someone needs a proofreader ...

[Phil Pascoe]

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[Doug B]

Anyone know why when folks put up Facebook links like Phil’s & I click on them it takes me to my Facebook page but comes up “this listing no longer exists”

Its happened a few times now & when I’ve mentioned it no longer exists folks have said it does

 

[Myfordman]

Dunno Doug
My experience is different. When I click on the link it goes direct to the advert and not via my farcebook page? Might just be a clue?

 

[loftyhermes]

Doug, it must be something to do with your settings, the link works for me, went straight to the advert.

 

[TheUnicorn]

for me the link appears as 'log into facebook' (which I don't have an account for so would normally ignore) but out of curiousity I clicked on the link and it did take me to a badly worded watch sale

 

[MorrisWoodman12]

Phil's link works for me but I have had your problem, @Doug B , at other times so dunno.
Sorry @Phil Pascoe your post seems to have been hijacked, , but yes lots of people need proofreaders even people on this site, even me at times when I don't do the simple thing of reading through my ramblings. Why don't people just read through what they are about to post?

 

[SammyQ]

Ark welder.
Planner for smothing wood.
Right-off for parts.

Need I go on? Farcepuke is full of similar cringe-worthy phonetics. I blame Michael Gove et al for distancing us all from the Three R's: Readin', Writin' an' 'Rithmatic.

 

[Jameshow]

Ark welder.
Planner for smothing wood.
Right-off for parts.

Need I go on? Farcepuke is full of similar cringe-worthy phonetics. I blame Michael Gove et al for distancing us all from the Three R's: Readin', Writin' an' 'Rithmatic.

Gove got Spag back on the agenda to be fair!

 

[MikeK]

Please keep political commentary out of this thread.

 

[SammyQ]

Sorry Mike; just reflecting on the damage ideology does.

 

[Richard_C]

Why don't people just read through what they are about to post?

If you are using a phone, small screen and touch keyboard it can be hard to be accurate. It used to bother me, but if a quick reply to a question can help someone then an imperfect post is better than no post at all so I have become less bothered.

What does trouble me is big companies who should know better getting things wrong. Here is an example. Does anyone remember Focus DIY stores in the UK? They had their own branding on some things. I bought a pair of finials for some curtain rails and the professionally printed packaging proudly promoted their ability to "Compliment my curtains and rails". After a few weeks the finials hadn't said anything nice about my curtains or my rails, in fact they had been totally silent. I felt misled so I wrote to Focus asking if perhaps they had intended to say "complement". They didn't reply and soon after they went into administration. Serve them right, I thought. (Tough for the shop floor employees though.)

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I once asked a lad in Asda if he could fetch me half a tonne of tomato ketchup, because that was all my car could carry. He looked a bit blank for a moment until I told him he'd better change the ticket on the shelf - 0.005p per kilo. Surely someone would have noticed when they put it there?