AWW GEEZ--WE HAVE TO CORRECT THE ALMOST-DAILY, DAILY PILOT AGAIN
Last week, we had to tell the almost-daily Daily Pilot that it is improper to refer to Marines as soldiers. They are Marines.
Now we have to tell the Pilot that the machine being used to demolish El Camino Center is not a backhoe. It is technically an excavator. A backhoe is usually smaller and has wheels. An excavator is bigger, usually has tracks, and has a cab and arm that pivot.
The top right picture is an excavator. The lower left picture is a backhoe.
In the future, Pilot, maybe you should have us fact check for you.
Some might be asking why it matters whether it's a backhoe or an excavator mentioned in the Pilot article.
The answer is that given all the foot-dragging on this center over the years, it's important to note that the machine being used for the demolition is not some puny little backhoe, but a powerful excavator that is up to the job.
Here's the LINK to the Pilot's article about the backhoe that is not a backhoe.
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UPDATE--MORE AWW GEEZ
Now the almost-daily Daily Pilot has a headline that "Construction" has resumed at El Camino Center. LINK
Actually, there is no construction going on at all. There is, however, a lot of destruction going on. In the biz, we usually call that demolition. You see, when you are constructing, you are...ah, never mind.
So, here's the scene at the El Camino site according to the almost-daily Daily Pilot: a puny little backhoe is involved in constructing something or other.
This, of course, as you no doubt have already guessed, leaves us no choice but to quote Humpty Dumpty who apparently works at the almost-daily Daily Pilot:
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,' it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.'
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