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Hello. I am a single, middle aged man from midwestern United States. Pic is not me.

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I think I agree with much of this. I'll have to come back later and re-read more carefully but by and large this looks great.

But good luck getting English teachers onboard.

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There are some words that have fallen out of use that may be helpful. Overmorrow and score ( as in "...fourscore and seven...") come to mind. There may be others and I think it would be interesting to research.

Point being that English may have already solved this problem and forgotten the solutions.

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While I'm not liking your phrase "bad regional accents" I do think you have a point. There are many, many different English accents and to attempt to capture that in the orthography is too much hassle and detail. The "dictionary pronunciation" is really more of a proto pronunciation than actual dialect-ized speech. It is a generalization and standardization and to an extent "the correct" way to say something Which is prescriptive, ugly and discriminatory and quite likely also racist. But there really is a need to simplify and standardize instead of capturing every tiny nuance of all dialects.

In my mind the best way to do this is just pick what you believe to be the most standard English accent and use that. Acknowledge that there are countless dialects. But this is the standard.

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Mon Dieu!!! Zut alors!!! Quelle merde!!!

Disney is gouging customers with a near doubling of subscription costs. (sh.itjust.works)

Disney is raking its customers over the coals with a 75% price hike for their annual subscription (originally $80.) People wonder why piracy is on the rise.Multiple commenters are saying I’m off base about the 75% price increase. My payment less than a year ago was $79.99. Here’s the proof.

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Is physical media still available for most Disney stuff? How viable an alternative is that now?

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Decreasing privacy does little to stop bad actors. That is an odd and false correlation.

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Yes beard, not not beard.

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Take my money!

I've carried a SAK for years. I now also have a cheap benchmade knockoff with pocket clip and flipper. So easy to pull out and open that I almost never use my SAK. Hopefully a pocket clip will change that.

Love this idea, thanks. (I know you bought a belt clip and I'm going to buy a pocket clip but you gave me the idea).

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I second a headlamp. Almost mandatory if you're camping I think. I got some cheap ones and use them around the house / garage too. More useful than they seem at first glance.

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Did you forget your ear? I thought all woodworkers kept their pencil on their ear.

I recently bought an electrician's pouch that velcros around my belt. Great for holding screws, square and pencils. Think of it as a wall cup on your belt.

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I keep several full size 30' tape measures in different places like my truck, kitchen junk drawer and (of course) toolboxes. You might find that more useful than a 6'. Cheap ones are fine, I think, as long as you don't drop them.

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Get a metal one and put it in the dishwasher. Or get a bottle brush.

Also, occasionally filling it with white vinegar and letting it sit overnight can help clean deposits.

ETA: In general putting plastic in the dishwasher is not advised.

guyrocket,
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True that. I'm less careful when using my compound miter saw or circular saw.

guyrocket,
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Piped <> New pipe legacy?

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You bettah MAKE some free time.

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TIL "chu" is the sound of a kiss.

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Yeah and just imagine the car insurance costs for those apocalypse-mobiles. It would cost a small fucking fortune every month! How can anyone afford to drive one of those?

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I feel like this witch should say "Foiled!" more often.

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https://fmhy.net/base64#windows-piracy-guides

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My best typo: relationshit

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Urine: the taste of the great outdoors!

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Just pee in your green tea and add a cup of sugar per cup of pee tea.

It will look like mountain dew and get you sweating like mountain dew and taste like SHIT!

guyrocket,
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Yo momma so SCSI my hard drive is never hard

guyrocket,
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Yo momma so FAT her blood type is Ragu.

Yo momma's so FAT when she goes camping the bears hide THEIR food.

You momma's so NASTY, when she takes off her panties it sounds like velcro.

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Feels like we're doing our best to make up for that now with pics and video from almost everyone on the planet hitting the interwebs.

I pity the historian that has to try to dig through all of it.

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