What Happened to "Butch" O'Hare? (1 Viewer)

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Good points and suggestion Charles.

Fly boy, this is not a case of making a mistake. You have displayed a pattern of borderline illiteracy.

The browser Firefox has spell check available. I'm a terrible speller but I use it all the time.

or

Copy and paste your posts into "Word" to check for spelling

Do a quick Google search on a subject before you start a thread.


Hey mods, can you remove the American flag from his country Id? Perhaps if people think he's from Kazakhstan, it wont be so embarrassing.

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Well seeing as this has gone off-topic i thought i'd share a very interesting story related to Butch O'Hare (posted at Ubi some months ago):

 
You guys probably are aware that flyboy's style of posting is actually quite common amongst younger forum posters. They eschew any use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and never capitalize.

Perhaps they see themselves as another ee cummings or something. (Of course, that's giving them credit for actually KNOWING who ee cummings IS.)

While old farts view the style as being lazy, they see it as "efficient" and an "anti-establishment" sort of thing.
 
I've thought the same thing, model.

I don't know much about O'hare. Was there one or two things he was mainly famous for?
 
You guys probably are aware that flyboy's style of posting is actually quite common amongst younger forum posters. They eschew any use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and never capitalize.

I understand the way the younger guys post, I got three of 'em in my family. But fly boy goes way beyond the "style".

I still say he's puttin' us on, or he's in really deep trouble.

TO
 
I think the admins should have a little chat with him regarding his spelling and grammar.

If he thinks its "cool" or "Cute", nows the time to stop such idiocy.
 

There is a huge difference between:

gr8! cu thr! (great! see you there).

and

greeate cee youj thire (elbow typing)

It is true that text messaging and e-mails are truncating our language but that is not what I see here.

I do give him credit for being interested in "Butch" O'Hare but I wouldn't be surprised if "Butch" O'Hare was dis_gusted at the laziness.

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Schwarze_13,

Great story.



And on fly boy, I believe some of his posts have been via cell phone, though this still doesn't explain or excuse alot of the posts. (gross gramatical and spelling errors are NOT shorthand)
 
I think the admins should have a little chat with him regarding his spelling and grammar.

If he thinks its "cool" or "Cute", nows the time to stop such idiocy.

I'll second that motion. I may have one of the poorest educations on this
forum (7th grade), but if I don't know how to spell a word, I find out before
I make a perfect @ss of myself [besides,.... who's perfect ?]

Charles
 

the only comparision to our inept teets and ee cummings is seemingly the inability to capitalize...TO my knowledge..he could spell(even sans spellcheck, WHO KNEW!?) and I coulda(sic) swore he could punctuate and had a grasp on some form of grammar.

but, KUDOS on the Cummings reference!! FTW! You guys never cease to amaze and downright stupify me...THEN again...OH look SHINY!!!! (NO, i'm NOT blonde anymore)
 
Hi

I dont want to buy into this, but I have to say something....I hope you know this guy, because I dont. If you dont, have you considered that he might actually have a disability, and might actually be typing with his elbows or something? Probably not, but it would be very bad if he is a disabled person doing the best he can
 
Here comes the guilt trip.

Parsifal, there are several members here I'm sure who have disabilities, (one I know for sure who has trouble typing) that is accepted. But flyboy had been able to express himself and even respond in a somewhat rational way. If a disbility was involved I'm sure he would let us know.

But from his posts and grammar used ("dude!!") its nothing but lazy.

Drive-by texting.
 
This is ridiculous, totally off topic and won't do the thread any good. If he won't or can't spell - no matter why - then let him. But I have to say that he wasn't the one starting the rants.

Maybe he is legastenic, maybe not. It's absolutely not important to me. When nobody answers his question because nobody can understand him, it's his own problem. But all this flame war stuff is for kids and people who behave like kids, not for grown up people. So please let's stop this and get back to the topic. Thanks.

Krabat
 
a good point krabat, Ive said my piece, now lets move on.

Well, sorry folks, have no idea what happened to the guy, except that one day he didnt come back.

My favourite radio transcript relates to the Coral Sea action, and its poignancy reaches across more than 60 years. it was the final conversation between Commander Ault, and the Yorktown.

Aults final exchange (running low on fuel and hopelessly lost), is filled with the stoic heroism that was the trademark of the USN Navy pilots

Yorktown: Nearest land is over 200 miles away
Ault: We would never make it
Yorktown: Your on your own, good luck
Ault: Please relay to lexington. we got a 1000lb bomb on a flat top. We have both reported two or three times. Enemy fighters. Am altering course North. Let me know if you pick me up.
Roger. You are on your own. I will relay your message. Good Luck.
Ault: Ok. so long people. We gotta 1000 pounder on a flat top!

It was the last anyone heard or saw of Bill Ault.
 

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