Sorry for the radio silence, guys. Real life intrudes as is wont from time to time. Had to fly to Atlanta last weekend for family stuff. Had never been to Atlanta before and…it didnt seem like the South. Or, at least, what most people come to think of as the South. The accents werent nearly as prolific as I was expecting, the weather was gloomy, and, at least where I was, the demographics were rather…homogenous.
When I post about travelling I sometimes get comments from people saying something like “Hey, why didn’t you say you were going to be in XXX? I’d have met up with you and bought you dinner.” Or some variant of that. Truth is, guys, I don’t like to broadcast that I’m traveling for PerSec reasons. You read on the news about how some of these big-time athletes are getting their houses broken into while theyre playing at the Super Bowl or something? It’s like that. So, while I appreciate the sentiment, I just can’t go telling people when I’m going to be away from home.
So after traveling across country in a pressurized tube, breathing recycled air, with several hundred other humans I naturally came down with some sort of crud. At the moment, Nyquil, Kleenex, and my bed are my main focus. I’m hoping this crud burns itself out by Monday so I can go back to work.
And while I’m on the topic of complaining, why the hell doesn’t ‘traveling’ have two L’s?
Whenever I fly or go to a large public event like Shot Show, I start a course of Ivermectin the day before for 5 days. Works like a charm at preventing virus infections for me.
Travail means “painful or laborious effort”.
However, the Goog’s all-knowing AI sez:
The gerund of “travail” in English is “travelling”.
Explanation: A gerund is a verb form ending in “-ing” that acts as a noun in a sentence. So, the gerund of “travail” (meaning to work hard or labor) is “travelling”.
Huh. So, then, traveling is kind of a pain, I guess?
What I wanna know is why traveling doesnt have two ‘L’s in it.
The gerund of “travel” is spelled with only one “L” (“traveling”) because this is the standard spelling in American English; in contrast, British English uses “travelling” with two “L”s, reflecting a difference in spelling conventions between the two dialects.
Reason for the difference: Primarily due to spelling reforms advocated by Noah Webster, who aimed to simplify English spelling.
OT rant: “enormity” means evil, not big, dammit!
As a Georgian, Atlanta is NOT the South. It is a liberal abomination. Go 40 miles in any direction away from there if you want to see the South.
Amen to that! Growing up in Georgia it was Atlanta and then everybody else. I suspect now that Athens, Columbus, Augusta, Savannah and Macon all qualify as liberal abominations as well.
Unfortunately, Athens definitely qualifies. Google the “Laken Riley case” for proof.
Zero, you missed the fun part of Atlanta. Everyone there acts like they know you, like old friends. You get trash talked by waiters and cashiers, and you talk trash back with complete strangers. It’s the sort of thing that would get tiresome quickly, but it’s a lot of fun when you’re only there for a short time.
What RB said above.
We don’t consider Atlanta a.proper part of Georgia. It’s a giant pustule on an otherwise beautiful state.
A Georgia boy.
My daughter just got back from Orange County down south of La La Land and she got sick there for 2 weeks. Her mom was an emergency room nurse for years and my daughter has generally had her impervious to everything immune system. I have been sick for over 16 days at this point from whatever it is…
Remember when they found that chinese bio weapon lab over in California? When I get online, it seems like everyone is sick… WTF? Is it just a coincidence? Is it new strains of Covid? (thank you Fauci you PoS) It really seems like something is going on. I hope you bounce back quickly, CZ. I just worry that we are the modern day guinea pigs for these idiots playing God.
Atlanta isn’t the South. Parts of it aren’t even America.
Hopefully fun family stuff. In any case glad you are safe and well.