what grinds your gears?

[Leesparkykent]

that will be cloudflare, the problem is only dan can see the settings to see exactly what would cause it.

dan is never on though

ive had it happen to me loads of times.write a well thought out post,press post quick reply and get that box that comes up. That does grind my gears lol

 

[shanky887614]

ive had it happen to me loads of times.write a well thought out post,press post quick reply and get that box that comes up. That does grind my gears lol

Ctrl+a then Ctrl+c then Ctrl+v

a = select all
c = copy
v = paste

its a lot better than losing the post

 

[Silly Sausage]

ive had it happen to me loads of times.write a well thought out post,press post quick reply and get that box that comes up. That does grind my gears lol

apostrophes, and the misuse of them.

 

[Guest125]

apostrophes, and the misuse of them.

Capital letters missing at the start of a sentence.

 

[shanky887614]

apostrophes, and the misuse of them.

what if you don't use them?

i did my english key skills without any punctuation, i proof read it then added them in at the end

im being serious here as well

 

[Guest125]

You need to be so careful playing this game.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Capital letters missing at the start of a sentence.

That was the crappy forum.
Add crappy forum software to the list

 

[Silly Sausage]

what if you don't use them?

Misuse thereof.

It's not that hard to learn really, grammer etc.
Get it right, and it gives you that 'Edge' over someone else, if things are getting seriously competitive.

 

[Leesparkykent]

apostrophes, and the misuse of them.

My spelling and grammar are proper s**t. Left school at 13 and started working for my brother in law sparking and told the education system I was home tutored lol.

 

[trev]

It's not that hard to learn really, grammer etc

You sure about that Archy?

 

[Geordie Spark]

your right, there.

my stepdad was watching a show on status quo, he changed the tuning on the guitar in less than 10secs to a different key while he was chatting to the camera about something else.

i dont care who you are, it takes a lot of practice and a good ear to tune instruments quickly.

(i should know when i played in a band we slightly tweaked out tuning out of reference so each of us would stand out if we wanted)

nothing like standing up playing on your own infront of 200+ people to gain confidence

Chuck Berry made his fame and fortune by playing out of tune!

 

[Silly Sausage]

You sure about that Archy?

I KNEW IT!!! :smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5:

Spelling, actually.

 

[shanky887614]

You sure about that Archy?

yeah he is merkin

 

[Geordie Spark]

Have you ever written out a long post, gone to post it and had the box pop up which asks you if you want to leave the page, then tells you you've been blocked?
Nobody seems to know why it happens and it is annoying, but splitting the post into several smaller ones sometimes seems to work.
It's not simply about a vanity number in someone's profile.

YES!!!

Often on this forum - never on any other.

 

[Guest125]

The Rolling Stones - another band I just don't get.

Ohhhh, apart from 1 song.

 

[Silly Sausage]

My spelling and grammar are proper s**t. Left school at 13 and started working for my brother in law sparking and told the education system I was home tutored lol.

13?!?!

How old are you Lee?
I'm 54, I seem to remember I could only leave at 15 or 16 after 5th Form.

 

[shanky887614]

Misuse thereof.

It's not that hard to learn really, grammer etc.
Get it right, and it gives you that 'Edge' over someone else, if things are getting seriously competitive.

you can say that but unless i really think about it and continuously proof read as i go i struggle.

im better than i used to be but you won't solve the grammer issue overnight, i even had a private tutor for english lol.

seriously though i can look at a word and thing thats not right but i wouldn't be able to work it out

 

[Guest125]

you can say that but unless i really think about it and continuously proof read as i go i struggle.

im better than i used to be but you won't solve the grammer issue overnight, i even had a private tutor for english lol.

seriously though i can look at a word and thing thats not right but i wouldn't be able to work it out

Using i instead of I.

 

[Silly Sausage]

you can say that but unless i really think about it and continuously proof read as i go i struggle.

im better than i used to be but you won't solve the grammer issue overnight, i even had a private tutor for english lol.

seriously though i can look at a word and thing thats not right but i wouldn't be able to work it out

These Word processors having spelling and grammar checkers which you can make use of.
Trouble is, I've found in the past, you need to know about grammar to understand the faults they throw up! Nightmare!!!

 

[shanky887614]

These Word processors having spelling and grammar checkers which you can make use of.
Trouble is, I've found in the past, you need to know about grammar to understand the faults they throw up! Nightmare!!!

Im on my phone so i haven't got any on here.

I rarely log on here on my pc anymore

 

[Leesparkykent]

13?!?!

How old are you Lee?
I'm 54, I seem to remember I could only leave at 15 or 16 after 5th Form.

I'm 29. I shouldn't of left school at 13 but i did, I got home tutored 1day a week until I was 16 and done maths, English and science gcse's privately.The other 4 days a week I was grafting on a building site capping and boxing up new build flats and houses for my brother in law lol. When I turned 16 I started a proper day release apprenticeship, this gave me the advantage at college as I already had been at it for 3 years.

 

[Leesparkykent]

Standing in the wholesalers waiting half hour for two drums of cable.

 

[Guest125]

Standing in the wholesalers waiting half hour for two drums of cable.

Newey's Bermondsey - shocking for that!!!!

 

[tidyboiler]

Loose Women panel, Cilla Black, Take me out, Eastenders, "security men in Asda" WTF? Yorkshire accents, .............uke:

 

[Anthony S]

Not sure how true this is, but every spark I've ever known has sh*t hand writing including me.

lol

 

[Besoeker]

These Word processors having spelling and grammar checkers which you can make use of.
Trouble is, I've found in the past, you need to know about grammar to understand the faults they throw up! Nightmare!!!

They're better that they used to be.

Some years ago I was preparing a quotation for a pumping station. One of the items was a borehole pumpset. The spell checker "corrected" it to brothel dumpsite. I was seriously tempted to leave it......

 

[Mike Blair]

another thing that grinds my gears...BUYING ELECTRICAL BOOKS....NEW ONSITE GUIDE....AMENDMENT 3...guidance notes.. Empty wallet

 

[Plonker 3]

Empty wallet

I must be shoppping at the wrong places as every wallet I have ever purchased has been empty

 

[telectrix]

I must be shoppping at the wrong places as every wallet I have ever purchased has been empty

mine usually have copies af A.N. Other's credit cards.

 

[Silly Sausage]

mine usually have someone elses credit cards.

Typical scouser!