walters

[Dragonfly]

When he fits an ADA Flanger layout in a 1590b, we won't be laughing. :twisted:

what....you mean YOU[/i] haven't done that yet ?
...newbie .....

I did build an ADA into my Strat. So what if I ran out of room for the bridge, pickups, pots, jack, and everything else! :shock:

amateur !!!

i once built a moog prodigy synthesizer into my electric kazoo !!!

i'll try to dig up the layout and post it.....and yes, its on veroboard !  


andy

[Fret Wire]

amateur !!!
i once built a moog prodigy synthesizer into my electric kazoo !!!
I'll try to dig up the layout and post it.....and yes, its on veroboard !  
andy

I'll beta test if for you....wait a minute....does Aron sell vero-board by the yard?

[mikeb]

R.G you are 14 arrested Developement thats what they call it

Go get a Happy meal and play with your toy man

Am I the only one that bemoans the state of spelling and grammar displayed by, not only 'walters', but by others posting on internet forums? Is it *that* hard to think about it and get it right in the first place?!!!! :x  :roll:  :?

To me, there is often a simple correspondence between the eloquence of the 'speaker', and the quality of the information imparted. Take a look at any of RG's, Mark's (for a couple of good examples) posts, and you'll see what I mean. Yes, non-native English speakers are in a completely different category (and I do admire them) but - for the rest of us (Australians, Americans, Canadians, Brits etc) there isn't any excuse.

/end grumpy old man post...  

Mike

[Mike Burgundy]

Why thank you Mike, for allowing me an excuse to post here when it's 4 AM and I've had a gallon
Don't forget there's a lot of non-native English speakers that ARE in a different category than some native speakers. Wether that catergory is better or worse... Guess you have both kinds of people on both sides of the big pond.
For now, I'm just glad I have to worry a little less about being misunderstood

[niftydog]

there's a lot of non-native English speakers that ARE in a different category than some native speakers.

agreed, but the others in this category around here tend to go out of their way to ensure that they are understood. Walters just keeps on posting nonsense with total disregard.

Quite frankly it's offensive and has cast a strange, uneasy feeling over what is normally a very friendly and pleasant place to hang out!

I have been trying to help, but I have my limits. Seems RG is pretty taken aback by it all as well. And that is a terrible thing. RG is the single greatest thing about this place save for Aron and Peter our gracious moderators!

[mikeb]

Why thank you Mike, for allowing me an excuse to post here when it's 4 AM and I've had a gallon
Don't forget there's a lot of non-native English speakers that ARE in a different category than some native speakers. Wether that catergory is better or worse... Guess you have both kinds of people on both sides of the big pond.
For now, I'm just glad I have to worry a little less about being misunderstood

Ummm ... I didn't mean to imply that the English of non-native speakers can't be as good as (or better) as that of native speakers, if that is what you mean (I'm not sure from your post ). My post perhaps unfairly quoted 'walters' (although the type of spelling and grammar mistakes he makes are - to me at least - in common with native speakers rather than non-native speakers) .... I guess I've been disappointed in my native-speaking bretheren sometimes, especially when it might possibly be a bad influence on non-native speakers who might wish to improve their English... errm ....

I'll crawl back under my spelling and grammar nazi rock now ....

Mike

[onboard]

Am I the only one that bemoans the state of spelling and grammar displayed...on internet forums?

No, but I think you're the only one who uses the word 'bemoans'  

Seriously - and not in anyone's defense, but as an observation - some folks are thinking a million miles a minute. If typing skills are nill, there is quite the tempation to use short speak (don't even bother with punctuation) to try and get the fingers to keep up with the noggin.

cuz if ur ideas r fast, u need 2 b fast 2

I'm not mocking anybody, please don't flame that. But, to prove a point, my forum speak is casual writing - but that came very easily.

Mark Hammer has always good things to say about the peculiarities of forum communication. Maybe he has some idea here. Strange things can happen when someone is trying to convey themselves via the constraints of a keyboard when they would otherwise be speaking.

I for one am all for grammer and puncuation. My English Literature major wife would have it no other way :wink:

[Mike Burgundy]

*lifts up rock*
Aw, it's all tongue in cheek... ;p
:wink:  :wink:  :wink:

[Ge_Whiz]

I take a weekend away from this forum, and I come back to Waltergate. For once, a controversy and Ricky Don isn't responsible!

Hang on - anyone seen RDV recently.....? :wink:  :wink:  :wink:

[RDV]

I'm lurking a bit lately cause I haven't been building. I've decided not to touch this walters thing with a ten foot pole.

...and no, I'm not him. :roll:

RDV

[Doug_H]

Wow, I just checked. This guy has 6 pages of posts since Saturday. :shock:  Impressive... :roll:  Do people really spend that much time on here on Saturdays??? :?:  Yikes! :!:

Doug

[Paul Marossy]

I haven't been building stuff for a while, either. Been working on stuff around the house before it gets too stinkin' hot here again. Nor have I been as regular here, and this whole thing is a bit of a surprise.  :shock:

Anyhow,,, I Tend 2 not Take, any1, too SerioUsly who uses BAD gRammar and Can't use: punctuationS properly And CAPITALIZeS at AlL the wrong placeS.  :roll: