The Maillard Reaction
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Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
Can you parse this and let me know what I'm doing wrong.
"It's great to hear about how helpful your son and mom are being."
I think it says what I mean but it seems weird. What am I doing wrong? I think the are being part is bothering me but I didn't want to use the word acting, and I didn't want to use past tense.
Help?
best regards,
mike
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Jonbouy
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 08:44:57
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Looks good to me. "It is" (It's) and "are being" are both present tense. Being=the real deal Acting=looky-like
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The Maillard Reaction
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 08:47:45
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So, it's ok to be being?
I guess I don't hear it used frequently enough to feel familiar.
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 08:49:51
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mike_mccue
So, it's ok to be being?
I guess I don't hear it used frequently enough to feel familiar.
I am being... and you are being are fine. What you be being is something else.
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The Maillard Reaction
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 08:54:08
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I was being sincere.
Here's an anecdote; Yesterday, my NYC producer asked me why I don't have a southern accent. I explained it was because I was from too far south.
Some times the truth seems less sincere than it actually is.
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The Maillard Reaction
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 08:55:10
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I was also confused...
Now I understand what you were saying.
:-)
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 08:56:15
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I went to public school … so, take the following suggestion with a grain of salt:
It is wonderful to hear that your mom and son are being so extraordinarily helpful.
Dave 8.5 PE 64, i7 Studio Cat, Delta 1010, GMS and Ludwig Drums, Paiste Cymbals "Everyone knows rock n' roll attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact." H. Simpson "His chops are too righteous." Plankton during Sponge Bob's guitar solo
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 09:00:02
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quantumeffect
I went to public school … so, take the following suggestion with a grain of salt:
It is wonderful to hear that your mom and son are being so extraordinarily helpful.
I'm not being funny but I prefer Mike's original.
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The Maillard Reaction
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 09:00:41
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"It is wonderful to hear that your mom and son are being so extraordinarily helpful."
That's it.
Now I see where I started with a mis step and couldn't get the ball in the goal.
I like how you replaced great with a word that actually means something.
Every loud mouth needs a good editor... that's what I always say.
:-)
best regards,
mike
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The Maillard Reaction
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 09:04:25
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Jonbouy
quantumeffect
I went to public school … so, take the following suggestion with a grain of salt:
It is wonderful to hear that your mom and son are being so extraordinarily helpful.
I'm not being funny but I prefer Mike's original.
I'd probably drop the extraordinary and consider it a more accurate description of my thoughts. "wonderful" may be a bit flowery, but it's an improvement over "great". Maybe someone can pull through for the assist?
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 09:04:26
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I'm now wondering what the benefit of being full of wonder has over the full capacity of the meaning of great.
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 09:05:14
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I'm not being funny ... yes, there is a lot of that in the CH:-)
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The Maillard Reaction
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 09:05:32
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"I'm now wondering what the benefit of being full of wonder has over the full capacity of the meaning of great. "
I agree, sort of, see above.
:-)
There's a better word than both... but I don't know what it is yet.
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 09:10:09
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mike_mccue
"I'm now wondering what the benefit of being full of wonder has over the full capacity of the meaning of great. "
I agree, sort of, see above.
:-)
There's a better word than both... but I don't know what it is yet.
Just translate the feeling in your heart about it so your head can understand then you will arrive at the best word. HTH
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 09:12:29
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quantumeffect
I'm not being funny
... yes, there is a lot of that in the CH:-)
I Am being unfunny....yay!!!... 
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 11:18:58
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mike_mccue
Can you parse this and let me know what I'm doing wrong.
"It's great to hear about how helpful your son and mom are being."
Not that I'm anyone to advise, but... I would lose the "about". Is it great to hear that they are being helpful, or about how they are being helpful?
 In order, then, to discover the limit of deepest tones, it is necessary not only to produce very violent agitations in the air but to give these the form of simple pendular vibrations. - Hermann von Helmholtz, predicting the role of the electric bassist in 1877.
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The Maillard Reaction
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 11:21:52
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"It's good to hear how your son and mom are being helpful."
fixed
Thanks everyone I think I finally got the best of everyone's suggestions incorporated.
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 11:24:22
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I'd go for the simple.
Wow, it seems to me that your son and mother are being supportive in every way imaginable. I find that refreshing,
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The Maillard Reaction
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 11:25:53
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When you say it it sounds so natural.
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 11:27:05
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I thought you were going to say "foolish".
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 11:28:34
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mike_mccue
"It's good to hear how your son and mom Am being helpful."
fixed
Thanks everyone I think I finally got the best of everyone's suggestions incorporated.
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post edited by Jonbouy - 2012/04/14 11:31:50
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 11:31:02
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Foolish? Think about how I feel, I thought Steve was gonna come through for me.
I guess it is better to have hoped that than to not have hoped at all.
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 11:33:35
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mike_mccue
Foolish? Think about how I feel, I thought Steve was gonna come through for me.
I guess it is better to have hoped that than to not have hoped at all.
Strummy ain't got the bestest grasping of language what is proper like what I have. (or am he has?) edited: for grammage.
post edited by Jonbouy - 2012/04/14 11:36:18
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 11:35:12
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mike_mccue
Foolish? Think about how I feel, I thought Steve was gonna come through for me.
I guess it is better to have hoped that than to not have hoped at all.
Strummy ain't got the bestest grasping of language what is proper like what I have.
(or arm he have?)
Roight, I seen 'at afore.
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The Maillard Reaction
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 11:37:06
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Don't take me too seriously. I think that was an old Oscar Wilde quote.
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/14 23:15:40
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☄ Helpful
It's great to hear that your mom and son are being so helpful.
You're from too far south? That's a good one. :) Everyone in my family has a good ol' Okie accent except me and no one has a clue why. I chuckle at them (to myself) and they probably wonder what planet I'm from. lol
Anyway, carry on. Just thought I'd stop and say hi for a change and offer my two cents.
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/15 01:57:59
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quantumeffect
It is wonderful to hear that your mom and son are being so extraordinarily helpful.
Well done.
Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/15 02:11:57
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Janet
It's great to hear that your mom and son are being so helpful.
You're from too far south? That's a good one. :) Everyone in my family has a good ol' Okie accent except me and no one has a clue why. I chuckle at them (to myself) and they probably wonder what planet I'm from. lol
Anyway, carry on. Just thought I'd stop and say hi for a change and offer my two cents.
Mike. Can you take down my yellow banner thing and put it where this idea came from? Thanks.
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/15 08:51:52
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"And the support from your family can only make the process more bearable"
Straummy, News at 10, outside the Coffee House door
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Re:Hey Strummy, I could use some help.
2012/04/15 09:06:55
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"And the support from your family can only make the process more bearable"
Straummy, News at 10, outside the Coffee House door
WHAT!?!?!
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