# Curmudgeons welcome **URL:** \ **Category:** Humor\ **Created:** [February 24, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466 "2020-02-24T23:03:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![spyman007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@spyman007](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/spyman007)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/41 "2020-02-25T18:23:46Z")
Okay, I’ll get in on this too. IMPACT IS NOT A VERB! PARTNER IS NOT A VERB! ---
**Author:** ![scotte1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/scotte1/32/147_2.png) [@scotte1](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/scotte1)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/42 "2020-02-25T18:24:00Z")
Bug off; with your newfangled double talk/computer mumbo-jumbo. ---
**Author:** ![jschander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@jschander](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/jschander)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/43 "2020-02-25T19:15:03Z")
I had about 7 or eight guys from the neighborhood (o.k., OLD guys…) over last Saturday night to watch a classic movie comedy, and beforehand everyone was sitting around eating & drinking. I had some tunes on, and one guy commented how good the music sounded. I told him that I had made a couple of tweaks since the last time they were over. A different guy says “Oh? What kind of tweaks?” I explained that I added a Matrix and an Uptone LPS. He asked me what they do, so I tried to explain. Everyone in the room just sorta looked at me with a blank stare after I explained… ---
**Author:** ![aangen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/aangen/32/295709_2.png) [@aangen](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/aangen)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/44 "2020-02-25T19:19:47Z")
You guys going on @bout word use. Just the other day I wanted to ask my wife to pass me the syrup. But it came out “you b\*tch you’ve ruined my life”. An easy mistake… ---
**Author:** ![umiami91](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/umiami91/32/160007_2.png) [@umiami91](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/umiami91)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/45 "2020-02-25T19:21:30Z")
TWEAKS. Not “tweeks” ---
**Author:** ![umiami91](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/umiami91/32/160007_2.png) [@umiami91](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/umiami91)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/46 "2020-02-25T19:30:36Z")
I get the two-space vs one-space argument. As best I can tell, a lot of computers correct for it. But this is a source of deep upset on Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![tmurray1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/tmurray1/32/12362_2.png) [@tmurray1](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/tmurray1)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/47 "2020-02-25T19:44:13Z")
So are we going to talk about the Oxford comma next? It would prove to be a scintillating conversation. ---
**Author:** ![umiami91](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/umiami91/32/160007_2.png) [@umiami91](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/umiami91)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/48 "2020-02-25T19:47:52Z")
Sounds good to me. The Oxford comma shall always be used. Lol. I’m done. Mr. Grammarian is out. ---
**Author:** ![tmurray1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/tmurray1/32/12362_2.png) [@tmurray1](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/tmurray1)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/49 "2020-02-25T19:48:57Z")
I still remember the red marks on English papers in high school when I forgot it. ---
**Author:** ![Baldy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/baldy/32/223847_2.png) [@Baldy](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Baldy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/50 "2020-02-25T20:04:28Z")
Red marks with what? A Pencil? I still remember the first calculator I ever saw. It had the small 8 segment LED’s and plugged into the wall. Just barely one step above an adding machine. That would be another good one. Give anyone under 30 an adding machine and a stack of receipts to add up. ---
**Author:** ![tmurray1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/tmurray1/32/12362_2.png) [@tmurray1](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/tmurray1)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/51 "2020-02-25T20:07:55Z")
Yes, a red pencil. My father’s best friend got the first TI calculator in town. I think it was four functions and cost over $300. I learned to use a slide rule in high school. ---
**Author:** ![umiami91](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/umiami91/32/160007_2.png) [@umiami91](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/umiami91)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/52 "2020-02-25T20:08:43Z")
I still use HP calculators with RPN logic. Once you get the thinking behind the stack, it’s hard to ever go back to a “normal” (algebraic) calculator. Plus no one ever steals your calculator. ---
**Author:** ![Baldy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/baldy/32/223847_2.png) [@Baldy](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Baldy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/53 "2020-02-25T20:32:07Z")
Tell them what RPN stands for. ---
**Author:** ![RonP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/ronp/32/213555_2.png) [@RonP](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/RonP)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/54 "2020-02-25T20:33:57Z")
I think it’s “typewriter” ---
**Author:** ![Elk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/elk/32/1240_2.png) [@Elk](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Elk)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/55 "2020-02-25T20:39:38Z")
Good catch. And to post on topic: Task is not a verb. ---
**Author:** ![kcleveland123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/kcleveland123/32/45645_2.png) [@kcleveland123](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/kcleveland123)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/56 "2020-02-25T21:02:26Z")
@Gary_M do you happen to own an LG TV? That remote will do some “fun”, unexpected things to your BHK preamp (like turn it off, change balance adjustment, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![kcleveland123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/kcleveland123/32/45645_2.png) [@kcleveland123](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/kcleveland123)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/57 "2020-02-25T21:06:05Z")
I hate the formerly fake word “irregardless” which now exists in Webster’s because too many people used it! ---
**Author:** ![kcleveland123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/kcleveland123/32/45645_2.png) [@kcleveland123](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/kcleveland123)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/58 "2020-02-25T21:07:06Z")
RPN = Reverse Polish Notation. Kind of “racist”. ---
**Author:** ![Elk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/elk/32/1240_2.png) [@Elk](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Elk)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/59 "2020-02-25T21:12:27Z")
It is named for the nationality of the man who invented it. ---
**Author:** ![Baldy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/baldy/32/223847_2.png) [@Baldy](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Baldy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466/60 "2020-02-25T21:13:47Z")
I got a little grief over the term in school as my nationality is very obvious even if you don’t know my name. [Previous page](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/curmudgeons-welcome/15466.md?page=4)