guys 5 twenties and an
> extra 20 for the driver. I told them to forego the receipt too. They like
> that kind of stuff. The office girl jumps up and runs across the street to
> get lunch for the office. That made everybody involved in the transaction
> feel all warm inside.
>
> ==
>
> lol

Why do you encourage dsi1?

===

I could say the same to you about several other posters, but I wouldn't
be so rude!

On Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 7:56:59 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-08-03 6:34 a.m., Gary wrote:
> > Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >>
> >> Unless it's possessive: all y'all's. Although I can't figure out how
> >> red necks could go back to where they came from without the rest of
> >> the body.
> >
> > Makes sense too. Good observation!
> >
> > Here in Virginia, "y'all" is very common.
> > After living here for almost 50 years, I say it too.
> > It's not just redneck talk though, just regional talk.
> >
> > I've never heard "all y'all" though. I suspect that's just
> > a caricature of southern talk.
> >
> > When dealing with true southern talk, perhaps Dsi1 should be
> > the one educating people here. After all, *HE* lives in our
> > southernmost state.
> >
>
>
> We had a visitor from Texas a few years ago. He had lived here until he
> was about 10 and then moved down there. He was obviously struggling to
> use the proper second person possessive and seemed to have decided on
> y'all's. Most people find it much easier to just say "your".

Still, "y'all" is unmistakably plural, unlike "you". I've always felt
that was a deficiency in the English language.

Cindy Hamilton

"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 1:07:33 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-08-02 1:58 p.m., wrote:
> > On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 10:14:22 -0700 (PDT), "
>
> >> Maybe he was a Maine Coon or a Norwegian Forest cat?? They get to be
> >> large
> >> bruisers but oh so gentle.
> >
> > He was a plain ole ginger tabby, far more affectionate than this
> > female I have now.
> >
>
> We had a ginger tabby male. He was a good sized cat. He used to sleep on
> under the hood of our vehicles. One time I started my pickup and he let
> out a yowl went running off with no tail. It was the middle of winter
> and there was no worry about infection. but the end of his stubby tale
> turned black. We had a drunken retired half blind vet across the street
> who told me that he had seen a lynx. I tried to tell him it was our tom
> cat, but he insisted it was a lynx.

That's interesting. Those cats must find car engines to be quite comfortable
on cold nights. My guess is that's what happened to the cat that adopted us.
He's supposed to be a male but beats me how you can tell.

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That was dreadful

On Sat, 03 Aug 2019 09:24:03 -0300, wrote:

>On Sat, 03 Aug 2019 08:09:41 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 07:53:17 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>>
>>>On 2019-08-02 11:41 p.m., graham wrote:
>>>> On 2019-08-02 7:09 p.m., Doris Night wrote:
>>>
>>>>> You do realize that 95 points will get you $10 of groceries at Metro
>>>>> or Sobeys? That's all I ever use my air miles for.
>>>>>
>>>>> Doris
>>>>>
>>>> I think they have to be cash points or something. I haven'y figured out
>>>> the gobbledegook on the website.
>>>
>>>
>>>It doesn't help that it is all being done to track your purchases so
>>>they can target your demographic.
>>
>>
>>Any credit card tracks you, it does not have to be a store loyalty
>>card.
>>
>>Besides, any data a bank it wants about you but doesn't already have,
>>they can likely obtain from a data compiler.
>
>When it all started years ago, I was agin it, but I give up now.
>Between cameras and data, nothing is private and since I live an
>honest life I figure, there's not much there that can be used against
>me.
>
>It was always there in one form or another, in 1955 I applied for a
>visa to stay in the US for a couple of months (from Japan) and was
>turned down. My father phoned the US Ambassador to ask him what was
>going on, he checked into it, came back to my father and told him it
>was because they knew I had stood as the Communist Rep in the mock
>elections at school in the UK !!!! He told me I had my visa, not to
>worry.
>
>Makes you think doesn't it? Wonder what the US Embassy in Tokyo would
>think now of Trump and Putin, would they give either a visa lololol

Yup....

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> Still, "y'all" is unmistakably plural, unlike "you". I've always felt
> that was a deficiency in the English language.

Here in the real south, "y'all" is used only as a plural. You
don't say that to one person, only when addressing more than one
person. Us southerners aren't as stupid as our reputation seems
to be elsewhere.

wrote:
>
> Why do you need to get a stack of singles each year, why not just hold
> on to them?

Emergency money during hurricane season. After that, it becomes
petty cash. I often like to keep some ones in my wallet to avoid
breaking a larger bill. Those 1's get used up within a few
months. No worries. Just make sure I have plenty the following
hurricane season.

If I never spend them, I could have left them in the bank in the
first place.

On 2019-08-03 11:23 a.m., Gary wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> Still, "y'all" is unmistakably plural, unlike "you". I've always felt
>> that was a deficiency in the English language.
>
> Here in the real south, "y'all" is used only as a plural. You
> don't say that to one person, only when addressing more than one
> person. Us southerners aren't as stupid as our reputation seems
> to be elsewhere.
>

Why not? You is both singular and plural. For some reason, people in
the south convert it from singular to plural by adding "all", while
people to the north with similar linguistic skills add an "s"... yous/
youse.

On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 15:16:16 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 2:36:24 PM UTC-5, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Maybe he was a Maine Coon or a Norwegian Forest cat?? They get to be large
>> > bruisers but oh so gentle.
>> >
>>
>> I never had one of those big ole cats. They do seem pretty relaxed.
>>
>Main Coons take about 2-3 years to reach maturity but tend to keep their play-ful kitten ways their whole life.
>>
>> I have a tiny little siamese cat. She's pretty enough to make a
>> textbook picture, but a very small animal. She is one hell of a
>> varmint killing machine. Full size rabbits, squirrels, rats etc.
>>
>> She also brings me "my share", but it's usually the ass end. She
>> always starts eating her kills from the head end. Teeth, fur,
>> eyeballs, and all. Being small, she gets full before she can finish
>> a critter her own size, so she delivers the ass end to me.
>>
>How thoughtful. Hahahahaaaaaaaa!!!
>>
>> I'm way out in the boondocks and I really appreciate her control of
>> mice. I haven't used mouse poison for years, and my mouse traps only
>> catch a few per year that manage to get by her.
>>
>I haven't seen a mouse in my house for y-e-a-r-s. If Pema has caught one, I
>have no knowledge of it.
>>
>> Oh yeah ... for Popeye ... she don't need no schtinkin heated water
>> bowl or heated bed, and no fancy vittles from the jewish deli. She
>> actually lives with me. Comes in and out whenever she damn well
>> pleases by scratching on the door, same as dogs do.
>>
>Have you ever considered one of those pet doors?? I've never had one but it
>would just be my luck to see a raccoon or possum sitting in my kitchen some
>morning. EEEEK!

Some of those doors can be locked in either direction, both
directions, or be fully open. We just got a new one for the basement
door and it works well... only necessary during summer as we don't
want to air condition the basement... during winter we keep the
basement door fully open. We needed to get the large one for Miche:
https://www.amazon.com/Cat-Mate-Larg...s%2C671&sr=8-7

On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 15:21:05 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 3:43:51 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>> We'll stay on our rock. All ya'alls rednecks can go back to where ya come from. Make America great again!
>>
>That's twice you've spelled it incorrectly. It's all y'all or just plain y'all.
>It's the contraction of you all but I don't know what 'ya'll' is a contraction of.

He misspelled "ya" incorrectly too. it's yoose.

On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 07:57:34 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-08-03 6:34 a.m., Gary wrote:
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>
>>> Unless it's possessive: all y'all's. Although I can't figure out how
>>> red necks could go back to where they came from without the rest of
>>> the body.
>>
>> Makes sense too. Good observation!
>>
>> Here in Virginia, "y'all" is very common.
>> After living here for almost 50 years, I say it too.
>> It's not just redneck talk though, just regional talk.
>>
>> I've never heard "all y'all" though. I suspect that's just
>> a caricature of southern talk.
>>
>> When dealing with true southern talk, perhaps Dsi1 should be
>> the one educating people here. After all, *HE* lives in our
>> southernmost state.
>>
>
>
>We had a visitor from Texas a few years ago. He had lived here until he
>was about 10 and then moved down there. He was obviously struggling to
>use the proper second person possessive and seemed to have decided on
>y'all's. Most people find it much easier to just say "your".

It's more correct to say yoose.

On Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 5:34:29 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > Unless it's possessive: all y'all's. Although I can't figure out how
> > red necks could go back to where they came from without the rest of
> > the body.
>
> Makes sense too. Good observation!
>
Here's an example of all y'all's. "All y'all's cars have to be moved right
now. The po-leece are here to haul all y'all's asses to jail."
>
> Here in Virginia, "y'all" is very common.
> After living here for almost 50 years, I say it too.
> It's not just redneck talk though, just regional talk.
>
> I've never heard "all y'all" though. I suspect that's just
> a caricature of southern talk.
>
No, I just gave you an example above. Does this one make more sense, to
you? "All y'all gonna fit in that car?"

On Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 12:57:46 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 15:16:16 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
>
> >Have you ever considered one of those pet doors?? I've never had one but it
> >would just be my luck to see a raccoon or possum sitting in my kitchen some
> >morning. EEEEK!
>
> Some of those doors can be locked in either direction, both
> directions, or be fully open. We just got a new one for the basement
> door and it works well... only necessary during summer as we don't
> want to air condition the basement... during winter we keep the
> basement door fully open. We needed to get the large one for Miche:
> https://www.amazon.com/Cat-Mate-Larg...s%2C671&sr=8-7
>
If I had an indoor/outdoor cat I'd probably consider one. Pema was declawed
when she came to me so she definitely does not go outdoors.

On Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 8:26:09 AM UTC-10, wrote:
> >
> No, I just gave you an example above. Does this one make more sense, to
> you? "All y'all gonna fit in that car?"

Making sense got nothing to do with it and your example would be more correct by phrasing it more as a question as in "Is all y'alls gonna fit in that car?"

On Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 1:42:22 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>
> On Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 8:26:09 AM UTC-10, wrote:
> > >
> > No, I just gave you an example above. Does this one make more sense, to
> > you? "All y'all gonna fit in that car?"
>
> Making sense got nothing to do with it and your example would be more correct by phrasing it more as a question as in "Is all y'alls gonna fit in that car?"
>
We may say y'all but never is it used as "is all y'alls." That just poor grammar; we'd say "a.r.e all y'all." Just as I stated in my first example; it's not hard to understand.