Visit our Popular Forums

RoadKingMoe · 01-29-2004, 12:15 PM

No, but we boat and we Airstream !

We don't "motorcycle" though.

Porky Pig · 01-29-2004, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rfield54
The one that really blows me away is the incorrect usage of "a" and "an": I have a Airstream for sale, it's a '02 ('02 should be pronounced "oh-two", otherwise it should be written 2002, am I right?).

No, technically ... you're wrong. That's a number in front of that 2 ... not a letter. So it is not an "oh-two" ... it is a "zero-two."

I know, I know ... everyone says "oh" for the number "zero" ... but it is incorrect.

markdoane · 01-29-2004, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Porky Pig

No, technically ... you're wrong. That's a number in front of that 2 ... not a letter. So it is not an "oh-two" ... it is a "zero-two."

I know, I know ... everyone says "oh" for the number "zero" ... but it is incorrect.

Porky, I think you're right, but actually the first character is not "oh" but a contraction of "zero", which is "'o".

rfield54 · 01-29-2004, 01:07 PM

You're absolutely right, but we all say things like "Formula Four-Oh-Nine" or "nineteen-oh-nine", etc. Do six million wrongs make a right? I don't know.

("Oh" in this case is really short for zer"o", as opposed to the letter).

talmage · 01-29-2004, 01:47 PM

Great stuff in this thread!

I know you understand what you think I said,
But I am sure what you heard is not what I meant!

A pet peeve of my Dad's is - when you turn a knob, most folks say turn it right or turn it left, neither is correct.
It is clockwise or counter-clockwise, or are we both wrong???

"My mind is a raging torrent,
Flooded with rivulets of thought,
Cascading into a waterfall
of creative alternatives!"
{From the movie 'Blazing Saddles'}

and from 'Heaven Can Wait,' something to the effect:

"The likelihood of one individual being right increases in direct proportion to the intensity at which others are trying to prove him wrong."

markdoane · 01-29-2004, 02:12 PM

Talmadge, here is an explanation of the doorknob rule to try out on your father:
Back in the days before quantum mechanics, the way to determine the direction of the magnetic flux in a conductor was by application of the 'right-hand rule'.
If you wrapped your right hand around a wire with the thumb pointing in the direction of the current flow, your fingers showed the direction of magnetic flux. (I'm sure you remember this from high school).
This developed into the doorknob rule when an bright young engineer discovered that if you point your thumb at the keyhole, your fingers would indicate the correct rotation of the doorknob.

QED

85MH325 · 01-29-2004, 02:36 PM

Quantum physics, magentic flux fields and doorknobs... rotating clockwise or anti-clockwise... (counter-clockwise?) Now THIS is a THREAD!!!!

Did you know that (according to myth) toilet water swirls clockwise north of the equator, and counter-clockwise south (or vice-versa)? Or so I'm told...

Why is there air?

Roger

Porky Pig · 01-29-2004, 02:38 PM

My head is starting to hurt.

wahoonc · 01-29-2004, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by talmage
Great stuff in this thread!

A pet peeve of my Dad's is - when you turn a knob, most folks say turn it right or turn it left, neither is correct.
It is clockwise or counter-clockwise, or are we both wrong???

Talmadge,
Tell your dad "Righty tighty, Lefty Loosey" Unless you are dealing with Chrysler Products.

Aaron

talmage · 01-29-2004, 03:00 PM

Roger, Bill Cosby has an answer to 'Why is there air?"
Being a PE major, he said there is air to blow up basketballs, footballs..."

**Stefrobrts** · 01-29-2004, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by wahoonc

Talmadge,
Tell your dad "Righty tighty, Lefty Loosey" Unless you are dealing with Chrysler Products.

Aaron

Or the hoses that screw into your propane tanks!

(Do you like how I brought that back around to Airstreaming content?)

talmage · 01-29-2004, 03:30 PM

You did a GREAT job of 'bringing it back to Airstream.'
As I type this, ours is in the shop for some repairs, which include putting the new style valves on the bottles and new hoses.

Light rain here now - low of 54 here tonight - those to the north, eat your heart out!
LOL

85MH325 · 01-29-2004, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by talmage
Roger, Bill Cosby has an answer to 'Why is there air?"
Being a PE major, he said there is air to blow up basketballs, footballs..."

I KNEW someone would know that answer... however, this being an AIRSTREAM forum... I presume it would be to blow up Airstream trailer tires... right?

BTW, Talmadge... you're showing your age... I think that Cosby routine was from '72 or '73...

Roger

overlander63 · 01-29-2004, 04:57 PM

I was checking my handy-dandy American English dictionary the other day, and I was surprised to learn that because of constant misuse, the word "infer" now means "imply".
An example of ongoing erosion of the English language.
Terry

overlander63 · 01-29-2004, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 85MH325

I KNEW someone would know that answer... however, this being an AIRSTREAM forum... I presume it would be to blow up Airstream trailer tires... right?

Roger

Okay, since we are going crazy with corrections here, you don't blow up tires, you inflate them.
An exploding tire would blow up...
Now I need to get a life, too!
Terry

85MH325 · 01-29-2004, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by argosy20

Okay, since we are going crazy with corrections here, you don't blow up tires, you inflate them.
An exploding tire would blow up...
Now I need to get a life, too!
Terry

Oooohhh, Terry... This IS a tough crowd! Point taken... there is air to inflate tires, not blow them up. However, since you've taken this burden on now... would you kindly explain how it is that houses burn down, but cars burn up?

Roger

overlander63 · 01-29-2004, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 85MH325

Oooohhh, Terry... This IS a tough crowd! Point taken... there is air to inflate tires, not blow them up. However, since you've taken this burden on now... would you kindly explain how it is that houses burn down, but cars burn up?

Roger

Actually, my house burned down while burning up...

Terry

Porky Pig · 01-29-2004, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 85MH325
However, since you've taken this burden on now... would you kindly explain how it is that houses burn down, but cars burn up?

OK ... then explain why we tow (or drive) our Airstreams on parkways ... and park them on driveways.

maxandgeorgia · 01-29-2004, 05:54 PM

As an English teacher of 8th grade middle school students, I think I have found tomorrow's lesson plan, thanks to all of you! What better for a Friday? I laughed and laughed as I scrolled through the thread. Maybe my students don't discuss quantum physics on a daily basis in my classroom, but they still encounter and struggle with the oddities, perplexities, and marvels of the English language, the same way we did as students years ago--and judging by this thread, still do today. Thanks again for the laughs--and a great lesson for my middle schoolers!

overlander63 · 01-29-2004, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by maxandgeorgia
As an English teacher of 8th grade middle school students, I think I have found tomorrow's lesson plan, thanks to all of you! What better for a Friday? I laughed and laughed as I scrolled through the thread. Maybe my students don't discuss quantum physics on a daily basis in my classroom, but they still encounter and struggle with the oddities, perplexities, and marvels of the English language, the same way we did as students years ago--and judging by this thread, still do today. Thanks again for the laughs--and a great lesson for my middle schoolers!

Glad we could help... I think...
Terry