Today I Learned...

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

TIL my tablet spell check changes GCFI to Gucci.

You must have a posh tablet.. My tablet tells me to go fuck myself when I type GCFI.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by JD001

You must have a posh tablet.. My tablet tells me to go fuck myself when I type GCFI.

humfrz' just gives a link to the local electrician yellow pages

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by soundman98

humfrz' just gives a link to the local electrician yellow pages

Gives Bubba's address. Bubba ain't got no phone or interwebs.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by JD001

You must have a posh tablet.. My tablet tells me to go fuck myself when I type GCFI.

No, just a really cheap amazon tablet, it's just full of itself.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

I think it is because everything I am trying to sell is desirable and discontinued

It actually pains me to get rid of a few of these but I haven't touched anything in 5 years and don't see it in the future so time to let go.

That makes too much sense for my taste.

(Knowing there's enough PB equipment to outfit 4 above my garage that hasn't been used in 8 years...)

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by x808drifter

Speaking of.
TIL Tippmann went bankrupt in 2020.

Not a huge surprise. Their main market was selling fleets of rental gear. Newer gear from different companies was better, easier to maintain, and same price. The GOG eNMY probably single-handedly took them down.

[JD001]

Today I learned that the current allocation of GR86s for the UK sold out in 90minutes.. and that Toyota is only planning a 2 year production run...

BTW, no BRZeeeeees for the UK as we can't pronounce the name properly, we keep calling it the BRZed!

I am onto a future classic, keeping my BRZed, it's non-original but pampered!!

[gen3v8]

Z is dead. So E Z

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by JD001

Today I learned that the current allocation of GR86s for the UK sold out in 90minutes.. and that Toyota is only planning a 2 year production run...

BTW, no BRZeeeeees for the UK as we can't pronounce the name properly, we keep calling it the BRZed!

I am onto a future classic, keeping my BRZed, it's non-original but pampered!!

We get them and we call them zeds as well.

[Stephen W.]

Originally Posted by JD001

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BTW, no BRZeeeeees for the UK as we can't pronounce the name properly, we keep calling it the BRZed!
< snip >

That's soooo funny coming from you because in proper British English (as I was taught) it's pronounced zed.
The English language uses a Latin based alphabet, which derives many of its letters, including Z, from the Greek. The Greek word for the letter Z is zeta, which is pronounced with a zed sound not a zee sound.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

That's soooo funny coming from you because in proper British English (as I was taught) it's pronounced zed.
The English language uses a Latin based alphabet, which derives many of its letters, including Z, from the Greek. The Greek word for the letter Z is zeta, which is pronounced with a zed sound not a zee sound.

Only the US say Zeeee

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

That's soooo funny coming from you because in proper British English (as I was taught) it's pronounced zed.
The English language uses a Latin based alphabet, which derives many of its letters, including Z, from the Greek. The Greek word for the letter Z is zeta, which is pronounced with a zed sound not a zee sound.

I was taking the piss.. we call it "what's that car?" The Subaru badge really confuses people as they're so conditioned, seeing the Impreza with turbos and four wheel drive, just don't understand the BRZ'ed..

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Only the US say Zeeee

[86-75309]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Only the US say Zeeee

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/zed

Apparently there was a time in the 17th century where some Brits said "zee". I guess they all moved to the colonies.