>>>>>Because this is the USA, where all these numbers have decimal points. If we were in Europe, they'd have a decimal comma, and I'd then ask commatose questions.
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>>>>You disappoint me. I command you to keep on the same subject.
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>>>Ha! But I can't disappoint you, because I never appointed you.
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>>Don't you have that wrong?... He can (only) disappoint you if HE appointed you.
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>But he said I disappointed him, not the other way around. It's a bit hard to gauge this sort of engagement, so we better disengage from this thread, eh?

Yes, I realized your intent after hitting send.

I hereby disengage.
But you may wish to add "plaid" to your list of odd English words.
It's pronunciation is questionable considering "paid", "laid", "plain" and such.

cheers