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Ignorant bastids...
« on: 22 March 2017, 19:54:48 »

Received a letter today....

Started Dear Mr ........

And ended Yours Faithfully....

Wont bother replying if they don't know the correct way to start/end a letter..  >:(
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Re: Ignorant bastids...
« Reply #1 on: 22 March 2017, 19:55:55 »

Good grief, Dave! Makes all this Westminster stuff pale into insignificance.
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Re: Ignorant bastids...
« Reply #2 on: 22 March 2017, 19:57:31 »

Good grief, Dave! Makes all this Westminster stuff pale into insignificance.

You were making 'light' of it anyway  ::)
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« Reply #3 on: 22 March 2017, 19:58:29 »

Good grief, Dave! Makes all this Westminster stuff pale into insignificance.

You were making 'light' of it anyway  ::)
No. I was making 'normal' of it.
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« Reply #4 on: 22 March 2017, 20:00:57 »

Good grief, Dave! Makes all this Westminster stuff pale into insignificance.

You were making 'light' of it anyway  ::)
No. I was making 'normal' of it.

I don't thinks its 'normal' if 4 people get killed and around 20 others get injured.....
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« Reply #5 on: 22 March 2017, 20:17:26 »

Good grief, Dave! Makes all this Westminster stuff pale into insignificance.

You were making 'light' of it anyway  ::)
No. I was making 'normal' of it.

I don't thinks its 'normal' if 4 people get killed and around 20 others get injured.....
You don't watch the telly at all then?
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Re: Ignorant bastids...
« Reply #6 on: 22 March 2017, 20:39:49 »

Received a letter today....

Started Dear Mr ........

And ended Yours Faithfully....

Wont bother replying if they don't know the correct way to start/end a letter..  >:(


Recvd an eml today, Srtd HI ! Ended Cheers  . . . . good god , please don't expect me to read that

But seriously, in my education and up bringing, there was a way of doing things, and it really did matter. These days be grateful if they spell anything correctly.

I get particularly peeed of by emails that start Hi Rog, or similar from someone i've never heard of. Delete button, immediately.


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Re: Ignorant bastids...
« Reply #7 on: 22 March 2017, 20:50:16 »

Received a letter today....

Started Dear Mr ........

And ended Yours Faithfully....

Wont bother replying if they don't know the correct way to start/end a letter..  >:(


Recvd an eml today, Srtd HI ! Ended Cheers  . . . . good god , please don't expect me to read that

But seriously, in my education and up bringing, there was a way of doing things, and it really did matter. These days be grateful if they spell anything correctly.

I get particularly peeed of by emails that start Hi Rog, or similar from someone i've never heard of. Delete button, immediately.
Abbreviations are my pet hate. Like, say, eml for email and Srtd for started.  :)
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Re: Ignorant bastids...
« Reply #8 on: 22 March 2017, 21:28:43 »

Received a letter today....

Started Dear Mr ........

And ended Yours Faithfully....

Wont bother replying if they don't know the correct way to start/end a letter..  >:(


Recvd an eml today, Srtd HI ! Ended Cheers  . . . . good god , please don't expect me to read that

But seriously, in my education and up bringing, there was a way of doing things, and it really did matter. These days be grateful if they spell anything correctly.

I get particularly peeed of by emails that start Hi Rog, or similar from someone i've never heard of. Delete button, immediately.
Abbreviations are my pet hate. Like, say, eml for email and Srtd for started.  :)

Xctly, Me2      :y


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Re: Ignorant bastids...
« Reply #9 on: 22 March 2017, 21:34:49 »

This proves there are too, many on ere, who have nothing better to do,. Than complain about grammar,

Can we change it to

  Grumpy
  Old
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Re: Ignorant bastids...
« Reply #10 on: 22 March 2017, 21:40:43 »

Received a letter today....

Started Dear Mr ........

And ended Yours Faithfully....

Wont bother replying if they don't know the correct way to start/end a letter..  >:(

Do you throw things, when sombody misses out an Oxford comma? :P :P :P
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« Reply #11 on: 22 March 2017, 22:03:46 »

Received a letter today....

Started Dear Mr ........

And ended Yours Faithfully....

Wont bother replying if they don't know the correct way to start/end a letter..  >:(

Do you throw things, when sombody misses out an Oxford comma? :P :P :P

My Mrs does at a misused apostrophe. yes . . . . really
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« Reply #12 on: 22 March 2017, 22:06:54 »

The super intelligent dyslexic would have had no chance of becoming a nuclear physicist in the good old days, eh?
Sorry, Peabody, one misplaced apostrophe and you'll blow us all to smithereens.  ;D
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« Reply #13 on: 22 March 2017, 22:08:16 »

I had a mate who went on a dating site. He got a message from someone who looked quite nice but she didn't use commas and full stops properly in her message. He would not even reply to her . Should see what he's ended up dating now! .but she can punctuate correctly. . !
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