Deliberate mistakes

[Martin KyteParticipant @martinkyte99762]

Regarding the wearing of watches, if the chain does get caught and pulls the watch from your waistcoat pocket the worst thing that can happen is the button hole will give way. I don't know why it should affect your hands?

;0)

Martin

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

Pocket Watches HaHa, what next a Top Hat and Tailcoat?

A Pocket Watch getting tugged out of a pocket could flail round on the end of it's chain, very nasty!

[Martin KyteParticipant @martinkyte99762]

Well obviously you wouldn't be wearing a tail coat at work, that would be silly.

Martin

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Come on Bubble, it's about time you put us out of our misery

J

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Too late, I've burnt the entire stock…

Neil

[MWParticipant @mw27036]

I would agree that the anvil is ridiculously over sized. It's definitely anchoring the room down.

Michael W

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Anyone got a clue what the OP is on?

Too much spliffing?

[Peter KroghParticipant @peterkrogh76576]

Neil, PLEASE post the darned photo so the rest of us can see what in tarnation all the fuss is about!!!

Pete

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Peter Krogh on 13/05/2016 16:32:03:

Neil, PLEASE post the darned photo so the rest of us can see what in tarnation all the fuss is about!!!

Pete

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You should already have the magazine, Pete

MichaelG.

[Peter KroghParticipant @peterkrogh76576]

Well, I don't subscribe on this side of the pond. Never looked into getting UK publications over here.

Pete

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

**LINK**

…  that wasn't too hard to find 

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 13/05/2016 19:44:45

[Martin CottrellParticipant @martincottrell21329]

I believe the apostrophe should be after the s, so Mike Checkley's should be written Mike Checkleys'. Of more concern to me is why I don't appear to have received my copy of this particular magazine yet!

Martin.

[Enough!Participant @enough]

Posted by Martin Cottrell on 13/05/2016 20:35:08:

I believe the apostrophe should be after the s, so Mike Checkley's should be written Mike Checkleys'.

Don't see why. Mike Checkley is singular. It's the arbors that are plural.

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

Posted by Peter Krogh on 13/05/2016 16:32:03:

Neil, PLEASE post the darned photo so the rest of us can see what in tarnation all the fuss is about!!!

Pete

Until yesterday or the day before, it was visible at the top of this (and every other) page on the forum. If you clicked on it, you got it full size. They have now moved on to showing issue 242 front cover.

Despite 2 pages of posts about it, I still have no clue what the fuss is about. Just some silly wind-up?

[Gray62Participant @gray62]

Posted by Bandersnatch on 13/05/2016 21:46:23:

Posted by Martin Cottrell on 13/05/2016 20:35:08:

I believe the apostrophe should be after the s, so Mike Checkley's should be written Mike Checkleys'.

Don't see why. Mike Checkley is singular. It's the arbors that are plural.

The issue is not related to the plurality of the arbors, the apostrophe in the name indicates possesion of the object, in this case the arbors belong to Mike so the apostrophe and s is correctly placed in this instance.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Muzzer on 13/05/2016 22:20:07:

Posted by Peter Krogh on 13/05/2016 16:32:03:

Neil, PLEASE post the darned photo so the rest of us can see what in tarnation all the fuss is about!!!

Until yesterday or the day before, it was visible at the top of this (and every other) page on the forum. If you clicked on it, you got it full size. They have now moved on to showing issue 242 front cover.

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… So I posted a link to an archived image, especially for Pete's benefit.

MichaelG.

[Enough!Participant @enough]

Posted by Graeme W on 13/05/2016 22:30:49:

Posted by Bandersnatch on 13/05/2016 21:46:23:

Don't see why. Mike Checkley is singular. It's the arbors that are plural.

The issue is not related to the plurality of the arbors, the apostrophe in the name indicates possesion of the object, in this case the arbors belong to Mike so the apostrophe and s is correctly placed in this instance.

Exactly! But Martin seems to have confused the plurality of the arbors with a plurality of the Mike Checkleys in possession of them.

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Apostrophe is never used to indicate plurality. Only to indicate possession or abbreviation (eg it's). So no deliberate error there. Unless of course you are a professional signwriter. Then, the rule is to sprinkle apostrophe's (sic) liberally at random over each job at completion. Apparently there is a worldwide surplus of apostrophe's and the signwriting trade has been contracted to get rid of them before they take over the world.

BTW. what is the device in the photo, resting in the right-hand end of the chip tray? The one having three gears mounted on some ironmongery?

Back to the OP and deliberate mistakes, obviously the latheist should be wearing bicycle clips on his trouser legs to prevent them being caught in the whirling flywheel and thus drawn down around his ankles before he disappears feet-first into the working parts of the drive line.

[Enough!Participant @enough]

Posted by Hopper on 14/05/2016 02:35:12:

Apostrophe is never used to indicate plurality. Only to indicate possession or abbreviation (eg it's).

Let's not be too adamant:

The Firm's accounts …. (singular Firm)

The Firms' accounts ….. (plural Firm)

The plurality or otherwise of the Firm is indicated by the position of the apostrophe.

…. or, if you prefer to stay more on-topic:

Model Engineer's Workshop ….

Model Engineers' Workshop ….

[jimmy bParticipant @jimmyb]

What has happened here??????

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Michael, I just get a redirection notice if I click your link.

For the benifit of those too tight to buy the mag or too stuck in their chair to make a trip to WHsmiths to give it a good thumbing or just too lazy to use google here is the cover page..

If this photo was taken at a club gala as suggested in the description then the mistake is clearly Mike Smith's (the lathe operator) who forgot it was a black tie event

Edited By JasonB on 14/05/2016 07:29:08

Edited By JasonB on 14/05/2016 07:32:52

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by JasonB on 14/05/2016 07:28:40:

Michael, I just get a redirection notice if I click your link.

For the benifit of those too tight to buy the mag or too stuck in their chair to make a trip to WHsmiths to give it a good thumbing or just too lazy to use google here is the cover page

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That's odd, Jason … I get two buttons

|Visit Page| and |View Image|

… The second of which leads here

Must be a feature of the browser

MichaelG.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Michael, I also get two options, first takes me to the homepage, second back to your post. The link you just posted works OK though. Just tried it on Chrome rather than IE and the first link is OK.

Edited By JasonB on 14/05/2016 08:12:55

[Danny M2ZParticipant @dannym2z]

Are they 'arbors' or 'arbours'?

(Still waiting for my ship to come in).

As for anvils, this was once a popular sport in the boondocks of the good 'ol U.S of A. **LINK**

Looks like fun!

* Danny M *

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I think you mean the U'SA

Neil

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