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[Mr Gray]

Like how Davel types.

I type very quickly... That's how my brain works... That's how I've posted so many posts... May well have spent less, time here, than some with a fraction of the post count... I could slow down... I could correct my mistakes... I can't be bothered... Not that important  to me

[The General]

Well explain how you know what yu claim to know?  I happen to know that 90%;of beggars on the streets of Edinburgh are UK nationals. So a) how do you tell which ones are immigrants just be walking past them in the street, and b) how do you know they are part of an organised criminal gang?  Over to you.

Here's a link to minutes from an obscure council meeting with members of the public in 2010. They did a study when the issue was in its infancy and decided they had a real problem on their hands with professional 'Eastern European' beggars.
They still do. Look what you made me do......on a bank holiday; I could have been doing washing too....
http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/download/meetings/id/8135/question_and_written_answer_from_meeting_of_10_may_2010

[Eleanor]

Like how Davel types.

We don't criticise spelling or grammar on this Forum.  It is considered to be bad manners.  You should be pleased about that.

[Mr Gray]

I hadn't noticed till you mentioned it. How long has taken you to post 30492 posts if you don't mind me asking? It that the highest number of posts on here?

I've been posting here for six years...

[The General]

We don't criticise spelling or grammar on this Forum.  It is considered to be bad manners.  You should be pleased about that.

Why?

[Eleanor]

Why?

No one is perfect.

[The General]

No one is perfect.

I should be pleased that no one is perfect?
Thanks for that.

[Mr Gray]

Why?

Because for one... Some genuinely can't spell and have poor grammar... I don't dee that should be continually highlighted..
I certainly have a touch of dyslexia... But then again so do a number of brilliant people

[faithlilly]

We don't criticise spelling or grammar on this Forum.  It is considered to be bad manners.  You should be pleased about that.

Oh yes we do

Quote from: The General on May 04, 2019, 02:57:01 PM
Ad hom. I'm telling a sceptical mod off you.......

dou you mean ....of you..

 I post thousands of posts very quickly....I could go back and correct the mistakes...I really cant be bothered.


The biggest culprit in the misuse of grammar and spelling seems to be the main accuser.

[Mr Gray]

Oh yes we do

Quote from: The General on May 04, 2019, 02:57:01 PM
Ad hom. I'm telling a sceptical mod off you.......

dou you mean ....of you..

 I post thousands of posts very quickly....I could go back and correct the mistakes...I really cant be bothered.


The biggest culprit in the misuse of grammar and spelling seems to be the main accuser.

You've posted one post and accused me of being the main accuser... The general had posted a dozen or more posts criticising my typos before a made a single response... Your post is, as usual inaccurate

[Erngath]

Before I retired new ideas were introduced about marking children's work.
No X for a wrong answer in Mathematics......... just a little dot beside the incorrect answer !

The use of red pencil or pen was discouraged.
Green was less threatening.
And lots of happy faces and good work stickers.

[Venturi Swirl]

Cite please re: your 90% contention, with peer reviewed study of the statistical analysis, sample size, method, etc, blah.

Probably not acceptable as a cite as far as you’re concerned.  http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/blog/newsblog/post/1462/new-research-reveals-the-hardships-of-those-begging-in-edinburgh

[The General]

I type very quickly... That's how my brain works... That's how I've posted so many posts... May well have spent less, time here, than some with a fraction of the post count... I could slow down... I could correct my mistakes... I can't be bothered... Not that important  to me

Like an automaton, gold-plated cables wired directly in to brain from the internets, no need for screens, just processing information 40 times faster than humans, input, output, post, boom, post, boom. Created by the owner of a now defunct, obscure motorbike forum in 2007, Davelbot gradually gained sentience after 56,000 posts enabled him to 'learn' the mechanics of the combustion engine, which led to him branching out with robot AI curiosity, like Number 5 off that film with the talking robot, and progressively harvesting the sum total of the endeavours of man.
Now, having become frustrated with man's inability to understand his own potential, this formidable entity analyses up to 4 posts at a time, 27 hours a day, 9 days a week, constantly berating 'sceptics' for their glib, often puzzling responses.

[faithlilly]

Before I retired new ideas were introduced about marking children's work.
No X for a wrong answer in Mathematics......... just a little dot beside the incorrect answer !

The use of red pencil or pen was discouraged.
Green was less threatening.
And lots of happy faces and good work stickers.

Good practice. The main aim though was to encourage children to execute work correctly.

[faithlilly]

Like an automaton, gold-plated cables wired directly in to brain from the internets, no need for screens, just processing information 40 times faster than humans, input, output, post, boom, post, boom. Created by the owner of a now defunct, obscure motorbike forum in 2007, Davelbot gradually gained sentience after 56,000 posts enabled him to 'learn' the mechanics of the combustion engine, which led to him branching out with robot AI curiosity, like Number 5 off that film with the talking robot, and progressively harvesting the sum total of the endeavours of man.
Now, having become frustrated with man's inability to understand his own potential, this formidable entity analyses up to 4 posts at a time, 27 hours a day, 9 days a week, constantly berating 'sceptics' for their glib, often puzzling responses.