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  1. Sam Gamgee

    J.R.R Tolkien ...

    I started smoking a pipe as a direct result of reading the LOTR books. I can still remember the season well circa 2007: I was going through the audiobooks on my drives to and from work. I was on the night shift and stopped in at a local tobacco shop before work one day. The guy set me up...
  2. Sam Gamgee

    Are We Too Casual?

    You paid attention in school. My wife’s friend did not. My college English prof taught me “to each their own” is not proper English. I paid attention as well. 🥳
  3. Sam Gamgee

    Are We Too Casual?

    One of my wife’s friends is a grade school English teacher and admitted to me that she doesn’t know how to properly use semicolons, much less teach others how. She just skips it. Tax dollars at work. 🥳
  4. Sam Gamgee

    Are We Too Casual?

    Any 9th grade English teacher of the 20th century would have failed HIS or HER student for using “to each their own” in an essay, on a test, etc. I understand, however, in these times people are confused.
  5. Sam Gamgee

    Are We Too Casual?

    To each his/her own is proper English.
  6. Sam Gamgee

    Are We Too Casual?

    You're right, my behavior here has been a bit uncalled for, and I have to admit my conscience has been bothering me on this side of the keyboard. I'll offer K.E. Powell a public apology: My tone was uncalled for and I am sorry. Let us smoke in peace. Having said all, I'll try to politely...
  7. Sam Gamgee

    Are We Too Casual?

    I agree it is petty (guilty as charged), but when you seek to correct everyone in the room with long-winded horse shit, it is well-deserved.
  8. Sam Gamgee

    Are We Too Casual?

    No, you are not infallible, and if you can't see how I stood your own argument on its head, you either cannot keep up or are choosing not to do so. Better skip Plato for now if this is all too much. Also, "to each their own" isn't proper English.
  9. Sam Gamgee

    Are We Too Casual?

    It does not help, because it's BS. I used your own argument and turned it on its head to show you a perfect example of how the next generation is demanding that the world cater to them, and in completely unreasonable ways. I'll try and quote Plato next time. Maybe that'll help you.
  10. Sam Gamgee

    Are We Too Casual?

    Oh yeah, only older folks have this tendency. Not like those younger folks who blow a gasket when you ID their gender incorrectly. That's not unreasonable at all.
  11. Sam Gamgee

    Are We Too Casual?

    I was chided somewhat recently for wearing a sport coat to a funeral (by a member of the deceased person's family).
  12. Sam Gamgee

    Are We Too Casual?

    Ok, speaking of French, try "ma femme" for "my wife" and see how that translates in the American mind, since it literally means "my woman."
  13. Sam Gamgee

    Are We Too Casual?

    Yep, "business on the bowl" is a thing these days too. It's always fun at work when I get to hear someone's conversation from the next stall. Not long ago I got hear some fellow getting his girl all ready for their upcoming date (between nature sounds).
  14. Sam Gamgee

    Are We Too Casual?

    Manners, for one thing.
  15. Sam Gamgee

    Are We Too Casual?

    double post.
  16. Sam Gamgee

    USPS At It Again..

    I just found a new trick on eBay when I got scammed. Some of the sellers have figured out a clever way to update the tracking info without the package having ever been picked up by USPS. They just bump up the "waiting on USPS" to take possession. Scammers! But eBay is all for the buyers and...
  17. Sam Gamgee

    Are We Too Casual?

    "No problem" is not, should not be, and never has been an appropriate response to "thank you." If someone is serving me in a restaurant where I'm paying the bill, of course it's not a problem for them to refill my glass, etc. "You're welcome" has always been the appropriate response. Better...
  18. Sam Gamgee

    Are We Too Casual?

    I'm respectfully calling BS on this. It's like I've heard my dear old country-boy dad (RIP) say a thousand times when he'd see a dirty person: "Boy, there just aint no sense in that shit! A man can always afford a goddam bar of soap..." Self-respect and consideration for others (especially...
  19. Sam Gamgee

    Are We Too Casual?

    I still use manners and call most older men “sir”’ and most women over 35/40 “ma’am.” I’ve been told by more than one woman (sometimes quite vehemently) to not do so. Makes me sad to see things like this that make life meaningful get flippantly discarded. Taken to its logical conclusion...
  20. Sam Gamgee

    Barber Shops.

    I enjoyed the novel, as well as a couple of his others. I tend to ignore the political statements in the books I read because I usually know what I'm getting into from the outset. I find most such things wearisome. I understand Berry's position and his outlook. He feels like most people do...
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