[78-L] Very uplifting!

[Royal Pemberton]

I'm enough of a boob without adding to that underwired pun!

Anyhoo....one thing that started some years ago that has always
aggravated me is the replacement of labelling with symbols, e.g. the
speed control on a lawnmower which, instead of at least S and F for
SLOW and FAST, has, respectively, a turtle and a rabbit!

On 7/18/09, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:
>> I am now seeing the next stage of this "use a machine" mentality! Each
>> morning, I read my way through the morning paper (Toronto Star)!
>> As I do, I carefully note all the errors generated by the "ace reporter"
>> having relied upon "Spell Check v.Wotever" rather than having
>> learned way back in grade school how English words are SUPPOSED
>> to be spelled! BTW, Microsoft Word Spell Check still thinks my
>> REAL name is "Steven C. BRA...?!"
>
>
> "Stephen C. Bra?"  I'm sorry,  I can't support that!
>
> How about the stores which just have little pictures on the cash register of
> the  Fries,  Cokes,  Big Mucks,  etc.?  Now you not only don't need to know
> math,  you don't even need to recognize numbers themselves.
>
> I could be like Beanie and scream "Help,  Cecil,  help!'  but I fear no one
> is going to rescue me/us from a lot of this dumbing-down.
>
> Taylor
>
>
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