Green Sand Grits in Water

A word to the unwise. Afore you make fun of us hillbillies, step out there in that prairie darkness and listen real careful. Can you hear faint banjos?

Certainly, no intention of offending any particular group, TPV45. If I managed to accomplish this, please forgive my insensitivity.

I suppose I might have offended everyone named Sam had I gone with a 'Green Grits and Ham' comment... or, western film advocates had I asked if there were 'True Grits' coming out of the faucet...

Ah, well... this subject did not seem to hold the interest of Original Poster for too long anyway.

^{The banjo music seems to be getting louder... must be quiet now...}

Maybe the copper sulphate or blue-green algae already got him?

WOOF! If that is representative of the problem, then cleaning the aerator is not his biggest problem!

As an aside, my comment in line 2 of #4 here references a response from Phoenix911 to a question posted as http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/47367 (Stumped). A member there offers up some information about a metal container he has, and asks us for ideas about the possible contents of that container. P911 offers up a valid possibility in post #24. My comment (to P911) is a direct reference to his comment there.

^{I cannot seem to find my paddle. What is the name of this creek again? What is all that green gritty stuff in the water?}

"a valid possibility" on "Stumped" - must have another look - thanks.

That pic is from;here.

dn't work for me.......remember only .jpg files can be uploaded......

If you mean there was no image for you in post #17, there is for me (a hand holding what looks to me like sand pulled from a neglected aquarium full of algae).

Now there is for me too!

Strange! What changed? Or were you just too impatient the first time?

No idea.

All I got was a blank square the first time, waited and still a blank square, I guess the server was away doing something else at the time I looked....

Hi Andy G, I had a fight with re-sizing the pic (huge), the site is maybe a bit slow, so it adds up to a small wait in translating the new size download - on occasion.

But also you are not limited to jpeg if you use the insert image 'camera button'. If it comes up in 'preview' it comes up in the post - eventually.

Interesting, thanks.

Not sure if it's related, but the spillchucker does similar; On occasion it screams "Object error' and refuses to check. With some persistence, it usually does it in the end. I don't know if that's related to post content, or simply the level of traffic on CR4, but it's an issue I've seen many people comment on (mainly in PM's).

The "site" in my context is the one CR4 is accessing for the image, as it appears that it (CR4) refreshes from the source. I.e. that guy in a pump costume pic became a 'site closed notice' (or similar)

Speelchucker seems to be accessing a fairly vast set of sources to cover both English and American and technical (extremely well) and given most of my posts start out red, "traffic" on CR4 and/or at the sources, may be a similar problem in a 'live' system, if any source is down or slow.

But all above is just guessing on how CR4 works.

You reckon it covers Brit -English ? Not so sure - it hates many of the words I put in, especially those with a 'u' in (favourite etc, but I bet they've sorted that when I check in a mo.). I shall start keeping a log of all words rejected (those that are listed in Brit-English dictionaries), and see what it's like in a few months. My spelling is so bad I probably wont get much sympathy, and until they get a grammaticator I'm doomed, but I will watch for this.

Whatever it's failings, the CR4 spell-checker is a great addition. I have no excuse, but it must be very helpful to the many CR4'ers who's first language is not English.

Hey, it let me away with 'favourite' !

It also allows the UK 's' for the US 'z'.

"who's first language is not English" (or have a logical mind)

How about colour? and learnt?

Also both now allowed!!!

Nicely spotted, Andy. The CR4 spellcchucker is going though one of it's periodic grouchy modes. Don't know if Mark is tweaking it or what, but I've noticed a number of people comment on this - it kind of sits there shouting about 'diagnostic error'. Usually a bit of persistence pays off, though on some days it's an even bet as to whether I swivel and get the dictionary off the shelf. Much kudos to Mark for making it (CR4) all work so well, but I fear the Grammaticator may be a few years off.

Interesting to hear you talking about this. I've never clicked on the checker icon, since the Mac's built-in checker does it as I type, and currently it does so in both English and Spanish, but NOT British. I suspect I could click somewhere to accept UK spellings, but haven't tried.

but NOT British

Well that's not bally Britsh, is it ?! One day I'll teach them yanks to spell, and even gramaticate. Southern guys and gals might be exempt, but only cos I know the difference Sorry, NY + >Mason Dixon, I only be joking with you. Just Kris having a bit of Christmas sport with you. Canada is another problem. I'll slap anyone who doesn't kneel down and worship

"Well that's not bally Britsh, is it ?!"

Darned if I know. There's no bally in my dictionary (only ballyhoo), although the spellchecker passes it. It does mark Britsh, though.

BTW, both sides of my ancestry are from the UK...

...hee hee...you've got a bit of Brit in you. I've probably got Viking and Goth in me, but what the hey, a bit of mixing is good for all of us

Might be the missing "i"

Paddle faster.