tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post898520097130012122..comments2023-09-04T21:36:48.170+10:00Comments on The Site Formally Known As: Know Your Genre Product!Stubbadubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05333188150383405691noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-57993611506375943132009-08-22T14:56:32.848+10:002009-08-22T14:56:32.848+10:00"The whole threesome thing does nothing for m...<i>"The whole threesome thing does nothing for me, and I reckon it's the same for most blokes."</i><br /><br />To paraphrase Jeff from Coupling:<br /><br /><i>"Think of the advantages of having sex with two women at the same time - they can't both fall asleep and if one of them punches you and leaves, you still have one left."</i><br /><br />And I agree with Puss on the subject of Shaun Micallef.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-49450462913019859492009-08-21T11:01:43.478+10:002009-08-21T11:01:43.478+10:00Different strokes for different folks.
You like g...Different strokes for different folks.<br /><br />You like girl on girl action, your boy likes Micallef...<br /><br /><br />I happen to like both...shitbmxriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14549819832339915254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-31388489062254845282009-08-20T16:36:39.054+10:002009-08-20T16:36:39.054+10:00Ha. I knew that would get a bite.
Quite frankly,...Ha. I knew that would get a bite.<br /><br />Quite frankly, I just don't see why everyone thinks he's amusing. Even my boy likes him. He makes me watch that Generation show and he sits there laughing uproariously at Micallef, whilst I'm left wondering what on earth was so funny. I just don't find him amusing in the slightest.Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-79277748100926542212009-08-20T15:30:56.869+10:002009-08-20T15:30:56.869+10:00Shaun Micallef is a case in point
You're dead...<i>Shaun Micallef is a case in point</i><br /><br />You're dead to me, Puss.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-17719760108989755512009-08-20T14:36:55.877+10:002009-08-20T14:36:55.877+10:00However, in the same way that lawyers cannot be fu...<i>However, in the same way that lawyers cannot be funny (Shaun Micallef is a case in point)</i><br /><br />Since Shaun Micallef is one of the funniest comedians in Australia, you must clearly be making a joke. And since you are a lawyer in training AND making jokes, you have doubly invalidated your assertion.<br /><br />Stone the bloody crows, yer 'onour, I rest me case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-86825250008453798562009-08-20T10:59:19.568+10:002009-08-20T10:59:19.568+10:00Ha. That would make it interesting, Fad! However...Ha. That would make it interesting, Fad! However, in the same way that lawyers cannot be funny (Shaun Micallef is a case in point), they are also unable to lighten up about anything. You should have heard the ruckus when they forced everyone to start writing in plain English!Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-7133678546382520082009-08-20T10:47:54.146+10:002009-08-20T10:47:54.146+10:00And no, I use TNR, 11.5, single spacing with 12pt ...<i>And no, I use TNR, 11.5, single spacing with 12pt after. Which, incidentally, has also been the style used at all the law firms I've worked at, bar one. Which used Arial. Gross.<br /></i><br /><br />Pfffftt. All Top Tier I know use Comic Sans.Fad MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14682635778182144243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-7039490717566098672009-08-20T07:32:22.468+10:002009-08-20T07:32:22.468+10:00Patch - yes! 2 spaces between the items on the la...Patch - yes! 2 spaces between the items on the last line of an address! Well, actually, I was taught it was 3, so that's what I do, but I'd settle for 2. My boy does commas and it irritates me no end!<br /><br />Dr Golf, is your sister very tall?Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-40490357999715895712009-08-19T23:56:00.522+10:002009-08-19T23:56:00.522+10:00Im not an expert on womans clothing, but id say sh...Im not an expert on womans clothing, but id say she's about a size 12. Fairly fit, into bushwalking (lots of bushwalking in Lorne).Dr. Golfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16665211860906482041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-50845498333606014762009-08-19T23:18:24.987+10:002009-08-19T23:18:24.987+10:00Smart, semi-ripened smokn' chicks with child b...Smart, semi-ripened smokn' chicks with child bearing hips and former goth leanings do exist. Some live very close to the coast and would kill to live even closer. Cleavage, tatts, degrees and all - keep looking, Pers.Joaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332147703044178461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-86379400700288973332009-08-19T22:21:19.566+10:002009-08-19T22:21:19.566+10:00I'm a bit unsure what goths are supposed to lo...I'm a bit unsure what goths are supposed to look like. What I thought was the goth look was women in purple and black velvet clothes with heavy dark makeup or Brandon Lee in 'The Crow' or The Adams family look. Am I a long way off? What do you wear to look like a goth Perseus?<br /><br />I learnt to touch type at TAFE in 1995 and it was double spaces after a full stop and in between suburb/state/postcode. This was a standard course for office admin, not a job specific course.patchouligirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14462983717621525841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-61949594085593975552009-08-19T18:58:21.718+10:002009-08-19T18:58:21.718+10:00Also, let me know when the band plays. (I've n...Also, let me know when the band plays. (I've not heard 'Isreal's Son' in ages. I've said too much).Descihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01291564765612453046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-20501631818921464712009-08-19T18:57:33.022+10:002009-08-19T18:57:33.022+10:00DV8 didn't become 'DV8' until the 2000...DV8 didn't become 'DV8' until the 2000s. Before that, it was Subculture (until some guy ODed in the band room upstairs). And it's never been a goth club, more goth/metal/general alternative, so it has a different feel to a just goth-identifying night club. <br /><br />But it's a mainstay that pulls a crowd, so it'd be the first place I'd rock up to if I wanted a dance on a Saturday. I've not been for ages, but O, how a younger Desci would shame herself there.Descihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01291564765612453046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-56442731810572662802009-08-19T16:45:54.364+10:002009-08-19T16:45:54.364+10:00Well lucky then. I'll be able to sleep easy to...Well lucky then. I'll be able to sleep easy tonight.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-2533001580160121752009-08-19T16:34:58.477+10:002009-08-19T16:34:58.477+10:00Actually, one of those top tiers did force their s...Actually, one of those top tiers did force their secretaries to wear stockings, Melba.<br /><br />And no, I use TNR, 11.5, single spacing with 12pt after. Which, incidentally, has also been the style used at all the law firms I've worked at, bar one. Which used Arial. Gross.<br /><br />And no, I'm not a practicing lawyer. Yet. And I would never stoop to Sear's level of threatening legal action against people on the internet.Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-11513697472774013302009-08-19T15:47:19.940+10:002009-08-19T15:47:19.940+10:00It's ok, then. Stay with the double spacing, P...It's ok, then. Stay with the double spacing, Puss. But do you use Helvetica? Or Courier? They kind of go together. And does the roneo machine get a good workout? Does your boss wear a sun visor and braces? Are there shoe-shine boys clustered at the base of the skyscraper you work in? Do the secretaries have seams in the back of their stockings at all these Top Tier Law Firms?<br /><br />How long is this going to go on?<br /><br />Are you a practising lawyer? <br /><br />Are you practising on me?Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-73145223642576849262009-08-19T14:58:43.529+10:002009-08-19T14:58:43.529+10:00The Canberra Law Review is not a law firm, Melba.
...The Canberra Law Review is not a law firm, Melba.<br /><br />And I suspect there will be new law firms that have opened in recent years that use single spacing, but I have only ever worked in Top Tier law firms, and they've all used double spacing.<br /><br />And unlike Kitten, I don't intend to change! I like double spacing.<br /><br />Actually, I do recall in first year law they tried to tell us to type documents with one space. I put my hand up in the lecture and told them if they taught that to the students, they'd be at a disadvantage when they began work, because 9 times out of 10, the students would have to kill that bad habit and relearn double spacing when they got a job in a law firm.Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-88981040077392346372009-08-19T14:53:35.966+10:002009-08-19T14:53:35.966+10:00Perhaps I should have said "was" the sta...Perhaps I should have said "was" the standard. It has shifted due to the recent change from monospaced typefaces to the use of proportional fonts.<br /><br />But as I consider myself to be "hip" to new fandangled things, I am going to attempt to stop using double spacing :-)kittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907351545723718699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-35883504546009458512009-08-19T14:22:00.758+10:002009-08-19T14:22:00.758+10:00Kitten, I was going to leave this alone now but ha...Kitten, I was going to leave this alone now but have to say that two spaces after a full stop is not standard for any and all typeset or typewritten documents. Not these days. I've worked both freelance and on magazines as a sub-editor (I'm outing myself, hope Ramon doesn't read this), I've written a thesis and other academic documents. Newspapers and other publications use a single.<br /><br />Let's put it to bed. A google search on this:<br /><br />http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=double+space+after+full+stop+australian+government+style+guide&meta=cr%3DcountryAU<br /><br />Interestingly, first result is a law reference.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-29278319651629223102009-08-19T13:50:08.592+10:002009-08-19T13:50:08.592+10:00I didn't get a computer until 2000. Before the...I didn't get a computer until 2000. Before then, I had a cute little Olivetti that I took to London as hand luggage twice. There's something aurally satisfying about typewriters<br /><br />But after all this time, I still type with two fingerssquibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744419106501810243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-58872759785579001562009-08-19T12:58:06.295+10:002009-08-19T12:58:06.295+10:00Boogey - that's kind of subjective. I'm s...Boogey - that's kind of subjective. I'm sure some people think I am, while others don't. I don't know. It's hard to be objective about these things. Of course *I* think I look fabulous! Well, except for my nose (too pointy), and my eyelashes (not long enough), and my height (too short), and ... well, you see what I mean!<br /><br />Melba - Oh, right. I see what you mean. I find it odd you learned to touch type on a typewriter and you don't use double spaces!<br /><br />Kitten - I'm the same. I can't not use a double space. It just happens. I hate how HTML automatically takes out the second space, too. Leave it how I typed it, Internet!Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-71163558332111801332009-08-19T12:47:24.690+10:002009-08-19T12:47:24.690+10:00I don't think it matters anymore, as these day...I don't think it matters anymore, as these days single sentences seem to constitute entire paragraphs, so there is no requirement for any spacing after full stops. <br /><br />But since I touch type, I am automatically programmed to hit the space bar twice after a full stop. If I had to slow down or stop to think about only doing it once, I'd never get anything written.kittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907351545723718699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-21483467994465296632009-08-19T12:16:28.613+10:002009-08-19T12:16:28.613+10:00I wasn't calling it specifically incorrect, bu...I wasn't calling it specifically incorrect, but I can see how you read it that way, Puss. I was saying just because the legals do something, doesn't mean that's the right way to do something. You'd used that as evidence to support your use, I was just saying it's not really. Of course the style guides would all have used double spacing if they were all legal style guides and that's the convention.<br /><br />It's a personal thing I guess. If you think it looks good, that's ok. I don't though.<br /><br />I'm not young, Kitten. I'm old. I learnt to type on a typewriter and we probably did use the double spacing after full stops. But things have moved on since then, which was my original point.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-12009807039457962422009-08-19T12:11:13.749+10:002009-08-19T12:11:13.749+10:00Does that exclude me from your rant?
Nein nein ne...<i>Does that exclude me from your rant?</i><br /><br />Nein nein nein NEIN NEIN!!! No one gets excludes from my rants.<br /><br />Unless as I pointed out before, you are hot, which is a free pass for possession of any personality defects.<br /><br />As you can see, my logic is, while not impeccable, at the very least eclectic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-32379538839587686672009-08-19T12:05:00.182+10:002009-08-19T12:05:00.182+10:00Double spacing after a full stop has been in every...Double spacing after a full stop has been in every style guide I have ever used at work. And yes, all those jobs have been in the legal industry.<br /><br />And even if I wasn't working in the legal industry, I'd still do it. I like the way it looks. I think it makes it easier to read. Just my opinion, but I'm entitled to it.<br /><br />I don't think calling it 'incorrect' is correct, however. As I said, it's been in every style guide I've seen. I know there are arguments for and against it, but it's not incorrect in the same way that writing "these post's are pointless" is, for example.Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.com