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29 Aug 14
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no idea which car it is, i dont take much notice. but the bloke who was in the office used to say "you do the math", but now he says "you do the maths"...
come on, hands up. which pedant on here complained to them that here in the uk we say "maths" and not "math"?
come on, hands up. which pedant on here complained to them that here in the uk we say "maths" and not "math"?
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Certainly wasn't me because I reckon that the Yanks are correct. Mathematics is a collective noun and IS (not ARE) singular!
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you are right though, but still
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I can name 2 adverts that have been changed, with 1 more pending change, but not for cars.
First, where I think the woman is called 'Maureen' who drives a fork lift truck, and supposedly puts a pallet on the back of a lorry. Then she leans out the side of the truck and gives the driver the 'thumbs up' sign. She then toddles off to the Halifax. Any fork lift truck driver will tell you that sticking your head outside the body of the truck is an instant fail on your test. Maureen doesn't do it any more. The second advert also concerns a fork lift truck. When it was first shown there was a teenage kid on roller skates with a basket of mail on wheels that he whizzes round a huge warehouse to the tune of 'Summer In The City' by the Lovin' Spoonful. In the first few showings you saw a fork lift truck in the background speeding past. Fork lift trucks in pedestrian areas are limited to 5 m.p.h. The fork truck has now been cut out of the advert. And the third advert, that still needs cutting, is yet another fork lift truck incident. It's advertising the water bottles they send to The Sudan. You see the fork lift truck approaching the lorry with 3 cases in the air, then he turns to straighten himself up in line with the vehicle. Travelling with a load in the air is an instant fail on your test. Turning with load in the air is an instant fail on your test. |
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...do you drive fork lifts by any chance cmat?
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The Jimmy Savile ad re "clunk click every trip" doesn't get played a lot these days.
I suppose we've got the message by now. |
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I used to, for years, all sizes and types except telescopic.
I was considering taking up instruction. The standard charge once you pass your exams is £400 a person, but for large companies you can lower it as there will be a lot of drivers. You can do up to 30 in the class room at one time, but you can only test them one at a time, so you need a partner with you for a week or more. The bloke I was considering as a partner lived in north Kent, but he moved to Lincolshire and set up with his brother-in-law. |
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You don't see that advert any more with a gang of drunken lads following a grizzly bear. I suppose that was health and safety too.
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I'm sure they changed the ad in which a cat was missing. The ad was for a car (I think).
They said something about not caring about a missing cat. It was supposed to have been amusing. I wasn't amused. You wouldn't joke about a missing child. Anyway I'm sure they reworded it. Probably after getting complaints. |
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These threads are on the fist TWO pages alone, stop creating so many shyte threads it's SPAMMING
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