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  1. Cobleskill

    Pet Peeve: "Guide wire and medium"

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guide_rail Silly me. They replied with an e-mail explaining some lawsuit made the change. No explanation about guide wire, meridian, medium. Douchebaggery abounds.
  2. Cobleskill

    Pet Peeve: "Guide wire and medium"

    I heard a new one on the local news last night. "Guide Rail." Apparently a car smashed into it. I gotta send them an e-mail. Curious what response I will get.
  3. Cobleskill

    Pet Peeve: "Guide wire and medium"

    I had to work on saying rotator cuff. I think part of the confusion is from the medical term actually being rotor cuff, but you hear rotary cuff pretty commonly.
  4. Cobleskill

    Pet Peeve: "Guide wire and medium"

    Doesn't sound right to me either. Could be a Northern thing.
  5. Cobleskill

    Pet Peeve: "Guide wire and medium"

    You posted the article that had "guide wire" in it. The story about the girl that was killed by the power line.
  6. Cobleskill

    Pet Peeve: "Guide wire and medium"

    Last night on This Old House they had chainsaw expert Tim Ard and landscape contractor Roger Cook going over chainsaw safety and use. Roger called it the "blade" several times. I wonder if Roger looks for a place that sharpens chainsaw blades or if he sharpens his own. They showed the...
  7. Cobleskill

    Pet Peeve: "Guide wire and medium"

    Yeah, kids come up with the best words. We had a greenhouse attached to our house we started veggie plants in. It was like a split level house, you could access it from the house or cellar. My son asked my aunt if she wanted to go "down celery."
  8. Cobleskill

    Pet Peeve: "Guide wire and medium"

    Currency - in reference to electricity.
  9. Cobleskill

    Pet Peeve: "Guide wire and medium"

    selunoid and router - car parts
  10. Cobleskill

    Pet Peeve: "Guide wire and medium"

    But don't you think when most people say "I could care less" they mean I couldn't? I dislike both.
  11. Cobleskill

    Pet Peeve: "Guide wire and medium"

    They use the word verbally wrong too, Al. PIN number.
  12. Cobleskill

    Pet Peeve: "Guide wire and medium"

    I saw "guide wire" in the "In the News" article Jason Garin posted about the young girl hitting the guy wire. Medium or meridian is used by the news media for median. It is like the sloping back cut. Don't these people ever get corrected? Proof reading? Next time I hear either one on a...
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