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Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by GCHQ, Nov 30, 2017.

  1. silu

    silu gardening easy...hmmm

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    Thought there would be some smart remark winging it's way up from the West Country:).
     
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    • noisette47

      noisette47 Total Gardener

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      They should be OK, @silu. If not, no problem, I'll send you some more in Spring. The cold has arrived a bit early this year hasn't it? It doesn't augur well for January.....
       
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      • Phil A

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        GC word of the week goes to Hazel :yay:

         
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        • shiney

          shiney President, Grumpy Old Men's Club Staff Member

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          As some of you know, I get bugged by grammatical and spelling mistakes made by government bodies and businesses that should know better.

          Mistakes made on friendly forums do not come into this category as they are just like chatting to friends and I don't expect anyone to attempt to get things right - although I do sometimes take a friendly dig at some of my friends on here. :)

          I recently contacted a prestigious company to ask for their brochure and price list. Two days later I received an email telling me that I should receive the brochure very soon. I did receive it the next day but it was the wrong brochure, although the accompanying price list was for the correct product. :doh:

          So I wrote to their Customer Services pointing out the error and the mistakes that they had made in their email to me. This what they had said (edited) and my reply.

          "Your brochure is on it's way. Well guarantee you a quick and safe delivery, exactly what ******* stand for. In the mean time, please feel free to see what else we can serve you with."

          My response was:- :heehee:

          "P.S. With apologies for pointing this out. Their grammar and spelling are incorrect. It should read “is on its way” (with no apostrophe) and “We’ll guarantee you” (with an apostrophe). “Meantime” is one word, not two. I’ll forgive ending the sentences with prepositions as it is now considered just about acceptable."

          Five mistakes in thirty six words takes a lot of hard work. :snorky:
           
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          • Kandy

            Kandy Will be glad to see the sun again soon.....

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            I expect they don’t understand what the word Apostrophe means:snorky:

            I find since doing a lot of my postings on an iPad that my spellings have been altered or the phrase is nothing like I have written and end up having to edit it after posting as sometimes I am in a rush and don’t read through it properly before pressing the post reply button:biggrin:

            Mr Kandy had the renewal come though for the breakdown service we use for the cars.Since we had changed from a KA to a mini he rang them up to get it changed.It took four attempts and lots of phone calls before they sent out the membership cards with the right number plate details on them because they kept mixing up the two cars registration plates.No wonder these things keep going up each year:sad:
             
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              Not the 4 horsemen of the Apostrophe ? :yikes:
               
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              • silu

                silu gardening easy...hmmm

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                So agree @shiney. I received an email from my bank the other day, the English was abysmal, spelling dreadful (spelling not my forte either to be honest) and punctuation was more on the "for decorative purposes only" lines. The email was so terrible I thought it was a scam one and totally ignored it A couple of days later I got a phone call from my bank asking if I had received said email. Let's put it this way, the author of the email was left in no doubt as to what I thought of their English literary skills or lack of.:rolleyespink:
                 
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                • Jiffy

                  Jiffy The Match is on Fire

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                  I bet i usually break that :whistle:
                   
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                  • shiney

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                    I tend to do that. :thumbsup:
                     
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                    • clanless

                      clanless Total Gardener

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                      On my way to Morrisons this afternoon - another car pulls out of a junction in front of me and accuses me of going too fast. I was easily able to come to a stop in time.

                      By the magic of car dashcam - here is the other driver - big brother is watching you :smile::

                      Car.jpg
                       
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                      • Phil A

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                        Someone did similar to me a while back, car parked on their side of the road, my right of way.

                        They pulled out thinking i'd stop for them.

                        They'll think twice about doing it again :paladin:
                         
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                        • CanadianLori

                          CanadianLori Total Gardener

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                          Just you wait until I get there and start trying figure out which side of the road to traverse!

                          Now..

                          Should I be moaning about the wood I just brought into the house for a fire tonight? I shook off all the chipmunk poo but will I be treated to a nasty smell when the fire gets roaring?
                           
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                            Very Christmassy, chipmunks roasting on an open fire :chrissy grin:
                             
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                            • strongylodon

                              strongylodon Old Member

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                              Good job it wasn't Skunk!:yikes:
                               
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                              • Jiffy

                                Jiffy The Match is on Fire

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                                I've sent many pictures to the police about a illegel car, even with time date and place they still can catch them(3 months), they say they haven't seen the vehicle, well i see it regular and report it but never see a police person that mite be why they can't see the vehicle because they're not there :thud: :doh:
                                 
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