Sound Off! (Oct. 9)

Deacon Blues wrote:

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If you live on the Eastside, and you think you might need an ambulance be sure to call an hour ahead of the time you're going to need them. If you think your house might catch on fire, be sure to call the fire dept. in plenty of time for the fire trucks to get there.

Proud Female Veteran wrote:

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I am talking about getting to work on time and I am sure an ambulance or a fire truck would have alternate route knowing that one main drag was partially closed. You just want to bitch about being too lazy to get up earlier do so but don't make those lame excuses, you know why you have to be at work - but you don't know when you will need an ambulance or a fire truck HUGE difference.

Reader wrote:

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If you don't think "smell" can be a noun then take it up the Marrium- Webster (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sme... ) to uneducated dumba$$.
Main Entry: smell
Function: noun
Date: 12th century
1 : the property of a thing that affects the olfactory organs : odor
2 a : the process, function, or power of smelling b : the sense concerned with the perception of odor
3 a : a very small amount : trace <add only a smell of garlic> b : a pervading or characteristic quality : aura <the smell of affluence, of power — Harry Hervey>
4 : an act or instance of smelling
synonyms smell, scent, odor, aroma mean the quality that makes a thing perceptible to the olfactory sense. smell implies solely the sensation without suggestion of quality or character <an odd smell permeated the room>. scent applies to the characteristic smell given off by a substance, an animal, or a plant <the scent of lilacs>. odor may imply a stronger or more readily distinguished scent or it may be equivalent to smell <a cheese with a strong odor>. aroma suggests a somewhat penetrating usually pleasant odor <the aroma of freshly ground coffee>.

Jay Lynn wrote:

Okay, enough on "smell" since it is both a noun and a verb. According to Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry: 1smell
Pronunciation:\&#712;smel\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): smelled \&#712;smeld\ or smelt \&#712;smelt\; smell·ing
Etymology: Middle English
Date: 12th century
transitive verb 1 : to perceive the odor or scent of through stimuli affecting the olfactory nerves : get the odor or scent of with the nose
2 : to detect or become aware of as if by the sense of smell <I smell trouble>
3 : to emit the odor ofintransitive verb 1 : to exercise the sense of smell
2 a (1): to have an odor or scent (2): to have a characteristic aura or atmosphere : smack <the accounts…seemed to me to smell of truth — R. S. Bourne>; also : seem, appear <the story didn't smell right> b (1): to have an offensive odor : stink (2): to be of bad or questionable quality <all this from the moral point of view smells — A. F. Wills>
— smell·er noun
— smell a rat : to have a suspicion of something wrong
— smell blood : to sense an opponent's weakness or vulnerability
— smell the roses : to enjoy or savor life
SO ENOUGH ALREADY!!!
And as for the traffic on 70 - you were warned, so leave earlier or find an alternate route. Just be glad you don't live in a locale that handles filming constantly, like New York. You have no idea what "traffic" really is.

Notsofast wrote:

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TOS,
You see what you started! If you can't share the Kool-Aid with all of us, then don't drink it.(can I have some?)