aww man I could have broken someone's jaw if someone corrected me on something so anal :DQuote:
Originally Posted by vnx205
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aww man I could have broken someone's jaw if someone corrected me on something so anal :DQuote:
Originally Posted by vnx205
Or "loose" instead of "lose" :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Fifth Columnist
An absolute pet hate of mine...Quote:
Originally Posted by numpty
We are talking about a bikie here and you think I should have taken a swing at him. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by subasurf
Anyway, I'm not convinced that using "fewer" when it is appropriate is anal.
What does it mean if I say that I had to fix less expensive problems on the Defender this year compared with last year?
Does it mean there were not as many problems or does it mean there were just as many but they didn't cost as much?
If I remember what that bikie chastised me about and say "fewer expensive problems", then only one meaning is possible. :)
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Originally Posted by vnx205
Was he a real bikie, or a "I'm in my 50s and feel lost so I'm gonna buy a bike and leathers so people think I'm hard" haha
:p
You will have equal luck here searching on 'duel' battery systems.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Fifth Columnist
No, he wasn't what you would call a real bikie. I didn't want to let the facts get in the way of a good story. :p The truth is, he was about 17, a very nice bloke and a good friend of mine.
At the time, none of the people who rode bikes in Narrabri were anything like the image that bikies usually have. I remember that at one stage there was a Methodist minister, a bank manager and several school teachers who rode motorcycles.
Once when I was feeling in a particularly provocative mood, I wrote a letter to the editor of the local paper pointing that out and suggesting that the local councillors could save ratepayers a lot of money if they were supplied with motorcycles instead of Holden Kingswoods as company transport. Council was not amused and actually wrote a response in the next edition of the paper.
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Originally Posted by subasurf
Oi - I'm a Brian and I don't like your insinuation here. :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by p38arover
On the original topic though - we don't need to read flyers to see this type of spelling. You wanna check out the local newspaper in Kalgoorlie. :o
They obviously don't employ anyone in the role of "proof reader".
Proof readers disappeared in the early 70's along with hot metal typeQuote:
Originally Posted by BMKal
set by tradesmen called linotype operators and the linotype mechanics who maintained the machines.
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Originally Posted by subasurf
HI it's mrs banjo here i'm sorry but i am compelled to answer this it couldn't have been a woman because women are always right :D:angel: hasn't anyone explained this to you yet:D:D:D