Kopek Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Isn't the Courier free? I don't know because I don't get one, so Ganesh, could you drop yours off to me??? I may be missing something. There was said to be a way to fold and twist a newspaper that was good to light a fire, coal that is, I've tried this when my gas shilling runs out but it doesn't seem to get the old boiler working? Anyone any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 Back boiler not gas boiler!. Jeez! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 On the subject of proof-readers, just how difficult is it to get a headline correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 On 9/7/2019 at 6:13 PM, Kopek said: ...but did they get the Maria or the His wrong? How do you solve a problem like Maria? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 36 minutes ago, quilp said: On the subject of proof-readers, just how difficult is it to get a headline correct? No red squiggles, so it’s right. Obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 37 minutes ago, quilp said: On the subject of proof-readers, just how difficult is it to get a headline correct? Wrighty's correct that we all tend to rely too much on spellcheckers nowadays, but headlines always seemed to be particularly vulnerable even before computer typesetting started helping a bit. On a lot of systems they don't even now seem to checked for spelling. The rule was always the bigger the font, the more likely something was likely to be missed. It's not helped by the fact that they're usually the last thing to be written (or re-written to fit space) and so won't get even the minimal checking that the rest of the article will. (Also of course it's a stupid headline because there's nothing to prevent it being democratic and a recipe for deadlock). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 4 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: Wrighty's correct that we all tend to rely too much on spellcheckers nowadays, but headlines always seemed to be particularly vulnerable even before computer typesetting started helping a bit. On a lot of systems they don't even now seem to checked for spelling. The rule was always the bigger the font, the more likely something was likely to be missed. It's not helped by the fact that they're usually the last thing to be written (or re-written to fit space) and so won't get even the minimal checking that the rest of the article will. (Also of course it's a stupid headline because there's nothing to prevent it being democratic and a recipe for deadlock). Check out the article beneath about the Onchan Commissioner being "inimidated".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Non-Believer said: Check out the article beneath about the Onchan Commissioner being "inimidated".... Ah but is he inimitable! You wouldn't believe how long that took for me to see it. There's a particular problem where you have uprights together (i/l/t) in spotting if something is wrong, though I suspect that also shows how even producing a word that isn't in the spellchecker doesn't help. Of course it's a particular problem for many news sites (such as IOMN and MR) in that the headline is often part of the URL so they're stuck with the mistake forever. Twice in the case of IOMN who managed to put the Ramsay column up a second time with the same mistake in it. Weekends, as I've said before, seem to be a particularly bad time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Roger Mexico said: Ah but is he inimitable! You wouldn't believe how long that took for me to see it. There's a particular problem where you have uprights together (i/l/t) in spotting if something is wrong, though I suspect that also shows how even producing a word that isn't in the spellchecker doesn't help. Of course it's a particular problem for many news sites (such as IOMN and MR) in that the headline is often part of the URL so they're stuck with the mistake forever. Twice in the case of IOMN who managed to put the Ramsay column up a second time with the same mistake in it. Weekends, as I've said before, seem to be a particularly bad time. The E Team takes over from the D Team at weekends. Manx Radio has the same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhtred Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 8 hours ago, Non-Believer said: Check out the article beneath about the Onchan Commissioner being "inimidated".... The hole papar is a ficking moss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 On 11/30/2019 at 11:42 PM, Uhtred said: The hole papar is a ficking moss. Aren't you worried about being sacked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Once upon a time, a police van was called a "Black Maria". I don't suppose you could call it black nowadays, and it could be any sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 What's a Courier? Nothing like that gets delivered round here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 The lad who delivers the Courier to my gaff puts it only half-way through the letterbox. I once came home late one rainy, windy Friday evening to find an inch of water in the vestibule because the folded paper had channeled the rain water into it. Good job we'd changed to a sealed floor and not carpets. I managed to catch up with him one day, further down the road, told him what had happened with the half-delivered newspaper and said I didn't even want it anyway and it went straight in the bin. With an indecipherable grunt he carried on his way... Six months on, the Courier is still being delivered, and yes, protruding half-way through the letterbox, every friday, with the occasional minor flood when it rains. The MDF skirting-board has now 'blown' because of it and needs replacing. Youth, wasted on the young... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 52 minutes ago, quilp said: Youth, wasted on the young... Personally, I think a youth spent worrying about skirting board discolouration is a youth wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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