Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)

[crazy8s]

12 hours ago, EmeraldGirl said:

Why can’t she try and help bulk them up (ha ha, just thought about SNL and pump you up) if she is so worried about them looking like “whimps”? Do they have any weight sets?

A weight set has been shown in the boys room.  No bench, just a bar and weights on the floor. They also have a chin up bar. Jonathan has also been shown having a chin up bar.

Manly biceps seem the focus. Arm wrestling seems the only competitive activity they engage in.  

From the pics of arm wrestling at Olivia's birthday it looked like Sam U El has built some sort of table specifically for the manly arm wrestling.

[Jynnan tonnix]

2 hours ago, AstridM said:

“Anyway” is still correct! ❤️ This error drives me crazy, too. Also, seeing “bias” instead of “biased.” How the hell did that become a common error?

Or deep “seeded.” 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Yup...those (and a bunch of others I can't recall off the top of my head) basically come from people not reading much. Frankly, in quite a number of cases (such as "deep seeded", the pronunciation is pretty much identical, and the meaning of each phrase also more or less works whichever word is used. So unless someone writes it down, there's no way to know how "literate" they are, and the spelling could actually transition completely without much of the population even being aware of it. I know there are a couple of idioms out there which, given that the original wording was rather archaic, did sort of make better sense with updated language. Of course, I can't recall those either, but I know I've seen some lists, and been quite fascinated by the evolution.

[BetyBee]

Well, it's January, so many people will be at the gym in an attempt to "loose" weight. I used to be on Spark people and that was the one that always got on my last nerve.