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Originally posted by GEM:
Excellent commentary Ted. I believe you hit the nail on the head. Now we just have to come up with a word/phrase for the all to often post from Clam on expressing political, moral and any other opinions on a public (but privately owned) bb. I believe it would save on allot of redundant posting and save tons of bandwidth!

Holy SH!T GEM, did you really criticize Clam's use of redundant posting and bandwidth? Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black? Think before you post!

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Originally posted by Clamato:
If you spelled "allot" properly it would save a key stroke worth of bandwidth.

No so much. Allot is actually properly typed as "a lot". So, the "l" should have been dropped and replaced with a "space"....thus saving no bandwidth at all.

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No so much.

That saved some.

Jus tryin 2 do my part

allot
One entry found.

allot


Main Entry:
al·lot Listen to the pronunciation of allot
Pronunciation:
\ə-ˈlät\
Function:
transitive verb
Inflected Form(s):
al·lot·ted; al·lot·ting
Etymology:
Middle English alotten, from Anglo-French aloter, from a- (from Latin ad-) + lot, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hlot lot
Date:
15th century

1 : to assign as a share or portion <allot 10 minutes for the speech> 2 : to distribute by or as if by lot <allot seats to the press>
— al·lot·ter noun

How many people on this board have 2 or 3 screen names for posting, yet fail to change their writing style?

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1 : to assign as a share or portion <allot 10 minutes for the speech> 2 : to distribute by or as if by lot <allot seats to the press>
— al·lot·ter noun

I love you to death, GEM...and that's why I hope that you are kidding about this. You are kidding...right? I thought so. You kidder.

GEM - I only have two.

And your definition of allot does nothing to make your use of allot correct.

No worries, I h8 Clamato 2.

Bell, good luck, and I look forward to your opening. Your proposed menu and location should be just what the Middlein family is looking for.

My word of caution is that I took the family to Einsteins for lunch once. Once. The stinky, muttering vagrant was there. And every time I pass by there, there's a bum sitting outside. I haven't been back since.

I'm taking a mulligan on this one. My misspelling/use was at 1:30 a.m. after many games of Halo. Thanks for the grammar/spelling lessons! Glad to see your in a better mood as of late Clam! You had been a bit cranky the past few months.

Seriously Fan, who could H8 Clam? He is such an amazing source of information humor!

Bell, Thank you for all you have done in our community!

My only suggestions:

Avoid mixing your philanthropies with your business.
I applaud your efforts with the homeless, but cannot endorse it relative to the vagrants. (See Ted's Post on homeless vs. vagrant) I would give Fans post some though as his is probably very accurate (if you substitute vagrant for homeless in his post.)at representing the thoughts of most parents with small children.

Bell

Where does one keep a litter box in a Chevette?

Hi B&W,

We look forward to your grand opening. The concept sounds like something that our children would truly enjoy.

There is one thing I would like to add. I would caution you to be very careful with how you handle the 'vagrancy' issue from the start. As the saying goes, you don't get more than one chance to make a first impression. It has been my experience that in this town, a business will not succeed if the owners disappoint a large segment of the population early on.

I respect that you want to help people who are down on their luck. But if you welcome those who hang around making your store a psedo-home for the day, you will lose business and probably never gain it back. We have so many choices of where to eat and shop with our kids. Like others who have posted about it, I simply stay away from the shops where I see vagrants hanging out. The 'cuteness' (or culinary excellence) factor does not trump my kids safety.

Maybe you could dedicate a certain amount of your profits and donate them to PADS? Maybe you could hold a fundraiser for PADS after you open? There are only a couple of ways you might satisfy your desire to help, yet still not have it adversely affect your business.


Best of luck to you.

That was an excellent post Coveted. Your post has echoed my feelings.

GEM, a good way to remember how to spell a lot is to think the opposite of a lot is a little. You would never spell a little, alittle so don't apell a lot, alot or allot.

Aleut

CLE and Scotty have it nailed.

It's pretty pathetic that my kid, and the neighboring kids, are not allowed to go to the Public Library or use the Prairie Path.

I don't know how I didn't nail it?

Man, I get no respect. It must be because I'm close to Clamato.

Damn Clamato.

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watch for details on the Halloween Walk

Since you have brought this up, what is the COC's stance on this WILDLY FREAKIN' POPULAR event? They wouldn't be considering pulling out of this, would they?

Wildly popular? Really??

Absolutely. Most participated event in town that isn't the TOGE...if I had to guess. Better than that 20 minute event the day after Thanksgiving.

Halloween Walk = Wildly Freakin' Popular. What's wrong with you, son?