Has anyone seen my specialty plates?

[Peacefrog]

Once upon a time, I was an Admissions Office volunteer and my "job" was to represent TCU at local college fairs when the Admissions Office staff couldn't (or wouldn't).

The brochures and handouts they sent for me to pass out to prospective students (and their parents) were full of the "lose/loose", "there/their", and "you/you're" type of errors, along with other gross typos. Specific data was inconsistent (e.g. student-teacher ratio)--within a document and between documents.

Year 1: After my first fair, I sent them a note suggesting they proofread the material better.

Year 2: After my first fair, I sent them a complete set of the material with errors and corrections highlighted in the brightest red ink I could find.

Year 2: After my last fair, I sent them a resignation letter.

There/their and your/you’re errors don’t bother me quite as much probably because they sound the same and typing fast it can happen. Lose and loose sound different.

 

[Peacefrog]

A phenomenon I have only observed in say the past 3 to 5 years...

And no you're not the only one who wants to slap people who make this miatake.

Sell/sale is another one that annoys the hell out of me.

I wonder if it is a speech to text thing.

 

[Mean Purple]

I wonder if it is a speech to text thing.

Very well could be. Or, if you have samsung, it changes words to all sorts of nonsense. Even words that are not really words.

 

[geezer]

I wonder if it is a speech to text thing.

No, it's an "addiction to spellcheck" thing.

 

[Peacefrog]

Very well could be. Or, if you have samsung, it changes words to all sorts of nonsense. Even words that are not really words.

I like nonsense. Prefer it actually. Just not lose/loose. That’s not nonsense. It’s ridiculous.

 

[RollToad]

Stay hard, Paul Allen.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

Stay hard, Paul Allen.

I have a question.

 

[Eight]

Stay hard, Paul Allen.

curious what is going to happen with the hawks, trail blazers, rose garden, the boats, and the money.

no spouse, no kids, and no real relationships aside from monica seles that i can recall

guess his sister

 

[SnoSki]

Can’t say I’ve ever heard of Paul Allen.

 

[TCURiggs]

Can’t say I’ve ever heard of Paul Allen.

 

[Shorty]

Welp... from what I understand we have a nice AT&T outage due to a direct lightning strike on the Richardson data center. Lovely, anything else good this day has in store for us?

My home Internet is out due to this. They better fix or reroute some [ Finebaum ] or I'll have to drive in to the office tomorrow to work.

 

[SnoSki]

Yep

Brb googling

Edit: apparently he co-founded Microsoft? I thought it was all bill gates.

 

[Bonner4Prez]

Can’t say I’ve ever heard of Paul Allen.

Dude like to spend his money. He owned just about anything worth owning.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

Yep

Brb googling

Edit: apparently he co-founded Microsoft? I thought it was all bill gates.

Owned the Seahawks and Trail Blazers.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

Dude like to spend his money. He owned just about anything worth owning.

Except Packers’ stock, amirite?

 

[RollToad]

Yep

Brb googling

Edit: apparently he co-founded Microsoft? I thought it was all bill gates.

He convinced Gates to drop out of Harvard and make a [ Finebaum ]ty software outfit.

 

[Bonner4Prez]

Except Packers’ stock, amirite?

Man now I feel old. That's a wayback joke.

 

[Bonner4Prez]

Except Packers’ stock, amirite?

Still for sale btw

 

[tcudoc]

Still for sale btw

Trade you 10 trophy points for all of your shares.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

Welp... from what I understand we have a nice AT&T outage due to a direct lightning strike on the Richardson data center. Lovely, anything else good this day has in store for us?

Got me feeling like going to bed before 8.