Scantlings

A while ago I bitched and moaned about the Oxford Comma, and Strunk & White getting it wrong.

Well, I was wrong. I am looking at page 2, top of the page, and it clearly says that one is to use the Oxford Comma (as I just did) to avoid the obvious pitfalls of being an ass.

To whomever I disagreed with, I've no looked it up and you were right! Sorry, it was a few days ago and I just got my S&W out.

BeauV wrote:A while ago I bitched and moaned about the Oxford Comma, and Strunk & White getting it wrong.

Well, I was wrong. I am looking at page 2, top of the page, and it clearly says that one is to use the Oxford Comma (as I just did) to avoid the obvious pitfalls of being an ass.

To whomever I disagreed with, I've no looked it up and you were right! Sorry, it was a few days ago and I just got my S&W out.

No need to pull a gun, Beau. We forgive you for everything.

Ish wrote:

BeauV wrote:A while ago I bitched and moaned about the Oxford Comma, and Strunk & White getting it wrong.

Well, I was wrong. I am looking at page 2, top of the page, and it clearly says that one is to use the Oxford Comma (as I just did) to avoid the obvious pitfalls of being an ass.

To whomever I disagreed with, I've no looked it up and you were right! Sorry, it was a few days ago and I just got my S&W out.

No need to pull a gun, Beau. We forgive you for everything.

LOL!! Not pulling a gun... I just hate screwing up. So, when someone I respect points out I'm wrong, I look it up. Now, if I could only remember who point out I was wrong - it happens so rarely

BeauV wrote:

Ish wrote:

BeauV wrote:A while ago I bitched and moaned about the Oxford Comma, and Strunk & White getting it wrong.

Well, I was wrong. I am looking at page 2, top of the page, and it clearly says that one is to use the Oxford Comma (as I just did) to avoid the obvious pitfalls of being an ass.

To whomever I disagreed with, I've no looked it up and you were right! Sorry, it was a few days ago and I just got my S&W out.

No need to pull a gun, Beau. We forgive you for everything.

LOL!! Not pulling a gun... I just hate screwing up. So, when someone I respect points out I'm wrong, I look it up. Now, if I could only remember who point out I was wrong - it happens so rarely

I was referring to the "get my S&W out", which is usually followed by sharp noises. Never mind, carry on.

I don't know which side you are on. Let me know and I'll argue the other:-)

Ish wrote:

BeauV wrote:

Ish wrote:

BeauV wrote:A while ago I bitched and moaned about the Oxford Comma, and Strunk & White getting it wrong.

Well, I was wrong. I am looking at page 2, top of the page, and it clearly says that one is to use the Oxford Comma (as I just did) to avoid the obvious pitfalls of being an ass.

To whomever I disagreed with, I've no looked it up and you were right! Sorry, it was a few days ago and I just got my S&W out.

No need to pull a gun, Beau. We forgive you for everything.

LOL!! Not pulling a gun... I just hate screwing up. So, when someone I respect points out I'm wrong, I look it up. Now, if I could only remember who point out I was wrong - it happens so rarely

I was referring to the "get my S&W out", which is usually followed by sharp noises. Never mind, carry on.

Like the piercing sound of a can opener...

Put your signed copy of S&W away with the rest of your first editions, and get a better reference.

http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-o ... mmar/25497

It's optional, isn't it?

I think most people know that E.B. White also wrote Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, but he was also a passionate sailor, and his grandson, Steve, owns Brooklin Boat Yard building amazing wooden boats, and is one of the nicest guys in the business.

I have my brother pick up spare copies of Strunk and White at garage sales, usually about a dime. When I receive a particularly poorly written business correspondence I often include a copy with my reply. Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.

Any of you need a lift to Charlotte's barn, I'm your man. And then we can drop by Condon's garage and get some ice cream.

Rob McAlpine wrote:I think most people know that E.B. White also wrote Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, but he was also a passionate sailor, and his grandson, Steve, owns Brooklin Boat Yard building amazing wooden boats, and is one of the nicest guys in the business.

I have my brother pick up spare copies of Strunk and White at garage sales, usually about a dime. When I receive a particularly poorly written business correspondence I often include a copy with my reply. Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.

Don't forget E.B.'s son, and Steve's Dad, Joel White the yacht designers. I really like Joel White's work. Great book about Joel and Steve and the boatyard called "A Unit of Water, a Unit of Time" here: http://www.amazon.com/Unit-Water-Time/d ... 139&sr=1-3

BeauV wrote:

Rob McAlpine wrote:I think most people know that E.B. White also wrote Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, but he was also a passionate sailor, and his grandson, Steve, owns Brooklin Boat Yard building amazing wooden boats, and is one of the nicest guys in the business.

I have my brother pick up spare copies of Strunk and White at garage sales, usually about a dime. When I receive a particularly poorly written business correspondence I often include a copy with my reply. Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.

Don't forget E.B.'s son, and Steve's Dad, Joel White the yacht designers. I really like Joel White's work. Great book about Joel and Steve and the boatyard called "A Unit of Water, a Unit of Time" here: http://www.amazon.com/Unit-Water-Time/d ... 139&sr=1-3

Yeah, the boat he designed for us is in that book. Lovely guy, we really enjoyed him, but I am glad I built Bob's design instead.

I adore Joel White's Center Harbor 31:

Bull City wrote:I adore Joel White's Center Harbor 31:

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Joel did a number of nice vessels. I had one of his Sakonet 23's for a couple years, very nice boat. The Center Harbor 31 is a lovely vessel!

I read A Unit of Water, A Unit of Time again late last year.
That book covers three generations of the White family and makes a simple sailor feel like one of the crew.
Or maybe like that strange uncle almost all families have?
But a welcome one.

Commas, huh?

Rob McAlpine wrote:I think most people know that E.B. White also wrote Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, but he was also a passionate sailor, and his grandson, Steve, owns Brooklin Boat Yard building amazing wooden boats, and is one of the nicest guys in the business.

I have my brother pick up spare copies of Strunk and White at garage sales, usually about a dime. When I receive a particularly poorly written business correspondence I often include a copy with my reply. Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.

Nice touch Rob.

The other manual I find very helpful is, Woe is I, though you probably wouldn't know it from my online dribblings.