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Author Message ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 977 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 08:56 am:    I often feel like both: A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders. -Walter Bagehot, journalist and businessman (3 Feb 1826-1877) Courtesy of A Word A Day; www.wordsmith.org James Sandoz, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: jsandoz Post Number: 185 Registered: 06-2005 Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 10:12 am:    Ken, do you ever feel like a canine - either the tooth or the animal? Sometimes I feel I'm treated like the latter. Dave Metzger Senior Member Username: davemetzger Post Number: 622 Registered: 07-2001 Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 12:50 pm:    While there are many contributors to 4specs who are known for their incisive comments, specifiers as a whole would, I have to admit, fall into the grinder category. Of course, in New York, being a grinder would make us a hero. Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2058 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 12:52 pm:    Yes, Dave, it would! Liz O'Sullivan Senior Member Username: liz_osullivan Post Number: 200 Registered: 10-2011 Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 12:57 pm:    Dave, that's exactly what I was thinking. (Not the food part, the mostly grinding-it-out part. Even for incisive writers, the bulk of our work is grinding.) ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 979 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 01:24 pm:    Dave, I didn't expect to get submarined! Dave Metzger Senior Member Username: davemetzger Post Number: 623 Registered: 07-2001 Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 01:40 pm:    Ken, if you're gonna go in, go whole hoagie. ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 980 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 01:48 pm:    Ok Dave, I thought we were talking grinders, not groaners. Thanks for putting a smile on my face. Cheaper than getting my face lifted. Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2059 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 01:59 pm:    Don;t become a po' boy, now. Steve Gantner, RA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: sgantner Post Number: 46 Registered: 08-2007 Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 02:25 pm:    I didn't know whether to groan or laugh Lynn, you're my gyro! Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2060 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 02:56 pm:    Let's start a club! Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: michael_chusid Post Number: 115 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 03:07 pm:    If we are grinders, perhaps it's because we work on so many projects with cavities and we are trying to prevent decay. Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru Sheldon Wolfe Senior Member Username: sheldon_wolfe Post Number: 896 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 05:50 pm:    Ken, is that a rye smile on your face? Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2061 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 05:55 pm:    let's not get caraway-ed Steve Gantner, RA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: sgantner Post Number: 47 Registered: 08-2007 Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 06:11 pm:    Lettuce think about it. Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2062 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 10:55 pm:    Cheese, guys, I'm roll-ing on the floor; may-o I get up now? (I'm bacon you)