Define "California Dream" (past and present) (place, rain)

[MtnSurfer]

Originally Posted by nullgeo

Look pal, if you want spelling and grammar corrections, you've come to the right place ... Had to re-name my English teacher mother: GrammarMom after I had kids of my own ... she corrected my letters from Vietnam -- and returned them marked in red ink along with her news from home (true story). Hint: anyone of those who dislike me on this forum (you many know who you are), if you want to get me twisted, keep on misusing apostrophes ... your for you're, their for they're ... and the like ... same as scratching fingernails on a blackboard here. On the other hand, when you do use those weapons, you make yourselves look like fools ... so ....

Meanwhile, back at the Grammar Ranch:
you want to talk wieners and spelling both? Fine. Here's a Weiner in trouble:



and here are wieners in trouble




and here is a wiener dog about to be in trouble if the Humane Society doesn't show up quick

Hahaa, I see your mom made sure you knew the difference between a weiner and a wiener. I'm definately guilty of typing quickly on forums and making plenty of typos.

Derek

[mstnghu2]

Originally Posted by MtnSurfer

Hahaa, I see your mom made sure you knew the difference between a weiner and a wiener. I'm definately guilty of typing quickly on forums and making plenty of typos.

Derek

It's spelled "definitely" not "definately"

[MtnSurfer]

Originally Posted by mstnghu2

It's spelled "definitely" not "definately"

Case in point! Maybe I should start using the spell checker. Nah, I'll let you guys do that.

Derek

[StandingLenticular]

Came to California after college, broke. Played in the San Bernardino Mountains while working at a camp job that payed peanuts. I was voluntarily homeless (a good reason to go camping every weekend and all summer!). Then I met my current wife, got married in a park, got a job up in Chico, and now I'm painting my newly purchased house and planning my garden while living in Paradise and expecting my first child.

California Dreaming worked for me.

[OptimusPrime69]

Originally Posted by StandingLenticular

Came to California after college, broke. Played in the San Bernardino Mountains while working at a camp job that payed peanuts. I was voluntarily homeless (a good reason to go camping every weekend and all summer!). Then I met my current wife, got married in a park, got a job up in Chico, and now I'm painting my newly purchased house and planning my garden while living in Paradise and expecting my first child.

California Dreaming worked for me.

love it

[mstnghu2]

Originally Posted by StandingLenticular

Came to California after college, broke. Played in the San Bernardino Mountains while working at a camp job that payed peanuts. I was voluntarily homeless (a good reason to go camping every weekend and all summer!). Then I met my current wife, got married in a park, got a job up in Chico, and now I'm painting my newly purchased house and planning my garden while living in Paradise and expecting my first child.

California Dreaming worked for me.

My dad's parents are buried in the Paradise cemetery. It's a nice place to live and to be dead.

[Dennis P]

Originally Posted by MtnSurfer

Case in point! Maybe I should start using the spell checker. Nah, I'll let you guys do that.

Derek

In that case, nullgeo and I can be the grammar and spell check police on here. Or you can use a browser with an interactive spell checker, like Firefox.

[MtnSurfer]

Originally Posted by dennismpat

In that case, nullgeo and I can be the grammar and spell check police on here. Or you can use a browser with an interactive spell checker, like Firefox.

Hmm, interesting. I didn't know FF could work like that in a forum. Maybe between you guys and another browser, I'll finally clean up my act. Hahaa

Derek

[nullgeo]

Originally Posted by dennismpat

In that case, nullgeo and I can be the grammar and spell check police on here. Or you can use a browser with an interactive spell checker, like Firefox.

Originally Posted by MtnSurfer

Hmm, interesting. I didn't know FF could work like that in a forum. Maybe between you guys and another browser, I'll finally clean up my act. Hahaa

Derek

Well sirs, I don't guess the California dream requires great grammar or spelling ... I snark at a few folks every once in a while for funnies, but basically endeavor to suffer my neurosis in silent, solitary pain as much as possible. This linguistic OCD is a terrible affliction I wouldn't wish on others really ... I was infected at an early age and it appears incurable, so I'll just have to suffer it. (Oooops! Did I just end that last sentence with a preposition?! -- God, maybe there's hope?!)

[Dennis P]

Originally Posted by MtnSurfer

Hmm, interesting. I didn't know FF could work like that in a forum. Maybe between you guys and another browser, I'll finally clean up my act. Hahaa

Derek

Now, Derek, I'm really surprised that you didn't know this, being that you work as a software engineer. I use Firefox as my main web browser, including on this forum, and the interactive spell checker alerts me to typos with a red squiggly line under the misspelled word (kind of like Microsoft Word).

As far as cleaning up your act--keep posting your beautiful nature photos here and I think some of us would be able to overlook your occasional spelling inaccuracies!