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Been a while since I've been to a live game, but this seems to be how the Astros showed it, but can't recall for sure. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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You so funny.  ----------------------------- Guns are awesome because they shoot solid lead freedom. Every man should have several guns. And several dogs, because a man with a cat is a woman. Kurt Schlichter | |||
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| Master of one hand pistol shooting |
Why use "K"? Use some other letter, maybe an "X". flashguy[/QUOTE] K stands for Koufax in my book SIGnature NRA Benefactor CMP Pistol Distinguished | |||
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Just so there in no misunderstanding, he is the"T-Cat."  | |||
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"The symbol "K" in baseball was developed by baseball pioneer Henry Chadwick who was the New York Herald’s first baseball editor in the 1860’s. The scoring symbol “K” was first used in the scoring of an actual game in 1868. One reason the letter “K” was used because “K” was the prominent letter of the word strike. Another reason the letter "K" is used is that it is made with 3 strokes of the pencil, symbolizing the 3 strikes for the strikeout. Chadwick also used a “backward K” when a batter strikes out looking or called out on the third strike because it isn’t as common as striking out swinging. Back in the early stages of baseball stat-keeping was done entirely with letters and no numbers. When the strikeout became an official statistic, "K" in the word “strikeout” was the first letter not already being used. As single was S, triple was T, run was R, inning was I and then strikeout was K by default. “K” is one of the only symbols that used in today’s score-keeping that was originated in the 19th century." | |||
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| Left-Handed, NOT Left-Winged! |
Sorry but I think it is patently obvious never to use that word in speech or writing. Some of the most famous and influential books that I studied in high school are now banned because of it - Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird, etc. - never mind the message of those books that humanity transcends race, racism is wrong, and all should be treated equally. Even the professor that explained how "that" in Mandarin sounds similar to the word that shall not be spoken and had to take leave after the idiotic furor by ignorant students that didn't even comprehend the lesson. Just don't do it, it opens you up to all kinds of trouble. Write something alluding to the word that was used in the report. Any teacher in the current climate should understand that. Is it stupid? Yes. But it's not hard to avoid saying or writing it. | |||
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 You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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| half-genius, half-wit |
Banning books in a republican democracy is a beginning, folks. Next will be burning them. ...and then, banning the people who wrote them, and then............ Burning them, too. It's happened before, remember. | |||
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Corgis Rock |
This reminds me of a game students play with a teacher. A student drops the F-Bomb. The teacher calls them on it. The game begins with “What? I didn’t say anything.” The point of the game is to get the teacher to actually say the word Some years ago David Howard, aide to the mayor of DC, used the word “niggardly” in a discussion of the budget. A person of color took this as a racial insult and made a complaint. Howard was forced to resign. But, as more came out was offered the job back. Howard decline the offer saying "I used to think it would be great if we could all be colorblind; that's naïve, especially for a white person, because a white person can't afford to be colorblind. They don't have to think about race every day. An African American does." Julian Bond, then head of the NAACP “deplored the offense that had been taken at Howard's use of the word. "You hate to think you have to censor your language to meet other people's lack of understanding", he said. Bond also said, "Seems to me the mayor has been niggardly in his judgment on the issue" and that as a nation the US has a "hair-trigger sensibility" on race that can be tripped by both real and false grievances.” “ The work of destruction is quick, easy and exhilarating; the work of creation is slow, laborious and dull. | |||
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| half-genius, half-wit |
It was probably about ten years ago that I submitted a short story to our local parish newsletter, containing the word 'snigger', referring to puerile schoolboy antics. It was redlined and returned to me, asking me to rephrase the sentence so as not to use the word. | |||
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I'm curious. If the teacher documented a word used by a student that violated school rules, and the teacher faces termination, shouldn't the student who used the word initially be expelled? Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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I’m fascinated by all the fake outrage by supposed victims. I took 5 minutes to review the top 3 rap videos. I used YouTube so I could read the lyrics. Without fail, all songs glorified violence, sexual violence/misogyny, drug use and gang associations. And you’re offended if I use the term? P229 | |||
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I bet the student is black. We all know blacks can say that word all they want, and it is 'empowering.' ANY (conservative) white person who utters it (or anything even CLOSE to it, such as sniggering or niggardly) is a vile hateful racist who needs to be made an example of. This is the very definition of racism - treating somebody differently solely because of their race. You see, some animals are more equal than others. Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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Sounds like I need to come out of sabbatical and go back to education work. Seems the cockroaches need cleaning out yet again and nobody has the balls to do it. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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Since even words that sound like other words are now taboo, do we still refer to the smallest pup in the litter as the runt? | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
It is a magic word. It carries unspeakable power that cannot be unleashed on the world. Like the name the chief evil wizard in the "Harry Potter" books. They refer to him as "he who must not be named." The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Political Cynic |
lots of words start with N which specific ones are they referring to? | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine |
Oh, come on. We all know exactly what we are talking about, which points up the sheer silliness of the whole thing. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Political Cynic |
of course I know the word, and you made my point for me its stupid however, I'm convinced that there are some people that that absolutely personify the word based on their behavior, actions and demeanor the fact that they're offended by being called who and what they are offends me | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
Subbed in the computer lab at my kids’ school and three fifth graders left while there were three high school students were doing virtual school. The high school students came up to me and accused one of the fifth graders of saying "Come on … let's go!” I had to explain to them the one kid’s name was Nick and they call him Nickers. The one kid actually said "Come on, Nickers, let’s go!” | |||
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