'Shindig'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Not 60 minutes or fewer?
I am ready to just go to bed, but that is probably not the best way to handle my Thursday. I should go for a walk while the weather isn't terrible. I really should mow the lawn, but I don't think I can talk myself into that.
Things I say to my dog way more often than makes sense:
"That's a good point"
"We talked about this."
"You make a strong argument"
Not 60 minutes or fewer?
Not really, because "60 minutes" is being referred to more as one vague clump of time t insert appropriate Doctor Who quote here rather than as 60 individual minutes. It's not exactly like the express lane at the grocery.
What is the rationale for saying "60 minutes" as opposed to "an hour"? 60 minutes sounds shorter? Less monolithic than "an hour"?
What is the rationale for saying "60 minutes" as opposed to "an hour"? 60 minutes sounds shorter? Less monolithic than "an hour"?
Beats me. In matters like this, as long as it doesn't contradict our style manual, we leave it the way the author wrote it. I suspect at least some the authors are (or were) in the military, and they're using the exact language in the DoD mandate. Which is fine.
Maybe an hour seems less exact? Even though it's defined as 60 minutes. But there's no room for, "But I thought it was 67 minutes, sir!" "67!? We're not metric!"
Cool. It didn't exactly sound wrong to me, but then neither one sounded right once i thought about it, and thinking about it more was leading more towards the quantized universe rabbit hole.
Found out a college friend adopted a baby boy yesterday! I knew they had talked about pursing it a while back, but had no idea it was so close to happening.
Less than is used for time, distance and ages, because they're amounts, not countable things.
PMSing and watching cat videos to cheer myself, but they're turning into hateful torture videos where owners deliberately terrorize their own pets for fun and it's just making me sad. Hooray for installing fear in our companions!
ION, I met a vegetarian who has cow skin carpets. I was heartened. I can't explain why.
because they're amounts, not countable things.
This is what messes me up, because I know that rule but my concept of "countable thing" is not super clear.