first T of the year

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by jdmara

Holy cow JR, I thought I was the only one who ever did that?!? I combine two contractions all the time (in informal writing, ie email). I've dubbed them double contractions It drives my lady and family nuts because it's difficult to read.

my daughter sends me emails that look like this. no capital letters. i guess that the shift key on her keyboard must be broken. my son's college roommate sends me similar emails. must be the same brand of keyboard.

[rockchalk jhawk]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

my daughter sends me emails that look like this. no capital letters. i guess that the shift key on her keyboard must be broken. my son's college roommate sends me similar emails. must be the same brand of keyboard.

this coming from the guy who isn't using cap letters in his own post. sorry, just found that ironic.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by rockchalk jhawk

sorry, just found that ironic.

It's good that you found it ironic, since that was pretty much the point.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

It's good that you found it ironic, since that was pretty much the point.

Is this a good time for a binary joke?

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Is this a good time for a binary joke?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Is this a good time for a binary joke?

1011001, 1011101, and 1011011, walk into a bar with a pet 1001001. The bartender says, "I don't think I'm allowed to serve 1001001?" 1011001 replies ... Nevermind. You all probably heard this 1 already.

[rockyroad]

Sometimes NOT responding to comments like the ones in the OP will cause things to get worse, not better. On a play like that, I think PA Coach was right in responding with what he saw and why it wasn't a travel. Without being there, I think the Varsity coach was seeing what exactly PA Coach was made of - he pushed the limits on purpose to see what kind of official he was dealing with. He got his answer. Now when PA Coach does this guy's Varsity games later in the season, he will know what to expect. A coach who has won over 600 HS games knows exactly what he's doing in situations like that one.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Sometimes NOT responding to comments like the ones in the OP will cause things to get worse, not better. On a play like that, I think PA Coach was right in responding with what he saw and why it wasn't a travel. Without being there, I think the Varsity coach was seeing what exactly PA Coach was made of - he pushed the limits on purpose to see what kind of official he was dealing with. He got his answer. Now when PA Coach does this guy's Varsity games later in the season, he will know what to expect. A coach who has won over 600 HS games knows exactly what he's doing in situations like that one.

I agree with everything here, except for the idea that officials should be responding to anything an ASSt. coach says. I'm going to ignore it until such a coach is becoming a nuisance, when I'm going to ask the head coach whether he or she has a question, and then ask him or her to get the bench personnel under control.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by mbyron

I agree with everything here, except for the idea that officials should be responding to anything an ASSt. coach says. I'm going to ignore it until such a coach is becoming a nuisance, when I'm going to ask the head coach whether he or she has a question, and then ask him or her to get the bench personnel under control.

And that would prove my original point - sometimes ignoring things MAKES them become a nuisance. Sometimes a simple response can defuse the assistant coaches and stop them from becoming a nuisance. Not always, in which case the head coach needs to take care of them, but sometimes it actually works - just look at it this way: how would you like it if you said something to someone at work and they just glared at you and ignored you. Would that make you think "Oh my, I'm only an assistant here and I should probably be quiet now" or would it make you think "Geesh. This guy is an a$$." and then you just step it up a little??

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

And that would prove my original point - sometimes ignoring things MAKES them become a nuisance.

That's true, but it's not my problem. And, glaring at people and otherwise being an a$$ doesn't count as ignoring them.

[fullor30]

Just another day at the office. I'd casually whack him with the same emotion as a travelling call. If you didn't whack him, he wouldn't respect you. I think you were being tested and you aced it.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by jdmara

Holy cow JR, I thought I was the only one who ever did that?!? I combine two contractions all the time (in informal writing, ie email). I've dubbed them double contractions It drives my lady and family nuts because it's difficult to read. You just made my morning!
-Josh

Any chance to use the double-contraction . . . and I'm there!

Originally Posted by BillyMac

my daughter sends me emails that look like this. no capital letters. i guess that the shift key on her keyboard must be broken. my son's college roommate sends me similar emails. must be the same brand of keyboard.

worse are the posts with no capital letters or punctuation i'm an admin ona couple boards n ppl talk like dis all the time i rewrite in english 4 dem