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Randy D

I like the fact that Element 99 hired me to cook for him. It's just the dress code with which I disagree. Is that wrong of me?


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Posted - July 13, 2018
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  • 8214
    hahaha, watcha cookin up there cowboy?
      July 13, 2018 8:05 PM MDT
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  • 53526

      Cow Pies and Rocky Mountain Road Apples. 
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      July 14, 2018 12:08 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    To each his own. That's certainly a unique look you've got going on. The glasses really make the outfit, too. 
      July 13, 2018 8:17 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    I like it!!
      July 13, 2018 8:25 PM MDT
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  • 44651
    You like everyone in glasses.
      July 13, 2018 11:29 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    I like anyone in pants. ;O
      July 14, 2018 6:20 AM MDT
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  • 44651
    Yeah, and you like us without pants, too.
      July 14, 2018 6:46 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    YES! :D
      July 14, 2018 6:47 AM MDT
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  • 53526

      I'd like you in my pants. 



    Hey, wait . . .

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      July 14, 2018 6:57 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    Good. Now I can stop saving up for a new pair. ;))
      July 14, 2018 7:01 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    *I like THAT Element 99 hired me to cook for him.

    And Randy, speaking of elements, I'm surprised that you are unfamiliar with the chapter in William Strunk's (and later editions with EB White) The Elements of Style that covers "the fact that" and teaches that the phrase is very debilitating to good writing style and should never be used.
      July 13, 2018 8:28 PM MDT
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  • 5391
    Touche’
      July 13, 2018 8:50 PM MDT
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  • 53526

     (Touche' Touché)
      July 14, 2018 12:11 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    AHHHHHHHHHHHH  HAHAHAHAHHAHHAHA!!!! :D
      July 14, 2018 6:21 AM MDT
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  • 5391
    Randy, you really need to get yourself a life, man.  This post was edited by Don Barzini at July 14, 2018 6:54 AM MDT
      July 14, 2018 6:32 AM MDT
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  • 53526

     I have several, Don, but thanks anyway. It's the thought that counts. 
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      July 14, 2018 6:59 AM MDT
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  • 5391
    It’s always good to have multiple lines in the water, maybe you’ll snag something worthwhile eventually. This post was edited by Don Barzini at July 14, 2018 12:30 PM MDT
      July 14, 2018 7:04 AM MDT
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  • 53526

    Don't be surprised: I have never heard of such a thing. I see absolutely nothing incorrect about what I wrote, even after having read your comment. Thanks, though, for having rendered it.

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      July 14, 2018 12:12 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    Anyone who considers oneself knowledgeable about grammar, style et al ought to be familiar with this little book, considered the definitive work on writing style and widely used in freshman writing classes at major colleges and universities.

    It's right here, directly quoted from Chapter 13:

    13. Omit needless words.
    Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell.

    Many expressions in common use violate this principle:

    the question as to whether ------------ whether (the question whether)
    there is no doubt but that ------------- no doubt (doubtless)
    used for fuel purposes -------------- used for fuel
    he is a man who ------------- he in a hasty manner or hastily
    this is a subject which ------------- this subject
    His story is a strange one ----------- His story is strange

    The fact that is an especially debilitating expression. It should be revised out of every sentence in which it occurs.

    owing to the fact that ----------- since (because)
    in spite of the fact that ----------- though (although)
    call your attention to the fact that ---------- remind you (notify you)
    I was unaware of the fact that ------------ I was unaware that (did not know)
    the fact that he had not succeeded ------------- his failure
    the fact that I had arrived ----------- my arrival
      July 14, 2018 1:46 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    My hero, -swoon- ;D
      July 14, 2018 6:22 AM MDT
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  • 686
    Martina, is putting words in my mouth, sorry about that everyone. 
      July 13, 2018 9:16 PM MDT
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  • 53526

      That first comma doesn't belong there. 
    :|
      July 13, 2018 11:19 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    HEHEHEHEHEH!!!!! :D
      July 14, 2018 6:23 AM MDT
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  • 44651
    Excuse me...I think you are supposed to be at Welby's party.
      July 13, 2018 11:32 PM MDT
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