Brooklyn Life Open Thread by Brownstoner 06/16/2009 306 Share Share Brooklyn Life Brooklyn Life Open Thread What's Your Take? Leave a Comment Leave a Reply Cancel reply Register to leave a comment, or log in if you already have an account “dh…certainly with regard to brownstones it could be WWI but it’s only used to describe condo & coop buildings.” Very true Damn Dave – that’s one old house! Log in to Reply I think Expert Textpert is SnarkSlope. It is similar humour and Snark is the only one I have seen who uses “>” when quoting a prior poster. Log in to Reply dh…certainly with regard to brownstones it could be WWI but it’s only used to describe condo & coop buildings. My Philly house is pre War of 1812 and, in fact, one of the previous owners died in the War of 1812. Log in to Reply Sorry, I am having a grammar Nazi moment: Why do people confuse ‘affect’ and ‘effect’ so often? I have seen it twice today in different threads, and once yesterday. Log in to Reply haha rob – if that were the case then apts would be called “pre-military conclict” as it seems no one fights “wars” anymore Log in to Reply you mean it’s not the iraq war!? ahha jk *rob* Log in to Reply “which war are people referring to when they say something is pre-war?” good question – i remember having to look that up a while ago as “pre-war” is thrown around alot. Could just as easily be WWI I suppose too. Log in to Reply WW2 Rob. At least until we start dating things as pre- and post- the Covert Race / Class War. Log in to Reply Dave, I was wondering if it was BRG in disguise. Honey…that you? Log in to Reply < 1 … 9 10 11 12 13 … 34 >
“dh…certainly with regard to brownstones it could be WWI but it’s only used to describe condo & coop buildings.” Very true Damn Dave – that’s one old house! Log in to Reply
I think Expert Textpert is SnarkSlope. It is similar humour and Snark is the only one I have seen who uses “>” when quoting a prior poster. Log in to Reply
dh…certainly with regard to brownstones it could be WWI but it’s only used to describe condo & coop buildings. My Philly house is pre War of 1812 and, in fact, one of the previous owners died in the War of 1812. Log in to Reply
Sorry, I am having a grammar Nazi moment: Why do people confuse ‘affect’ and ‘effect’ so often? I have seen it twice today in different threads, and once yesterday. Log in to Reply
haha rob – if that were the case then apts would be called “pre-military conclict” as it seems no one fights “wars” anymore Log in to Reply
“which war are people referring to when they say something is pre-war?” good question – i remember having to look that up a while ago as “pre-war” is thrown around alot. Could just as easily be WWI I suppose too. Log in to Reply
WW2 Rob. At least until we start dating things as pre- and post- the Covert Race / Class War. Log in to Reply
“dh…certainly with regard to brownstones it could be WWI but it’s only used to describe condo & coop buildings.”
Very true
Damn Dave – that’s one old house!
I think Expert Textpert is SnarkSlope. It is similar humour and Snark is the only one I have seen who uses “>” when quoting a prior poster.
dh…certainly with regard to brownstones it could be WWI but it’s only used to describe condo & coop buildings.
My Philly house is pre War of 1812 and, in fact, one of the previous owners died in the War of 1812.
Sorry, I am having a grammar Nazi moment:
Why do people confuse ‘affect’ and ‘effect’ so often? I have seen it twice today in different threads, and once yesterday.
haha rob – if that were the case then apts would be called “pre-military conclict” as it seems no one fights “wars” anymore
you mean it’s not the iraq war!? ahha jk
*rob*
“which war are people referring to when they say something is pre-war?”
good question – i remember having to look that up a while ago as “pre-war” is thrown around alot. Could just as easily be WWI I suppose too.
WW2 Rob.
At least until we start dating things as pre- and post- the Covert Race / Class War.
Dave, I was wondering if it was BRG in disguise. Honey…that you?