Rocky Pamplin book about The Beach Boys?

[mikeddonn]

This is one helluva roller coaster ride, people. One thing I'll say for Rocky, leaving aside all else, is that he seems to remember how to be loose, live in the moment and not be overly PC and uptight, like so many people are nowadays, an approach that was synonymous with the 1970s but is endangered today. I kind of envy that....

Ron Burgundy anyone!

[Emily]

Good morning Smile, am I the only one who greets the site? my my! My manager suggested that I post "ONE" entire Chapter for the benefit of the many intelligent readers of Smile... I said I would be all for it... except we already know there are a handful of people who's only goal here is to criticize , insult, ridicule, demean, and impune someone else's writing! He said... Do not concern yourself with the handful of negative people... who constantly post... concern yourself only with the silent vast majority of the Smile readers who are the target readership of your book... they know that... that's the only way those people can feel good about themselves! I said ALRIGHT I'll do it! I'll post it in segments so they won't take up volumes of space. Now I just have to decide which Chapter? (I told him watch... some wanker will say something like... don't post a whole chapter we just want to read our own brilliant words of abuse)!

You know that there are only a couple hundred readers of this board, right?
At this moment, this thread is averaging <47 views per comment. I'd say at least half that number have chimed in.

[mikeddonn]

Good morning Smile, am I the only one who greets the site? my my! My manager suggested that I post "ONE" entire Chapter for the benefit of the many intelligent readers of Smile... I said I would be all for it... except we already know there are a handful of people who's only goal here is to criticize , insult, ridicule, demean, and impune someone else's writing! He said... Do not concern yourself with the handful of negative people... who constantly post... concern yourself only with the silent vast majority of the Smile readers who are the target readership of your book... they know that... that's the only way those people can feel good about themselves! I said ALRIGHT I'll do it! I'll post it in segments so they won't take up volumes of space. Now I just have to decide which Chapter? (I told him watch... some wanker will say something like... don't post a whole chapter we just want to read our own brilliant words of abuse)!

I look forward to it Rocky and I'm sure others will too. By the way, Good morning or evening in the UK!

[drbeachboy]

Gosh darn it Rocky, don't post a whole chapter, we just want to read our own brilliant words of abuse.

[Juice Brohnston]

Good morning Smile, am I the only one who greets the site? my my! My manager suggested that I post "ONE" entire Chapter for the benefit of the many intelligent readers of Smile... I said I would be all for it... except we already know there are a handful of people who's only goal here is to criticize , insult, ridicule, demean, and impune someone else's writing! He said... Do not concern yourself with the handful of negative people... who constantly post... concern yourself only with the silent vast majority of the Smile readers who are the target readership of your book... they know that... that's the only way those people can feel good about themselves! I said ALRIGHT I'll do it! I'll post it in segments so they won't take up volumes of space. Now I just have to decide which Chapter? (I told him watch... some wanker will say something like... don't post a whole chapter we just want to read our own brilliant words of abuse)!

You know that there are only a couple hundred readers of this board, right?
At this moment, this thread is averaging <47 views per comment. I'd say at least half that number have chimed in.

At somewhere around 600 replies, a staggering 120plus were from Emily, and that number may have trended upwards since, proportionately.

[Emily]

Good morning Smile, am I the only one who greets the site? my my! My manager suggested that I post "ONE" entire Chapter for the benefit of the many intelligent readers of Smile... I said I would be all for it... except we already know there are a handful of people who's only goal here is to criticize , insult, ridicule, demean, and impune someone else's writing! He said... Do not concern yourself with the handful of negative people... who constantly post... concern yourself only with the silent vast majority of the Smile readers who are the target readership of your book... they know that... that's the only way those people can feel good about themselves! I said ALRIGHT I'll do it! I'll post it in segments so they won't take up volumes of space. Now I just have to decide which Chapter? (I told him watch... some wanker will say something like... don't post a whole chapter we just want to read our own brilliant words of abuse)!

You know that there are only a couple hundred readers of this board, right?
At this moment, this thread is averaging <47 views per comment. I'd say at least half that number have chimed in.

At somewhere around 600 replies, a staggering 120plus were from Emily, and that number may have trended upwards since, proportionately.

Yup. I'm engaged in this topic.

[rockrush3]

   Emily did you just say... YUP...? Is that even a word...? I've heard of YEP... could you ELUCIDATE...?  Not to be confused with hallucinate ! 20% of the posts on this site are from YOU...Emily? Your at #867 posts...I'm at #70 posts...(can we get another YUP) Juice, that's the first post of your's I've liked...thanks for pointing that out! Maybe your not so bad? Manning, that's OK about the JUDGE word (below) I've gotten use to it. chaki... #TEAMROCKY ? (below) is that a positive note?... WONDERS NEVER CEASE! (you get 3 smiles)

[The Shift]

Good morning Smile, am I the only one who greets the site? my my! My manager suggested that I post "ONE" entire Chapter for the benefit of the many intelligent readers of Smile... I said I would be all for it... except we already know there are a handful of people who's only goal here is to criticize , insult, ridicule, demean, and impune someone else's writing! He said... Do not concern yourself with the handful of negative people... "who constantly post"... concern yourself only with the silent vast majority of the Smile readers who are the target readership of your book... they know that... that's the only way those people can feel good about themselves! I said ALRIGHT I'll do it! I'll start tomorrow and I'll post it in segments so as not to take up volumes of space. Now I just have to decide which Chapter? (I told him watch... some wanker will say something like... don't post a whole chapter we just want to read our own brilliant words of abuse)!

Appreciate this gesture. This will allow us to judge far better.

Looking forward to it.


(Oh poop I used the "judge" word!)

[adamghost]

The last few posts from Balboa are even more disturbing, like a thesaurus as been used to make the post seem "educated".

I'm wondering when the quotation mark and caps lock keys are going to give out on Rocky's keyboard, due to overuse.

Tee-HEE!

Don't you mean "Tee-HEE"?

Sorry, that's going to be my only contribution to this "discuss-ION".

But that's what I did say!  Someone send me RP's coppy editer...

[chaki]

#TEAMROCKY

[Alan Smith]

Good morning Smile, am I the only one who greets the site? my my! My manager suggested that I post "ONE" entire Chapter for the benefit of the many intelligent readers of Smile... I said I would be all for it... except we already know there are a handful of people who's only goal here is to criticize , insult, ridicule, demean, and impune someone else's writing! He said... Do not concern yourself with the handful of negative people... who constantly post... concern yourself only with the silent vast majority of the Smile readers who are the target readership of your book... they know that... that's the only way those people can feel good about themselves! I said ALRIGHT I'll do it! I'll post it in segments so they won't take up volumes of space. Now I just have to decide which Chapter? (I told him watch... some wanker will say something like... don't post a whole chapter we just want to read our own brilliant words of abuse)!

You know that there are only a couple hundred readers of this board, right?
At this moment, this thread is averaging <47 views per comment. I'd say at least half that number have chimed in.

At somewhere around 600 replies, a staggering 120plus were from Emily, and that number may have trended upwards since, proportionately.

Correction - unproportionally.

[rockrush3]

  Well, "WONDERS" never do cease... first "chaki"... #TEAMROCKY! Is that from those teen movies... "Twilight"?... and now... I'm not the only one who gets corrected... Alan Smith corrected Juice... "unproportionally""... that would be the same as "disproportionately" would it not? this is a good day  

[Emily]

 Emily did you just say... YUP...? Is that even a word...? I've heard of YEP... could you ELUCIDATE...?  Not to be confused with hallucinate ! 20% of the posts on this site are from YOU...Emily? Your at #867 posts...I'm at #70 posts...(can we get another YUP) Juice, that's the first post of your's I've liked...thanks for pointing that out! Maybe your not so bad? Manning that's OK about the JUDGE word (below) I've gotten use to it. chaki... #TEAMROCKY ? (below) is that a positive note?... WONDERS NEVER CEASE! (you get 3 smiles)

It's in the MW dictionary, Rocky. Should I wear it as a badge of shame that I'm interested in this discussion? I find it very compelling.
I think you've misunderstood Juice Brohnston all along and are wrongly critical of him, btw.

[Doo Dah]

 Emily did you just say... YUP...? Is that even a word...? I've heard of YEP... could you ELUCIDATE...?  Not to be confused with hallucinate ! 20% of the posts on this site are from YOU...Emily? Your at #867 posts...I'm at #70 posts...(can we get another YUP) Juice, that's the first post of your's I've liked...thanks for pointing that out! Maybe your not so bad? Manning that's OK about the JUDGE word (below) I've gotten use to it. chaki... #TEAMROCKY ? (below) is that a positive note?... WONDERS NEVER CEASE! (you get 3 smiles)

I'm way in left field on this, but Rushton's style of writing bears an uncanny resemblance to the decade-old postings from Smilin' Jeannie on the Blueboard. Run ons, non sequiturs, confusing trains of thought. Could it be...? ? ?

You BET!!!!       WEEEEEEEE!!!! YUP! YEP! YOWZER!!!!!!!

[rockrush3]

  I think you have been"WRONGLY CRITICAL" all along Emily! Don't even try to pretend you haven't! You and you'r massive number of posts... and you'r buddy doo doo!(nice pic 60s)

[adamghost]

Good morning Smile, am I the only one who greets the site? my my! My manager suggested that I post "ONE" entire Chapter for the benefit of the many intelligent readers of Smile... I said I would be all for it... except we already know there are a handful of people who's only goal here is to criticize , insult, ridicule, demean, and impune someone else's writing! He said... Do not concern yourself with the handful of negative people... who constantly post... concern yourself only with the silent vast majority of the Smile readers who are the target readership of your book... they know that... that's the only way those people can feel good about themselves! I said ALRIGHT I'll do it! I'll post it in segments so they won't take up volumes of space. Now I just have to decide which Chapter? (I told him watch... some wanker will say something like... don't post a whole chapter we just want to read our own brilliant words of abuse)!

You know that there are only a couple hundred readers of this board, right?
At this moment, this thread is averaging <47 views per comment. I'd say at least half that number have chimed in.

At somewhere around 600 replies, a staggering 120plus were from Emily, and that number may have trended upwards since, proportionately.

Correction - unproportionally.

Isn't it DISproportionately?  I'll let our resident grammatician, Prof. Pamplin, be the arbiter in this matter.

[Gerry]

Speaking of nice pics rockyrushton your avatar is what, like thirty years old. Is that from your playgirl shoot or one of your contemplative cigarette ads? I'm gonna bet the belly isn't that flat anymore and the hair isn't quite that full.

[SMiLE Brian]

It's a cigarette ad!!!!!

[SurfRiderHawaii]

 Emily did you just say... YUP...? Is that even a word...? I've heard of YEP... could you ELUCIDATE...?  Not to be confused with hallucinate ! 20% of the posts on this site are from YOU...Emily? Your at #867 posts...I'm at #70 posts...(can we get another YUP) Juice, that's the first post of your's I've liked...thanks for pointing that out! Maybe your not so bad? Manning that's OK about the JUDGE word (below) I've gotten use to it. chaki... #TEAMROCKY ? (below) is that a positive note?... WONDERS NEVER CEASE! (you get 3 smiles)

Rocky, look forward to reading a chapter! We have qute a few published authors posting on the board so you might get some valuable feedback from those besides the wanker haters. But manager?  You mean Stephen Love who edited your book, feeds you Hawaiian phrases you don't understand and coherent English copy that you occasionally slip in to your posts?

I am also prone to grammatical screw-ups though using this Samsung tablet doesn't help. Grammer wasn't my best subject but as a fellow college graduate (you did graduate?), let me throw you a couple bones:

1) Yep is in Webster's Dictionary

2) A common mistake not only for students learning English but also for native speakers is the difference between There, Their and They're in written English.

This happens because both words sound the same when they are spoken.

Words that sound the same but have different meanings (and sometimes spelling) are called homophones. Therefore they're, their and there are Homophones.

Which words would make the following sentence correct?

    They're/Their/There playing they're/their/there video games over they're/their/there.

The answer appears at the end of the post so let's learn the rules meanwhile.
What is the difference between There, Their and They're?

THERE

There is the opposite of Here. It means 'in that place' not here.

    A: Where is my book? – B: It's over there.
    I will look for a hotel to stay when I arrive there.

There is/There are = to show that something exists.

    There is a book on the table
    There are many countries in Europe.

THEIR

Their is a possessive adjective which is used before a noun. It shows possession, that something belongs to them.

    Their house is big.
    All of their friends were crazy.
    The children put their books in their school bags.

THEY'RE

They're is a contraction of they are.
e.g. They're happy = They are happy

They're is usually before an adjective or a verb ending in ING.

    They're very interested in the project.
    I personally think they';re crazy!
    They're singing loudly.

Example sentence...

So now you know the difference let's try the original question:

    They're/Their/There playing they're/their/there video games over they're/their/there.

The answer is:

    They're playing their video games over there.

Why?

They're playing (they're is used before a verb ending in -ing making it the progressive tense)

Their video games (their is a possessive used before a noun to show possession)

Over there (there because it means not here, in that place)

[Emily]

I think you have been"WRONGLY CRITICAL" all along Emily! Don't even try to pretend you haven't! You and you'r massive number of posts... and you'r buddy doo doo!(nice pic 60s)

I'm sure you think I'm wrongly critical but do you really think I'm pretending to agree with myself?

It looks like a Winston's ad.

[The Shift]

Well, "WONDERS" never do cease... first "chaki"... #TEAMROCKY! Is that from those teen movies... "Twilight"?... and now... I'm not the only one who gets corrected... Allan Smith corrected Juice... "unproportionally""... that would be the same as "disproportionate" would it not? this is a good day 

Almost a point, but while correcting Alan you could at least spell his name correctly…

[Juice Brohnston]

Good morning Smile, am I the only one who greets the site? my my! My manager suggested that I post "ONE" entire Chapter for the benefit of the many intelligent readers of Smile... I said I would be all for it... except we already know there are a handful of people who's only goal here is to criticize , insult, ridicule, demean, and impune someone else's writing! He said... Do not concern yourself with the handful of negative people... who constantly post... concern yourself only with the silent vast majority of the Smile readers who are the target readership of your book... they know that... that's the only way those people can feel good about themselves! I said ALRIGHT I'll do it! I'll post it in segments so they won't take up volumes of space. Now I just have to decide which Chapter? (I told him watch... some wanker will say something like... don't post a whole chapter we just want to read our own brilliant words of abuse)!

You know that there are only a couple hundred readers of this board, right?
At this moment, this thread is averaging <47 views per comment. I'd say at least half that number have chimed in.

At somewhere around 600 replies, a staggering 120plus were from Emily, and that number may have trended upwards since, proportionately.

Correction - unproportionally.

Thank You for taking the time to correct me. However I am still not sure that we have the right word. In my clumsy way, what I was trying to say was that if Emily had written 120 replies out of 600, and we were now at, say 900 replies, that the amount of Emily's replies might be slightly higher over the last 300 replies as a percentage. So I don't think we are talking about an uproportional number (the number referring to the total replies)

[Custom Machine]

You know that there are only a couple hundred readers of this board, right?

You are incorrectly assuming that all readers of this board are members. At any given time a large number of readers are guests, and thus not necessarily members. And, as previously stated, not all members are active posters, but they may still be readers.

[adamghost]

Well, IRREGARDLESS of all the grammar controversy....

[SurfRiderHawaii]

Well, IRREGARDLESS of all the grammar controversy....