The Roaring Season

by **Terry S** » Wed Sep 23, 2015 5:08 am

Steve Holmes wrote:Sorry Terry, just gone and done that now. I hope you don't mind but I edited the layout slightly by putting each model name in bold text and adding spaces between the paragraphs to space the text out a little.

Thanks Steve, appreciated

by **Steve Holmes** » Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:40 pm

Sorry Terry, just gone and done that now. I hope you don't mind but I edited the layout slightly by putting each model name in bold text and adding spaces between the paragraphs to space the text out a little.

by **Terry S** » Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:25 pm

Steve Holmes wrote:
I'll bring those three threads together as one today Terry. Good work!

Steve, any update on this?

by **John B** » Wed Sep 16, 2015 3:01 am

Roger Dowding wrote:alwylie -- shoudn't the " i ",s be capitals " I ",s ? ... as said " Bugger ".

Roger, it was clever satire. alwylie inserted nineteen intentional grammar & punctuation errors into his post, to prove, ever with that number of mistakes, the post was still totally understandable.

by **John B** » Wed Sep 16, 2015 2:37 am

alwylie wrote:As a self confessed nitpicker and compulsive corrector i try to suspend these tendency's when reading forum's like the roaring season. Not everyone has an eye for correct punctuation but some who dont still have good story's to tell and i wouldnt want to see them deterred by critical pedant's. Stalk me if you dare gd66

Very clever alwylie! How the hell did you manage to squeeze in nineteen intentional errors into one paragraph, and still make it understandable? But I guess that is the purpose of your post. Your point is proved.

Oh I'm so tempted to correct those intentional errors, however I do recognise satire when I see it.

by **Terry S** » Wed Sep 16, 2015 12:50 am

Steve Holmes wrote:
I'll bring those three threads together as one today Terry. Good work!

Steve, any update on this?

by **Terry S** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 8:07 am

Steve, shouldn't posts 18,19 & 20 have been moved as well, they are not relevant to what remains?

by **Steve Holmes** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 8:29 pm

Sorry folks, I've been down and out with the flu all week so didn't get to pounce on this as early as I should have. There were some unrelated posts in this thread, and given the content of them, I have decided to move them to another thread. I should say a big Thank You to those who added the unrelated posts, as it has allowed me to resurrect an excellent old thread we have here called Yards And Yarns, which basically relates to stories of interest, cars of interest etc, that don't necessarily warrant their own thread.

I have posted the link below to Yards and Yarns, but feel free to go right back through the thread. Lots of good stories in there.

Your stories can be found halfway down this page: http://www.theroaringseason.com/showthread.php?158-Yards-And-Yarns/page29

by **Oldfart** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 11:03 pm

As I was the one who mentioned a couple of typos, I must apologize that it has become such an issue, and it was not apostrophes (yes they do bug me but I don't bring it up). I loved the articles and all I commented was that it was such a set of great articles that corrected it would be even better.
As the topic has gone pretty much off topic, and my love is NZ specials, perhaps the few really neat posts relating to them could be moved? Steve?
I would love to know where Roger's special now is!

by **bry3500** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 4:58 am

Roger Dowding wrote:Trevor and Bry3500, perhaps our administrator could move this to a new thread, "Old Car stories " -
" Kiwi Specials " or similar.. there must be many..

Great idea

by **GD66** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 4:36 am

Perhap's so... :cool:

by **Roger Dowding** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 4:05 am

bry3500 wrote:That was a great read Trevor - cheers

Trevor and Bry3500, perhaps our administrator could move this to a new thread, "Old Car stories " -
" Kiwi Specials " or similar.. there must be many..

by **bry3500** » Sat Aug 22, 2015 10:46 am

kiwi285 wrote:Good one Bry3500. Unfortunately it takes all sorts to make a world. As I have grown older I've learned that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.

A wee bit off topic but I reckon this deserves a watch - enjoy

I dont reckon Grant Lock worries too much about apostrophes OR engine brakes
[video=youtube;gAH2eQtoE2U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAH2eQtoE2U[/video]

by **kiwi285** » Sat Aug 22, 2015 8:28 am

Good one Bry3500. Unfortunately it takes all sorts to make a world. As I have grown older I've learned that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.

by **John McKechnie** » Sat Aug 22, 2015 7:14 am

Well found Bry3500

by **Roger Dowding** » Sat Aug 22, 2015 6:26 am

bry3500 wrote:

Bry3500, sums it up well, cheers

by **bry3500** » Sat Aug 22, 2015 1:36 am

by **GD66** » Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:31 am

alwylie wrote:As a self confessed nitpicker and compulsive corrector i try to suspend these tendency's when reading forum's like the roaring season. Not everyone has an eye for correct punctuation but some who dont still have good story's to tell and i wouldnt want to see them deterred by critical pedant's. Stalk me if you dare gd66

Have a look outside. See that car parked over the road ? That's me, son....

I have a mate who's an apostrophe plural pedant as well, he received a letter from a govt utility company addressed to Mt Prospect Cresant, Mayland's, WA 6051. I arrived a few moments after the postie and he was still doing his block in the driveway...

by **Allan** » Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:28 am

Love your work Ray. It would take me three weeks to type something like that and I would wear out a finger doing it.

by **Roger Dowding** » Fri Aug 21, 2015 7:50 am

alwylie wrote:As a self confessed nitpicker and compulsive corrector i try to suspend these tendency's when reading forum's like the roaring season. Not everyone has an eye for correct punctuation but some who dont still have good story's to tell and i wouldnt want to see them deterred by critical pedant's. Stalk me if you dare gd66

alwylie -- shoudn't the " i ",s be capitals " I ",s ? ... as said " Bugger ".

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