Blue Angels killed a cat

[Mike 1017]

Seattle woman links Blue Angels air shows to cat’s death

[Ace-Garageguy]

After reading the article, if I commented what I'm thinking, I'm sure I'd be banned permanently.

Edited Thursday at 01:33 PM by Ace-Garageguy

[peteski]

This world is *REALLY* messed up!  People are nutz!

[Mike C]

How about this one with a bird.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/seagull-smashes-cockpit-fighter-jet-200111554.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall

[Ace-Garageguy]

^^^ I see the "journalist" refers to "aircrafts".

C'mon, people. The plural of aircraft is aircraft...NO "S".

This is becoming pretty common, and sounds idiotic to anyone who actually knows anything about planes.

It's like calling a herd of sheep "sheeps".

Edited Thursday at 01:57 PM by Ace-Garageguy

[Old Buckaroo]

 Certain people in Seattle are running a close tie with "Florida man".  

[stavanzer]

57 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

It's like calling a herd of sheep "sheeps".

The Correct Mis-pronunciation is "Sheep-es"

[thatz4u]

keep Washigton state weird said the bumper sticker ...

[johnyrotten]

[LDO]

3 hours ago, Mike C said:

How about this one with a bird.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/seagull-smashes-cockpit-fighter-jet-200111554.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall

I heard that the P-3 Orion anti-submarine aircraft had an abnormally high bird strike rate. From behind. 

Edited Thursday at 05:09 PM by LDO

[stitchdup]

3 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

^^^ I see the "journalist" refers to "aircrafts".

C'mon, people. The plural of aircraft is aircraft...NO "S".

This is becoming pretty common, and sounds idiotic to anyone who actually knows anything about planes.

It's like calling a herd of sheep "sheeps".

the bird hitting the spanish fighter jet is real. the photographer got the whole chain of pics at an airshow. he was interviewed (possibly in the telegraph paper and siad it was a million to one he got it on film.  

[Can-Con]

4 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

^^^ I see the "journalist" refers to "aircrafts".

C'mon, people. The plural of aircraft is aircraft...NO "S".

This is becoming pretty common, and sounds idiotic to anyone who actually knows anything about planes.

It's like calling a herd of sheep "sheeps".

Bill, It's probably no worse then people saying "casted" as the past tense of cast. Don't know about your neck of the woods but the past tense of cast has always been "cast" up here.🙄

[Ace-Garageguy]

3 hours ago, Can-Con said:

Bill, It's probably no worse then people saying "casted" as the past tense of cast. Don't know about your neck of the woods but the past tense of cast has always been "cast" up here.🙄

It's "cast" everywhere I've ever encountered English speakers who were paying attention in school.

There's a lot of this kind of stuff these days, it's fairly recent, is indicative of changes in the "education" system, and it makes my skin crawl.

I'm a big fan of parts runners in kits referred to as "spruce" too.     

[peteski]

5 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I'm a big fan of parts runners in kits referred to as "spruce" too. 

I suspect that his one is a result of auto-correct many people have enabled on their smart and not-so-smart devices. Still, that doesn't make it right. 
I do roll my eyes whenever I see "spruce" used for describing a parts tree.  Actually I believe that the sprue is not the parts tree "frame" but the small plastic tabs connecting the part to the parts tree.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Just now, peteski said:

 ...Actually I believe that the sprue is not the parts tree "frame" but the small plastic tabs connecting the part to the parts tree.

The "sprue" is technically the first mold cavity that molten plastic is injected into, with the "runners" being the correct term for what we often call "sprues" or "trees".

I'm guilty of occasionally using "sprue" for "runner", but at least it's not a species of evergreen.

[slusher]

My cat Sox every time the door bell rings and Tuesday when the garbage trucks run and my mower guy comes she gets beside me scared too death..

Edited yesterday at 02:18 AM by slusher
Typo

[Dragline]

With my degree in English I will say the Internet is a cringe fest when it comes to either spelling, pluralization or there, their, they're.  But the one that really burns me is Heighth. There is no H at the end of Height. I don't know where this came from, but it makes me nuts. There, I said it.

[Ace-Garageguy]

1 hour ago, slusher said:

My cat Sox every time the door bell rings and Tuesday when the garbage trucks run and my mower guy comes shr gets beside me scared too death..

I've had cats that totally freaked out whenever the neighborhood pyros started letting off firecrackers. Somehow it never occurred to me to sue anybody.

I've also had cats that didn't twitch a whisker, looked around, had some chow, and went back to sleep. Definitely my preferred kind of feline personalities.  

[Ace-Garageguy]

52 minutes ago, Dragline said:

With my degree in English I will say the Internet is a cringe fest when it comes to either spelling, pluralization or there, their, they're.  But the one that really burns me is Heighth. There is no H at the end of Height. I don't know where this came from, but it makes me nuts. There, I said it.

How about the name Hugh spelled "Huge" and vice-versa?

Huge Hugh don't come 'round here no more. 

[Rodent]

"A/C just needs charged" is one of my peeves.

[Ace-Garageguy]

3 minutes ago, Rodent said:

"A/C just needs charged" is one of my peeves.

Yup...that "ed" where it doesn't belong, missing "to be", rankles. Oil needs changed, car needs washed, etc.

Lately there seems to be a LOT of misunderstanding of tenses in general too.

"Education", eh wot?

[Ace-Garageguy]

Maybe it's time to change the thread title from "Blue Angels Killed a Cat" to "Grammar Pedants Beat a Dead Horse".  

[LDO]

13 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Yup...that "ed" where it doesn't belong, missing "to be", rankles. Oil needs changed, car needs washed, etc.

Lately there seems to be a LOT of misunderstanding of tenses in general too.

"Education", eh wot?

I gotta send you a link to a podcast about an intensifier. Can’t post it here. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

17 minutes ago, LDO said:

I gotta send you a link to a podcast about an intensifier. Can’t post it here. 

Got it. Thank you.   

[RSchnell]

50 minutes ago, Rodent said:

"A/C just needs charged" is one of my peeves.

That's how we say it down here!  Just like we say "oil" a bit differently LOL. Dave gave me hell about that the whole time I was out there and even after I left LOL!