Re: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: For Emily - and Bob Ann

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Perhaps the sine qua non of being a professional editor is being particular 
about word usage and persnickety about following grammar rules.




 From: authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 10:02 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: For Emily - and Bob  Ann
 


  
I can see how it would be confusing if you had only encountered the other sense 
of the term. Persnickety is another synonym, BTW. Ever heard someone say, 
She's very persnickety?


 


--- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:


Thanks dear Judy - I don't ever recall reading or hearing such a usage of 
particular - that's good to know.




On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:37 PM, authfriend@... wrote:




Particular can mean fastidious, choosy, picky, hard-to-please. Not sure if 
that's what The Wife had in mind, but most likely along those lines. It's a 
legitimate use of the term. The lack of the indefinite article is a sign 
nothing has been left out. Otherwise she'd have said Jack thinks of himself 
as *a* particular [something]...








--- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:


Dear Bob - I knew you would come back with something referring to you as young 
(didn't expect your palmist to figure in it so prominently though LOL).


Anyway no issues with your posts, they all look fine. Yahoo hasn't unleashed 
Neo on me. I was referring to She said our Jack thinks of 
himself as particular rather than introverted - I was wondering if you missed 
anything after particular - oh well.


So yeah you are good on the Goan.




On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:03 PM, bobpriced@... wrote:



Raja Ravi,

I assumed since my palmist told me I was a young soul you'd give me a pass on 
ji; it won't happen again. 

Neo continues to outperform, I wonder my posts to RD and TB were also cut 
off? I clicked on the three dots in the LLHC of your post back and my full 
post to you was there, can you see all of it this time (before I tell you 
about the Goan): 


 Thanks Raviji, it was a big hit with the wife. She said our Jack thinks of 
himself as particular rather than introverted, but #8 captures his 
Saturday morning posting efforts to the FFL.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=088DhELIqw8

 


--- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:


Dear Bob,


Did you miss something after particularJack thinks of himself as 
particular..?


And now please relate the story of the Goan.


And please don't call me ji, don't you know you are not supposed to address 
someone younger than you as ji?




On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:34 PM, bobpriced@... wrote:



Thanks Raviji, it was a big hit with the wife. She said our Jack thinks of 
himself as particular rather than introverted, but #8 captures his Saturday 
morning posting efforts to the FFL.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=088DhELIqw8
 


--- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:


22 Signs Your Dog's An Introvert
:-)

http://www.buzzfeed.com/chelseamarshall/signs-your-dogs-an-introvert 












 
 

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: For Emily - and Bob Ann

[bobpriced]

Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: For Emily - and Bob Ann

[Ravi Chivukula]

Dear Bob - I knew you would come back with something referring to you as
young (didn't expect your palmist to figure in it so prominently though
LOL).

Anyway no issues with your posts, they all look fine. Yahoo hasn't
unleashed Neo on me. I was referring to She said our Jack thinks of
himself as particular rather than introverted - I was wondering if you
missed anything after particular - oh well.

So yeah you are good on the Goan.


On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:03 PM, bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote:



 Raja Ravi,

 I assumed since my palmist told me I was a young soul you'd give me a pass
 on ji; it won't happen again.

 Neo continues to outperform, I wonder my posts to RD and TB were also cut
 off? I clicked on the three dots in the LLHC of your post back and my full
 post to you was there, can you see all of it this time (before I tell you
 about the Goan):

  Thanks Raviji, it was a big hit with the wife. She said our Jack thinks
 of himself as particular rather than introverted, but #8 captures his
 Saturday morning posting efforts to the FFL.


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=088DhELIqw8




 --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:

 Dear Bob,

 Did you miss something after particularJack thinks of himself as
 particular..?

 And now please relate the story of the Goan.

 And please don't call me ji, don't you know you are not supposed to
 address someone younger than you as ji?


 On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:34 PM, bobpriced@... wrote:



 Thanks Raviji, it was a big hit with the wife. She said our Jack thinks of
 himself as particular rather than introverted, but #8 captures his Saturday
 morning posting efforts to the FFL.


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=088DhELIqw8




 --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:

 22 Signs Your Dog's An Introvert
 :-)

 http://www.buzzfeed.com/chelseamarshall/signs-your-dogs-an-introvert






 

RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: For Emily - and Bob Ann

[authfriend]

RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: For Emily - and Bob Ann

[bobpriced]

Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: For Emily - and Bob Ann

[Ravi Chivukula]

Thanks dear Judy - I don't ever recall reading or hearing such a usage of
particular - that's good to know.


On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:37 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:



 Particular can mean fastidious, choosy, picky, hard-to-please. Not sure
 if that's what The Wife had in mind, but most likely along those lines.
 It's a legitimate use of the term. The lack of the indefinite article is a
 sign nothing has been left out. Otherwise she'd have said Jack thinks of
 himself as *a* particular [something]...






 --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:

 Dear Bob - I knew you would come back with something referring to you as
 young (didn't expect your palmist to figure in it so prominently though
 LOL).

 Anyway no issues with your posts, they all look fine. Yahoo hasn't
 unleashed Neo on me. I was referring to She said our Jack thinks of
 himself as particular rather than introverted - I was wondering if you
 missed anything after particular - oh well.

 So yeah you are good on the Goan.


 On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:03 PM, bobpriced@... wrote:



 Raja Ravi,

 I assumed since my palmist told me I was a young soul you'd give me a pass
 on ji; it won't happen again.

 Neo continues to outperform, I wonder my posts to RD and TB were also cut
 off? I clicked on the three dots in the LLHC of your post back and my full
 post to you was there, can you see all of it this time (before I tell you
 about the Goan):

  Thanks Raviji, it was a big hit with the wife. She said our Jack thinks
 of himself as particular rather than introverted, but #8 captures his
 Saturday morning posting efforts to the FFL.


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=088DhELIqw8




 --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:

 Dear Bob,

 Did you miss something after particularJack thinks of himself as
 particular..?

 And now please relate the story of the Goan.

 And please don't call me ji, don't you know you are not supposed to
 address someone younger than you as ji?


 On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:34 PM, bobpriced@... wrote:



 Thanks Raviji, it was a big hit with the wife. She said our Jack thinks of
 himself as particular rather than introverted, but #8 captures his Saturday
 morning posting efforts to the FFL.


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=088DhELIqw8




 --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:

 22 Signs Your Dog's An Introvert
 :-)

 http://www.buzzfeed.com/chelseamarshall/signs-your-dogs-an-introvert









 

RE: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: For Emily - and Bob Ann

[bobpriced]

Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: For Emily - and Bob Ann

[Ravi Chivukula]

That was funny dear Bob, not sure why she was doing that, I thought the
Goan Christians and Hindus got along pretty well - thanks for that. I have
only been to Goa once, my dad took me there when I was 3-4 years old. He
was in the Army - only 2 memories of Goa - of being out at the sea and once
waking up in the middle of night in the army style dormitory to find some
weird animal/human like creature dancing at the front of the hall. Scared
the hell out of me, closed my eyes and crept further towards my dad. I have
chalked up the origin of this mythical creature to the over-active
imagination of a 4 year old :-)



On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:42 PM, bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote:



  Ravi,


 *Choosy* might have been a better choice than particular.


 I'm pleased Yahoo has not unleashed Neo on you yet, good karma is my guess.


 As you know, Dubai is pretty much an over the top suburb of Mumbai; at
 one of my companies a newbie hired a Goan receptionist because he liked
 the way she looked ( I didn't argue when I saw her), despite the fact most
 of our clients were Hindu. In the quarter following her hire both sales
 and cost of sales dropped noticeably; for a while we couldn't figure out
 the drop in sales till we realized she was throwing away messages from some
 of our largest Hindu buyers; when I told one of the managers to get rid of
 her he pointed out that the reason our costs had also dropped was that she
 was excellent at getting suppliers in the States on the phone; I asked him
 why, and he said he thought that with her Portuguese name they likely
 thought she was an exotic dancer from Brazil. We kept her and she made a
 lot of money for the company. I won't mention her name, but I will say that
 my all time favorite Goan name belongs to a sales guy I used to know, his
 name is Chrysler Marquis.


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_K__3OKkFg


 --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:

 Dear Bob - I knew you would come back with something referring to you as
 young (didn't expect your palmist to figure in it so prominently though
 LOL).

 Anyway no issues with your posts, they all look fine. Yahoo hasn't
 unleashed Neo on me. I was referring to She said our Jack thinks of
 himself as particular rather than introverted - I was wondering if you
 missed anything after particular - oh well.

 So yeah you are good on the Goan.


 On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:03 PM, bobpriced@... wrote:



 Raja Ravi,

 I assumed since my palmist told me I was a young soul you'd give me a pass
 on ji; it won't happen again.

 Neo continues to outperform, I wonder my posts to RD and TB were also cut
 off? I clicked on the three dots in the LLHC of your post back and my full
 post to you was there, can you see all of it this time (before I tell you
 about the Goan):

  Thanks Raviji, it was a big hit with the wife. She said our Jack thinks
 of himself as particular rather than introverted, but #8 captures his
 Saturday morning posting efforts to the FFL.


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=088DhELIqw8




 --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:

 Dear Bob,

 Did you miss something after particularJack thinks of himself as
 particular..?

 And now please relate the story of the Goan.

 And please don't call me ji, don't you know you are not supposed to
 address someone younger than you as ji?


 On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:34 PM, bobpriced@... wrote:



 Thanks Raviji, it was a big hit with the wife. She said our Jack thinks of
 himself as particular rather than introverted, but #8 captures his Saturday
 morning posting efforts to the FFL.


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=088DhELIqw8




 --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:

 22 Signs Your Dog's An Introvert
 :-)

 http://www.buzzfeed.com/chelseamarshall/signs-your-dogs-an-introvert









 

RE: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: For Emily - and Bob Ann

[authfriend]

RE: RE: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: For Emily - and Bob Ann

[authfriend]

RE: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: For Emily - and Bob Ann

[bobpriced]

Re: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: For Emily - and Bob Ann

[Ravi Chivukula]

I wish I knew dear Bob - now that you say it it did look like a reindeer
standing up like a human and with horns. Damn..LOL.


On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:24 PM, bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote:



 Doubt she's representative of all Goans, although she did have a certain
 terminal uniqueness about her.


 I love your story, it didn't happened to be Christmas did it? If it did, I
 might speculate on whether it was Santa or one of the Reindeer you saw
 (they stop in Goa you know).


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9sKpDSAQ7I


 --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:

 That was funny dear Bob, not sure why she was doing that, I thought the
 Goan Christians and Hindus got along pretty well - thanks for that. I have
 only been to Goa once, my dad took me there when I was 3-4 years old. He
 was in the Army - only 2 memories of Goa - of being out at the sea and once
 waking up in the middle of night in the army style dormitory to find some
 weird animal/human like creature dancing at the front of the hall. Scared
 the hell out of me, closed my eyes and crept further towards my dad. I have
 chalked up the origin of this mythical creature to the over-active
 imagination of a 4 year old :-)



 On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:42 PM, bobpriced@... wrote:



  Ravi,


 *Choosy* might have been a better choice than particular.


 I'm pleased Yahoo has not unleashed Neo on you yet, good karma is my guess.


 As you know, Dubai is pretty much an over the top suburb of Mumbai; at
 one of my companies a newbie hired a Goan receptionist because he liked
 the way she looked ( I didn't argue when I saw her), despite the fact most
 of our clients were Hindu. In the quarter following her hire both sales
 and cost of sales dropped noticeably; for a while we couldn't figure out
 the drop in sales till we realized she was throwing away messages from some
 of our largest Hindu buyers; when I told one of the managers to get rid of
 her he pointed out that the reason our costs had also dropped was that she
 was excellent at getting suppliers in the States on the phone; I asked him
 why, and he said he thought that with her Portuguese name they likely
 thought she was an exotic dancer from Brazil. We kept her and she made a
 lot of money for the company. I won't mention her name, but I will say that
 my all time favorite Goan name belongs to a sales guy I used to know, his
 name is Chrysler Marquis.


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_K__3OKkFg


 --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:

 Dear Bob - I knew you would come back with something referring to you as
 young (didn't expect your palmist to figure in it so prominently though
 LOL).

 Anyway no issues with your posts, they all look fine. Yahoo hasn't
 unleashed Neo on me. I was referring to She said our Jack thinks of
 himself as particular rather than introverted - I was wondering if you
 missed anything after particular - oh well.

 So yeah you are good on the Goan.


 On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:03 PM, bobpriced@... wrote:



 Raja Ravi,

 I assumed since my palmist told me I was a young soul you'd give me a pass
 on ji; it won't happen again.

 Neo continues to outperform, I wonder my posts to RD and TB were also cut
 off? I clicked on the three dots in the LLHC of your post back and my full
 post to you was there, can you see all of it this time (before I tell you
 about the Goan):

  Thanks Raviji, it was a big hit with the wife. She said our Jack thinks
 of himself as particular rather than introverted, but #8 captures his
 Saturday morning posting efforts to the FFL.


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=088DhELIqw8




 --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:

 Dear Bob,

 Did you miss something after particularJack thinks of himself as
 particular..?

 And now please relate the story of the Goan.

 And please don't call me ji, don't you know you are not supposed to
 address someone younger than you as ji?


 On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:34 PM, bobpriced@... wrote:



 Thanks Raviji, it was a big hit with the wife. She said our Jack thinks of
 himself as particular rather than introverted, but #8 captures his Saturday
 morning posting efforts to the FFL.


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=088DhELIqw8




 --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:

 22 Signs Your Dog's An Introvert
 :-)

 http://www.buzzfeed.com/chelseamarshall/signs-your-dogs-an-introvert