Get it right!

One thing I really hate with a passion is some people's inability to construct a sentence.  Not being able to tell the difference between your and you're, there, their and they're or lose and loose.

 

I can barely contain myself on social media as gross grammar crimes are committed with increasing frequency.  Is it so hard to read what you're writing before you post it?

 

I was discussing this very thing with my sister the other day, she's the same, can't stand bad grammar.

 

Today I found a story about a real estate sign that was marked and graded by an obviously perfectly normal, well adjusted individual, as one would when confronted with such a grammar disaster. 

 

 

Here's the original story

 
My only concern with this story is the website's referring to the marker as a nerd.  I think not.

 

 

If you're in any doubt, here's a quick guide to commonly confused words and their meanings.  You're welcome.

 

 

Love Jo xxx

Shudder

Two of my least favourite creatures would have to be snakes and spiders. 

This week came a news story that covered both.
 
A "battle" between a giant Redback spider and a deadly, if only a baby,  eastern brown snake.
 

Here's the story as reported

 
 
 Luckily we don't have snakes here in town, but we do have Redbacks.  Not dirty great ones like in the story but big enough to give you the willies.  Nothing a liberal application of Mortein won't fix though.  My preference is to spray the little bastard white, eliminating the chance it can hold it's breath and survive the onslaught.  
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm an equal opportunity hater when it comes to spiders.  I saw this today and it sums up my feelings about them perfectly.

 

 

 

Sobering...

Warning: This post includes video that is graphic and confronting. 

I make no apologies for this but understand if horrifying road safety ads are not for you. 

 

  

I don't drink, I don't do drugs, I don't drive when on new medication, I don't text or use my mobile handset whilst driving.  I don't hoon or speed.

 

But I am human, capable of driving distracted or tired, I try not to but life gets in the way sometimes.

 

Most of us know someone who has been taken too soon as the result of a motor vehicle accident.

 

All of us are horrified by the news of multiple fatalities occurring seemingly more and more often.

 

As a mother I am terrified for my teenage son.  He is a good kid, sensible. So are his mates .  But the parents of those killed or maimed on our roads would say the same.

 

I firmly believe that the following video should be shown to school kids and those applying for drivers licences.

 

I believe that drunk and drugged drivers should be dealt with more harshly.  That people caught on mobiles, speaking or texting should lose their phones, much like hoons lose their vehicle.

 

Emergency services members, whether they be firies, police or ambos, doctors, nurses, care-flight pilots and crews, or any of the multitude of related services need all the help they can get.  They deserve respect

 

As a community we must each play our part to reduce the carnage on our roads.

 

I have shared this video before with some of you in the past but I think it's worth doing it again.

 

Before you watch grab a tissue and make sure the kids are out of earshot.

 

 



Love Jo xxx

Planked

According to Wikepedia,  “Planking is the action of lying face down with arms to the sides of the body, in unusual public spaces and photographing it.
Planking began as early as 1997 in South Korea, Europe and Japan. The term "planking" was coined in Australia and became a fad in 2011....”

...hmmm -14 years after it started.  Says either we as a nation were too smart to embrace the fad, or more likely are just that far behind the times!

Tragically this month in Brisbane, a 20-year-old male fell to his death after "planking" on a seventh-floor balcony. This is the first known casualty of the planking movement.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard told plankers that their "focus has to be on keeping yourself safe first". The Queensland Opposition and the State's police have called for people to stop participating in the fad.

Yesterday’s news showed eternal fuckwit Sam Newman planking on the railing of a 40th storey balcony, Kerri-Ann Kennerley had a go on her show, even Karl Stefanovic joined in...now I don’t know about you, but I am not inclined to rush out and copy anything they are doing!

But I guess I am not the target audience of this behavior... drunken 20 something’s seem to be obsessed.  The media is currently fuelling the fire of this fad with pictures and stories in every bulletin, Facebook pages and societies have sprung up around the place.

While this kind of thing is not my cup of tea, I will admit, the first time you see it, it is faintly amusing:

See original pic here.

Attempting a rare bit of parenting I raised the subject with my 17 year old son, who said “Mum, you are just buying into all the political and media hype about this.  It is typical, one idiot kills himself, a few people are arrested and the whole thing is deemed dangerous...it has been going on for years.” I asked that if he does participate he be safe, his response...    “Mum, I’m 17, you are out of touch and just embarrassing yourself...”

Little bastard....