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07-17-2010, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnnyD
Listen guys, let's put our differences aside, grab some beers and head out for a good ol' fashioned pig race...

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   I like it!! But I'm not sure I have a jock cup strong enough to protect the jewels.
On the other hand, the guy in your video seems to be having a hoot. A case where drinking while driving is a good thing.
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07-18-2010, 10:57 AM
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I thought mine and Jimmy's banter back in forth ended rather friendly....even threw in a group hug.....
My point about tone was that you can't really judge it on an internet board....although from your last post I'm pretty sure you got your panties in a twist......Unless I'm mis-reading it.
sometimes tone is all in how you read it....not how it was written.....this board has more chit started because people take, what somebody posts, the wrong way......they read it and insert their own tone which might not be the tone that the writer intended.....I'm pretty sure everybody has been bitten by that one time or another here.
If I agree with what your saying, or like you, I read it in a positive tone....If I don't agree with what you wrote or Don't like you (Sad, but it does happen here) I will read it w/ a negative tone....even if what you're writing might be something I agree with, but because so and so posted it I read it negatively......That happens a lot in this forum
And I like to be Sarcastic....er funny, because after all this is supposed to be fun. Everybody is all serious and gets nasty and I try to throw something wise-ass out there to lighten things up.....but, obviously humor is objective, so you obviously don't find my sense of Sarcastic humor funny. I posted youtube videos that picked on both parties so I wasn't picking on one over the other.....because they both pretty much are a Joke these days (hence the "That's All Folks" video)
and the Diamond crack was for everybody, because everybody in here is so tight-assed  ......people need to lighten up.
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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07-18-2010, 11:08 AM
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OK, so everyone lighten up...then please note that even the NY Times is admitting that Obama is a LIAR...lied about healthcare(just for starters).....please read...
Changing Stance, Administration Now Defends Insurance Mandate as a Tax
By ROBERT PEAR
Published: July 16, 2010
WASHINGTON — When Congress required most Americans to obtain health insurance or pay a penalty, Democrats denied that they were creating a new tax. But in court, the Obama administration and its allies now defend the requirement as an exercise of the government’s “power to lay and collect taxes.”
And that power, they say, is even more sweeping than the federal power to regulate interstate commerce.
Administration officials say the tax argument is a linchpin of their legal case in defense of the health care overhaul and its individual mandate, now being challenged in court by more than 20 states and several private organizations.
Under the legislation signed by President Obama in March, most Americans will have to maintain “minimum essential coverage” starting in 2014. Many people will be eligible for federal subsidies to help them pay premiums.
In a brief defending the law, the Justice Department says the requirement for people to carry insurance or pay the penalty is “a valid exercise” of Congress’s power to impose taxes.
Congress can use its taxing power “even for purposes that would exceed its powers under other provisions” of the Constitution, the department said. For more than a century, it added, the Supreme Court has held that Congress can tax activities that it could not reach by using its power to regulate commerce.
While Congress was working on the health care legislation, Mr. Obama refused to accept the argument that a mandate to buy insurance, enforced by financial penalties, was equivalent to a tax.
“ For us to say that you’ve got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase,” the president said last September, in a spirited exchange with George Stephanopoulos on the ABC News program “This Week.”
When Mr. Stephanopoulos said the penalty appeared to fit the dictionary definition of a tax, Mr. Obama replied, “ I absolutely reject that notion.”
you also need to read the details of the enormous chnges in the scope and powers of the IRS pertaining to this new healthcare legislation
good thing this adminisrtation understands it's limits...scary times 
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07-18-2010, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
I thought mine and Jimmy's banter back in forth ended rather friendly....even threw in a group hug.....
Yes it did end rather friendly, even to the point of Jimmy admitting he comes across as an arrogant ass and you agreeing. I was impressed, and must admit am now humbled by your reasoned response to my snotty comeback. I have learned not to evah mess wit da razz man agin cause he can stick you wit da jokes o' bring you down yo knees wi' sugah.
My point about tone was that you can't really judge it on an internet board....although from your last post I'm pretty sure you got your panties in a twist......Unless I'm mis-reading it.
I think you usually can. The tone is usually intentional (consciously or unconsciously) and easily discerned (unless the speaker is inept). On the other hand . . . yeah, you sort of did mis-read it. I guess I did as well. I thought YOU were the one whose panties were gripping your stuff too tight, and was enjoying the banter, looking forward to more sarcastic one-liners to see if I had enough moxie to get you back. As you say, this is supposed to be fun. I have to admit, your pretty good at it and have a strong alpha male personality (might be misreading that) and it is a bit daunting to go at it with you. But the challenge, to my twisted mind, is inviting.
sometimes tone is all in how you read it....not how it was written.....this board has more chit started because people take, what somebody posts, the wrong way......they read it and insert their own tone which might not be the tone that the writer intended.....I'm pretty sure everybody has been bitten by that one time or another here.
Sometimes it is in how you read it. Obviously, then, sometimes it isn't. Again, much tone is intended, and ALL writing or communication, according to Wicki, have some form of tone. If the reader is wrapped up in his views, he may see things that are not intended. If the writer is good enough, most readers will get what is intended. No doubt everybody has been bitten by the mis-read. But, I think, most of the time the truth comes across.
If I agree with what your saying, or like you, I read it in a positive tone....If I don't agree with what you wrote or Don't like you (Sad, but it does happen here) I will read it w/ a negative tone....even if what you're writing might be something I agree with, but because so and so posted it I read it negatively......That happens a lot in this forum
The art of discussion, of communicating, of getting your message heard in the way you wish, like any other art or endeavor, is honed by practice. The more we are mis-understood, the more we restate our opinion, the more we learn how not to be mis-understood.
And I like to be Sarcastic....er funny, because after all this is supposed to be fun. Everybody is all serious and gets nasty and I try to throw something wise-ass out there to lighten things up.....but, obviously humor is objective, so you obviously don't find my sense of Sarcastic humor funny. I posted youtube videos that picked on both parties so I wasn't picking on one over the other.....because they both pretty much are a Joke these days (hence the "That's All Folks" video)
It's not that I don't find your sarcasm funny . . . to a point. It's the never ending stream. And what is happening politically "these days" is not funny. It is very serious. And both parties being a joke is definitely not funny. If that could be fixed by bombarding them and us, the voters, with humor (sarcastic or otherwise) that would be a way to go. If political forums were just about having fun, not changing minds, the JOKE would be supreme.
and the Diamond crack was for everybody, because everybody in here is so tight-assed  ......people need to lighten up.
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OK. I'll keep in mind that when you poke and dig, it's with the intent of lightening up, but not to the point that serious intent is lost.
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07-18-2010, 02:16 PM
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Does everyone like my nantucket reds?
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07-18-2010, 07:26 PM
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Does everyone like my nantucket reds?
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Being from the Mid-west, didn't know what a nantucket red is. Thought it might be some kind of chicken . . . like a Rhode Island Red? Googled it and found pictures of red pants, long and short trousers. Is that an East Coast thing? Folks this way, for the most part, aren't into red pants, at least, not the men. Lots of the women have red pants. Seen some really colorful outfits on some black men at the golf course. They were also wearing some bling. Didn't play too well, but looked sharp. Uh . . . yeah . . . I think they're OK. Diversity is big nowadays.
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07-19-2010, 08:11 AM
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TONE equals inflextion of voice
and while writing there is NONE unless you point to it...
says Elmer Fudd.. as an example
to quote TDF
sometimes tone is all in how you read it....not how it was written.....this board has more chit started because people take, what somebody posts, the wrong way......they read it and insert their own tone which might not be the tone that the writer intended.....I'm pretty sure everybody has been bitten by that one time or another here.
i sure have TDF
with inflextion..... "of voice "
if you ask the question VERBALLY SPEAKING NOW
are you going? with the range of tone going up so that the word "going" is emphasized in a higher tone.... like the English people talk...
it signifies interest, ambition, and positive replies....
but when you say it the opposite are you going? with the range of tone going down emphasizing on the are as the highest tone and going as the lowest tone....
it signifies distain that your going or jealous envy that you get to go, surprised that your going...
or not approving of .....that..... your going,,,,
this is what inflection of voice or tone does in conversation
which is totally lost in TEXT messaging unless you point to it
as in...........said like donald duck... or JOE BIDEN
the smiley's help to denote tone as an iconic symbol of laughter or disapproval....
or you have to read it thrice
and be well adept at imagining
what's written between the lines
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07-19-2010, 10:33 AM
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in music a "tone" is what you hear. A note is what is written.
So if you hear someone say - play an F note. Thats technically wrong. You can play an F tone, the note is what you would write down.
Today's useless information provided to you by RIJimmy.
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07-19-2010, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by RIJIMMY
in music a "tone" is what you hear. A note is what is written.
So if you hear someone say - play an F note. Thats technically wrong. You can play an F tone, the note is what you would write down.
Today's useless information provided to you by RIJimmy.
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You're confusing "tone" with "pitch"...a "note" is the written form of "pitch".
If you play the same "note" on two different guitars they will have the same "pitch" assuming they're both in tune, but likely will sound different as the instruments produce their own "tone" based on the type and qualities of the individual instrument.
Someone so proficient at the guitar should know such things.
-spence
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07-20-2010, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by spence
You're confusing "tone" with "pitch"...a "note" is the written form of "pitch".
If you play the same "note" on two different guitars they will have the same "pitch" assuming they're both in tune, but likely will sound different as the instruments produce their own "tone" based on the type and qualities of the individual instrument.
Someone so proficient at the guitar should know such things.
-spence
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tone and pitch and be used interchangebly
the distinct sounds when 2 guitars play the same tone is called timbre - tone quality
people frequently say "This guitar has a great tone" or " I love the tone when I play through Fender amps" Just because its commonly used doesnt make it right. Even though I say that all the time.
Music.
Tone - A sound of distinct pitch, quality, and duration;
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07-20-2010, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by RIJIMMY
tone and pitch and be used interchangebly
the distinct sounds when 2 guitars play the same tone is called timbre - tone quality
people frequently say "This guitar has a great tone" or " I love the tone when I play through Fender amps" Just because its commonly used doesnt make it right. Even though I say that all the time.
Music.
Tone - A sound of distinct pitch, quality, and duration;
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Technically speaking they're not.
Timbre and tone can be swapped as they both describe sound quality, but pitch is about how the ear perceives the frequency.
-spence
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07-19-2010, 02:27 PM
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You will no longer see RIJimmy on S-B.com
He is now a charter member of Fluke.com
As far as this thread...
I stopped reading after "Stay Classy San Diego"

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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^^^^^^^^^^^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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07-19-2010, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND
You will no longer see RIJimmy on S-B.com
He is now a charter member of Fluke.com
As far as this thread...
I stopped reading after "Stay Classy San Diego"

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I heard from a very reliable source this morning that Jimmy boated some barely legal fluke over the weekend.  Now that you've converted him to a bottom fisherman, the stripers in the bay will be able to come out of hiding without fear of being caught by him.
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Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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07-20-2010, 08:19 AM
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strange day when my 6yr old is telling fish stories about his old man.
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07-20-2010, 09:03 AM
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strange day when my 6yr old is telling fish stories about his old man.
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Most kids exagerrate bigger when it comes to describing fish. I think your son underestimated the fluke. He said that it was delicious though and you are by far the best fisherman he knows besides himself.
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Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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07-20-2010, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by fishbones
Most kids exagerrate bigger when it comes to describing fish. I think your son underestimated the fluke. He said that it was delicious though and you are by far the best fisherman he knows besides himself.
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he is bright boy and modest like his dad.
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07-20-2010, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by fishbones
Most kids exagerrate bigger when it comes to describing fish. I think your son underestimated the fluke. He said that it was delicious though and you are by far the best fisherman he knows besides himself.
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The one I lost boatside needs underestimation to prevent me from staying up at night... true barndoor.... 
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^^^^^^^^^^^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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07-20-2010, 01:27 PM
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The one I lost boatside needs underestimation to prevent me from staying up at night... true barndoor.... 
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a net is on my shopping list..........
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07-20-2010, 11:26 AM
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WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THIS SITE?!?!
First a thread about a man losing his sex drive, and now this? An argument about tone v. pitch. You guys both need a timeout.
Jimmy - Get out on the boat and catch some fish.
Spence - Grab your pocketbook and go to the mall and buy yourself a nice pair of shoes.
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07-20-2010, 12:29 PM
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Spence - Grab your pocketbook and go to the mall and buy yourself a nice pair of shoes.
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No local malls carry shoes of sufficient quality to garner my attention.
There's always Louis of Boston, but I hate retail.
-spence
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