Smileys

[Anonymous]

Is it just me, or are the available smileys a bit limiting? Have a look at those available on ‘Practical Machinist’:

 

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/misc.php?do=getsmilies&editorid=vB_Editor_001 

 

Much more scope to express the good, the bad and the ugly.

 

I wonder if anything can be done about this?

 

Regards,

 

Andrew

[Anonymous]

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Well Andrew

 

Sorry to be a grumpy old git but I find “limiting” for Smileys very good. In fact a total elimination of Smileys from the typeface of the planet would, in my view , be a great service to humanity, ( i.e I don’t like ’em!) – give me “Grumpies” any time.!!

 

Cheers

 

Norman 

  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Edited By NJH on 08/11/2010 16:18:25

Edited By NJH on 08/11/2010 16:19:00

[Richard ParsonsParticipant @richardparsons61721]

NJH Agreed! I make Victor Melrose seem a positive Happy Bunny.

[joegibParticipant @joegib]

Hear, hear. There are a couple of American ME-related sites I visit that are lively and enjoyable but the infantile misuse of smileys there drives me nuts.

 

Joe 

[Martin WParticipant @martinw]

Hi

 

I’m old, grumpy and fed up with the way that the world and some of its occupants are heading but I quite like Smileys if used in moderation. They allow one to qualify a comment without resorting to a long winded bit of text explaining that this is your view and should be taken with a pinch of salt etc. . If used sparingly as punctuation then fine by me.

 

As for Mr Meldrew he is a rank amateur when it come to grumpiness, just ask my SWMBO what happens when I get on my soapbox.

 

Have fun and let the world go round. I can see this thread developing on the same lines as the Imperial v Metric Measurement thread as the ‘fors and againsts’ take their relative stands , oops another one slipped in somehow!

 

Enjoy and do what you want.

 

Martin

[Keith Wardill 1Participant @keithwardill1]

Alll a bit odd – why are people so proud of being grumpy old gits? – I think Martin W has a good point about ‘Smiley Qualification’ .

[Anonymous]

I knew I wasn’t grumpy enough to be a professional machinist, but apparently I’m not grumpy enough to be a model engineer either. Ah well, might as well sell up the workshop and find another hobby, anybody for tennis? And no, I’m not going to add a smiley to indicate if I’m being tongue in cheek, or serious.

 

I’m with Martin and Keitth. Smileys are often overdone, but used sparingly they can add to the message. I still think that the available smileys are limited.

 

Regards,

 

Andrew

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Good  – Oh then Andrew – got any nice kit going cheap then (apart from the budgie of course).?

 

I would hate to make anyone sad so, in the interests of spreading universal joy, I will try to love Smileys . 

I guess that if I have a reputation it’s probably for levity rather than grumpyness – although my wife might disagree with that. Having spent many working years wearing sober suits and pulling serious expressions I now try  to do neither.

 

I WILL  try harder  Long live the Smiley, long live the Smiley , long ………….etc etc

 

Enough stupidity  for today!

 

– All the best –   Norman

 

 

 

 

 

[Anonymous]

Norman,

 

Nothing going cheep, but I do have a dead parrot for sale, bought as seen, no refunds……

 

Whether my kit is nice, or not, is probably a matter of opinion. But we can say it’s a weighty issue, no point in turning up with a transit van, most of my stuff would go straight through the floor, even if it went in.

 

Regards,

 

Andrew

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