we are not a support forum for people with serious depression or thoughts of suicide.
if you or someone you know are struggling with such issues there are professional support services in most countries with people who are experienced and qualified to help:.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_suicide_crisis_lines.
[ . . .] their own resources may have become so tightly locked away that they cannot access them with a level of detachment that a professional can supply. -- Ruby456
Excellent points, Ruby, particularly regarding the lay person's lack of detachment.
Thank you!
we are not a support forum for people with serious depression or thoughts of suicide.
if you or someone you know are struggling with such issues there are professional support services in most countries with people who are experienced and qualified to help:.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_suicide_crisis_lines.
Thank you, Simon, smiddy, steve, Ruby:
In my own case, good thoughts and intentions from loved ones would not pass muster. I needed a professional. She, in large part, is the reason I am here today.
Professionals have tools we unskilled folk don't own.
hi guysin the last year i have started to socialise a lot more.
namely comedy and a tennis social club.. for a variety of reasons i find socialising tough.
in my tennis club a couple of women have been extremely rude to me and i have blocked one from my phone and refuse to speak to both.. is my behaviour extreme?paul.
I thought so, Morpheus. Good one.
Great minds run in the same ditch!
hi guysin the last year i have started to socialise a lot more.
namely comedy and a tennis social club.. for a variety of reasons i find socialising tough.
in my tennis club a couple of women have been extremely rude to me and i have blocked one from my phone and refuse to speak to both.. is my behaviour extreme?paul.
I came across a quote: "Never explain yourself, your friends dont need it & your enemies will never believe it!"
It's really remarkable how much we tend to allow the opinions of others to control us! So my personal philosophy is, and I teach my kids this every day, BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE!! and remember --What You Think of Me is NONE of My Business!!!! -- Kimberly Aikens
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13469.What_You_Think_of_Me_Is_None_of_My_Business
hi guysin the last year i have started to socialise a lot more.
namely comedy and a tennis social club.. for a variety of reasons i find socialising tough.
in my tennis club a couple of women have been extremely rude to me and i have blocked one from my phone and refuse to speak to both.. is my behaviour extreme?paul.
"They don't like you, they don't dislike you. You're different. They're afraid of you."
last night i was taking another look at the term "dialectics":.
the art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions: discussion; debate; logical reasoning; etc.. the dialectical method is, at base, a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments.. while i intend to do further research on my own, what is your own experience regarding preparation for debate, the do's and don'ts, maintaining your cool, .
i ask, in part, because i observe that some online debaters present facts and figures and use sound reasoning while maintaining their decorum; many do not.. thank you..
You're welcome, LV101!
Thanks, Coded Logic!
So much to consider, but it all makes sense. I will definitely check out the links.
http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp .
would someone please make this link clickable?.
cc.
As long as people are consistent with their usage (or lack thereof), I don't really care. -- jp1692
Nice waking up to this, jp! Your writing and its attention to detail is impressive, btw.
Does it make sense and does it have style? Good points, along with one's text and all the doo-dads being consistent in their usage.
Double hyphens are acceptable, but em dashes would be nice.
More later, when I'm awake.
Thanks!
last night i was taking another look at the term "dialectics":.
the art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions: discussion; debate; logical reasoning; etc.. the dialectical method is, at base, a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments.. while i intend to do further research on my own, what is your own experience regarding preparation for debate, the do's and don'ts, maintaining your cool, .
i ask, in part, because i observe that some online debaters present facts and figures and use sound reasoning while maintaining their decorum; many do not.. thank you..
Thanks, zeb, for posting and giving us that name. Will look into it.
Glad you're doing better. Hope you're out of the woods.
http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp .
would someone please make this link clickable?.
cc.
Words, phrases, and sentences that are being spoken must be contained inside quotation marks. Be sure to place quotation marks around everything that is coming out of a person’s mouth. If a character is quoting something that another person/character spoke, a single quotation mark is used (inside the double quotations).
“I am going to the basketball game on Saturday if you would like to come along,” she said.
“Robbie, she asked me if I, ‘Would like to come along.’ Is this a date?”
In American English grammar, periods and commas go inside the quotation marks. Other punctuation marks such as semicolons, question marks, dashes, and exclamation points, go outside unless they pertain to the conversation in quotations.
last night i was taking another look at the term "dialectics":.
the art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions: discussion; debate; logical reasoning; etc.. the dialectical method is, at base, a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments.. while i intend to do further research on my own, what is your own experience regarding preparation for debate, the do's and don'ts, maintaining your cool, .
i ask, in part, because i observe that some online debaters present facts and figures and use sound reasoning while maintaining their decorum; many do not.. thank you..
Off to work -- a good day to all.
Be kind to one another, even when one says tomato and the other says tomato.
