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alam
·your versus you’re; then versus than 😜
Horological hobby pet-peeves:
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UncleBuck
··understands the decision making hierarchyStrap with deployment buckle.
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dsacks30
·Dealers who complain (mainly on Instagram) that they don’t understand why nobody has snatched up their latest “beautiful” or “rare” offering, which they have listed for significantly above market value.
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JwRosenthal
·One of my fav’s right here:
New member:
I’m wondering if anyone can help me identify my grandfather’s watch.
OF: sure, let’s see some pics
New member:
OF: ummm, ok- maybe try near a window.
New member:
OF: how about trying outdoor lighting.
New member:
OF:
https://omegaforums.net/threads/any-tips-on-using-the-iphone-to-take-watch-photos.108862/
New member:
I’m wondering if anyone can help me identify my grandfather’s watch.
OF: sure, let’s see some pics
New member:
OF: ummm, ok- maybe try near a window.
New member:
OF: how about trying outdoor lighting.
New member:
OF:
https://omegaforums.net/threads/any-tips-on-using-the-iphone-to-take-watch-photos.108862/
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tyrantlizardrex
·This keeps happening... and irritates me deeply.
PM from newly registered member: "I would like to buy your Jacques Mayol. Do you still have it for sale"
Response : "Hi, sorry, as it says in the thread where you found the watch, it was sold in 2016"
Followed by either silence, or "Please email me when you have another for sale"
I don't know if that watch just attracts nonsense (it certainly did when I was selling it), or if it's me?
Edit for @STANDY - this one: https://omegaforums.net/threads/198...-de-luxe-jacques-mayol-reduced-to-£395.41177/
PM from newly registered member: "I would like to buy your Jacques Mayol. Do you still have it for sale"
Response : "Hi, sorry, as it says in the thread where you found the watch, it was sold in 2016"
Followed by either silence, or "Please email me when you have another for sale"
I don't know if that watch just attracts nonsense (it certainly did when I was selling it), or if it's me?
Edit for @STANDY - this one: https://omegaforums.net/threads/198...-de-luxe-jacques-mayol-reduced-to-£395.41177/
Edited:
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madjestikmoose
·your versus you’re; then versus than 😜
Their = belonging to them
There = not here
Next week: Rocket science
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SkunkPrince
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I'm convinced that people who pronounce these words the same really can't tell the difference. Where I come from, they're usually pronouced slightly differently.
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Evitzee
·I'm convinced that people who pronounce these words the same really can't tell the difference. Where I come from, they're usually pronouced slightly differently.
People who use these words indiscriminately just haven't been taught to use words properly, there is a large element in the education field who think this is 'ok' because if you expect proper use of words you are putting expectations on people, and putting expectations on people is a no no these days. You are somehow shaming people who were brought up in environments where proper usage wasn't thought to be important or taught. And this often extends through universities.
Another classic is the misuse of "its" and "it's". You see this misuse all the time even by college graduates who should know better.
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SkunkPrince
·English is perhaps one of the hardest languages, and one of the ways you learn it well is to read a lot. Alas, few people read even one book a year after they leave school.
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larryganz
·Anything in the realm of watch collecting consistently piss you off or cause you to shake your head?
Mine is when you post an email inquiry to either dealers who ostensibly are in the business of selling watches or parts, or watch service concerns (watchmaking, dial, hand, or bracelet restoration), who don't have the courtesy to even respond that something is NLA, they are not taking new business, are backed up for six-months, etc. What's particularly galling and amusing is if they are consistently posting on the forum around the same time you sent them mail, so you know their wives haven't offed them, they haven't tumbled down the stars in the abandoned house they were exploring, or the guy in the hockey mask hasn't eviscerated them.
What's yours?
This ^ above. And when you gift a nice watch and they toss out the box and papers. At least my daughter's BF had the smarts to ask me to hold onto those for him on a Glycine Combat Sub.
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JwRosenthal
·English is perhaps one of the hardest languages, and one of the ways you learn it well is to read a lot. Alas, few people read even one book a year after they leave school.
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larryganz
·Or marry an editor. My ex used to red-line notes I would leave around the house....including cute “lovey” notes....dangling participles, Oxford comma, ending sentences with a prepoition...ugh! The most I got out of that marriage was an excellent education in writing.
What did you spell preposition wrong for?
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JwRosenthal
·What did you spell preposition wrong for?
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larryganz
·....love the prep at the end of that sentence 😉
I couldn't make up my mind how to joke about it?
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Vercingetorix
··Spam RiskI only get the spiders when I stop drinking.
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