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In the New Yorker...
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on October 10, 2021, 01:41:26 pm ---My neighbors and i forget words and names often. I said I?d heard that if you can think of it within 15 minutes you?re OK. So when we do it ? which is frequently ? someone will pretend to look at their watch, set a timer, etc. We almost always think of it in less than 5. It?s weird that when one person forgets a word, often others do, too.
One time one of us texted the name to the others a couple of hours later. We were trying to think of the presidential candidate who fooled around and for some reason challenged the press to try to find evidence. They immediately uncovered a photo of him on a boat called Monkey Business. Knowing all that does his name come immediately to you?
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Sure--Gary Hart. Now, the trick would be to remember the name of the woman he got caught with. I would have to look that up.
How about the name of the woman who shredded documents for Oliver North? ;D
--- Quote ---When I?m sitting alone at a computer I cheat and google.
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Me, too.
--- Quote ---IPA stands for India Pale Ale, a popular, hoppy beer. Well known among beer drinkers and carried by many or maybe most breweries. Still, I agree he should have spelled it out in first reference. Obviously TNY doesn?t follow AP style, but does it follow another style or just have its own?
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Thanks. I suspected IPA was something beer drinkers would know.
I don't know about the style guide, but I can't imagine they don't have their own in-house guide.
Word-finding difficulty comes with age, if not from something worse. :(
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on October 10, 2021, 01:41:26 pm ---...One time one of us texted the name to the others a couple of hours later. We were trying to think of the presidential candidate who fooled around and for some reason challenged the press to try to find evidence. They immediately uncovered a photo of him on a boat called Monkey Business. Knowing all that does his name come immediately to you?
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Yes, that would be Gary Hart the Colorado senator. He used to live a mountain pass over from me, in a place called Troublesome Gulch. His poor wife was named the same as me.
--- Quote from: serious crayons on October 10, 2021, 01:41:26 pm ---... Obviously TNY doesn?t follow AP style, but does it follow another style or just have its own?
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I'm sure they have their own style guide. Most publications do. I don't think TNY has dropped the Oxford comma as AP style recommends.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on October 10, 2021, 04:28:04 pm ---Sure--Gary Hart. Now, the trick would be to remember the name of the woman he got caught with. I would have to look that up.
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Wasn't her name Heather something?
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on October 10, 2021, 07:50:53 pm ---Wasn't her name Heather something?
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Her name was Donna Rice--and I want to know how she met Don Henley.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Rice_Hughes
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on October 10, 2021, 04:28:04 pm ---
How about the name of the woman who shredded documents for Oliver North? ;D
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That was Fawn Hall. I had to look her up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawn_Hall
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