Grumpy Old Man
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@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nostrildamus said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse this is interesting. Agreed you cant just give the 10 digits with no break but i give mine as 4, 2, 4 because i a have a couple of number double ups and that flows better
Well, I hope you and @Nepia don't end up having to give me your mobile number. Give it to me like that and I will be finding a ticket to write you!
typical cops, abusing their power to get their prefered phone number configuration! to the streets! its government overreach....my number my choice...etc
It keeps us sane.
I didn't realize numeral cadence kept modern cops sane out on the beat. In my day it was doughnuts.
I think it's more worrying that not keeping cadence can set an armed man off.
Also, if I was a cop your use of the American z instead of s would have set me off. I'd be accessing Police databases now trying to track you down.
but he did you the more traditional spelling of Doughnut and not the more american Donut.....its a rollercoaster
because American Donut is too close to Doh!nut and Doughnut is made of Dough...I do have some (slight) etymological principles...
Have I told you the time I was bailed up for writing artefact instead of artifact by an American and a guy from the mother country had to step in and defend me? No?
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@nostrildamus ...i want to hear that story now
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@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nostrildamus ...i want to hear that story now
To cut a long story short, there are very educated Americans out there that don't realize there exists different spelling in the UK to America (let alone the colonies).
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@nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
and our street address is 6 which the aussie love asking me to repeat
I don't get 6 very often, but I have had odd conversations about pens/pins, and that's with workmates from different countries.
Probably a statement to avoid if you've picked up an Aussie accent.
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all phones should be 5318008
Giggles like a small kid
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@majorrage the second set of 3 is a triple though, so the cadence works! Otherwise it's just weird.
Although to be fair, I often find that people struggle to know/understand the word "triple". It's quite eye opening.
Same when spelling my last name and fuckwits always spell it the wrong way, which is the most uncommon way. When I spell it out and say "double" people stop writing.
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@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@majorrage the second set of 3 is a triple though, so the cadence works! Otherwise it's just weird.
The only time the 4-3-3 rule should be broken is to accommodate doubles and triples that don't fall in the pattern.
Although to be fair, I often find that people struggle to know/understand the word "triple". It's quite eye opening.
People are fucking dumb. What are you going to do?
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@majorrage the second set of 3 is a triple though, so the cadence works! Otherwise it's just weird.
The only time the 4-3-3 rule should be broken is to accommodate doubles and triples that don't fall in the pattern.
Although to be fair, I often find that people struggle to know/understand the word "triple". It's quite eye opening.
People are fucking dumb. What are you going to do?
Nah the rule shouldn't be broken for doubles and triples. The pause between each group of numbers should be enough to avoid confusion.
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@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@majorrage the second set of 3 is a triple though, so the cadence works! Otherwise it's just weird.
The only time the 4-3-3 rule should be broken is to accommodate doubles and triples that don't fall in the pattern.
Although to be fair, I often find that people struggle to know/understand the word "triple". It's quite eye opening.
People are fucking dumb. What are you going to do?
Nah the rule shouldn't be broken for doubles and triples. The pause between each group of numbers should be enough to avoid confusion.
Says the guy who never stutters.
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@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@majorrage the second set of 3 is a triple though, so the cadence works! Otherwise it's just weird.
The only time the 4-3-3 rule should be broken is to accommodate doubles and triples that don't fall in the pattern.
Although to be fair, I often find that people struggle to know/understand the word "triple". It's quite eye opening.
People are fucking dumb. What are you going to do?
Nah the rule shouldn't be broken for doubles and triples. The pause between each group of numbers should be enough to avoid confusion.
And I nah your nah, because if I read out
##3 pause 3## I will often get “was that one 3 or two?”
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@kiwiwomble yeah if I do 88 pause 8 I get:
"Was that a double 8 or a triple? "
"Get fucked you don't know what triple means!"
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@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@majorrage the second set of 3 is a triple though, so the cadence works! Otherwise it's just weird.
The only time the 4-3-3 rule should be broken is to accommodate doubles and triples that don't fall in the pattern.
Although to be fair, I often find that people struggle to know/understand the word "triple". It's quite eye opening.
People are fucking dumb. What are you going to do?
Nah the rule shouldn't be broken for doubles and triples. The pause between each group of numbers should be enough to avoid confusion.
And I nah your nah, because if I read out
##3 pause 3## I will often get “was that one 3 or two?”
And then you answer "three 3" just to make them even more confused. Works even better with double 1.
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse I always have to spell my last name, and always have to start with 'B for Bravo' otherwise people use a 'V'
I give out my mobile 3-3-3, the wifes number is 3-3-4, my landline is 3-4...is much harder to take down a number when it isnt in the format your mind uses for numbers.
Thanks for the tip, Bobby Bagina.
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@bones Deeper, you always spell it wrong, Deeper Borat, and my phone number of 00 6421 65788 09
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@nostrildamus said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nostrildamus ...i want to hear that story now
To cut a long story short, there are very educated Americans out there that don't realize there exists different spelling in the UK to America (let alone the colonies).
Ummm....umm...realise?
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones Deeper, you always spell it wrong, Deeper Borat, and my phone number of 00 6421 65788 09
Some random kiwi is going to get a phone call from a Polish chick now. Or an irate Indian cricket fan...
