Draught Is My Craft: Troubleshooting Life from the Draught Technicians Perspective

Our's is a living language, obviously. It grows, bends, and flexes. We gain words and lose them. Some are retired. Some are disdained and mocked, falsely labeled and unfairly maligned as improper or incorrect. And then, we have punctuation; which is equally used, misused, over-used or used when unnecessary, out of habit.  One of the greatest offenders is the oft misunderstood apostrophe.   This highbrowed Devil, possessor of all things, well...Im done wasting it where it is no longer needed. Separation or combination of the possessive and the plural is a worthy use, indeed.  However, I feel it is wasted in a few areas, ignored in one specific instance, and forgotten where it might be of great utility.  You, keen observer that you are, may already have noticed the uses of this little beastie, which I no longer wish to indulge.  I find that the most common places, wherein I see and use the apostrophe are in the words "don't", "won't" and "I'm...

      First, if you caught the joke in the title, 2 points.  If not, find your weird friend that is into Puns and Acronyms.  They will be happy to mansplain it. And yes, it was a conscientious decision to change the last word  to Silly, because the other S-word is one I am loath to use toward any human, until they have gone out of their way to earn it.  The use of the word Stupid, when aimed at another human, is simply evil.  The amount of damage it does to society, especially to children, is unfathomable, so should it appear in my writing, please understand that I equate it, emotionally, to racial and sexist slurs.  If I use it, I intend to hurt the target.      Since I blogged on Beer Gas, several people have asked something to the effect of,"If not Beer Gas, what should I do?       If you are coming across this post without prior knowledge of Long Draw dispense methods, the broad gist is this: To push bee...