I have written before about bogus used clothes collectors. Recently I started noting the registration plate details to pass onto the Gardai so that they can check whether these people have valid collection permits. On Monday morning the sticker shown arrived in my door. It has 3 obvious typos/errors and some other strange stuff too. […]
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Van available with apostrophes
When I was younger the local supermarket had a noticeboard on which people could list items for sale, rooms for rent or services available. My local convenience shop has a noticeboard but it is behind the front door and I doubt that many people see it or even know that it is there. Of course […]
Map of typos in Dublin 7
I always glance at the many flyers that come through the letterbox on a daily basis, to see if they are of use to me, and also to search for typos. A small catalogue for a hardware supply business arrived last week. It listed products related to home insulation and solar panels so I read […]
One plus one is tow
My son and I pick up a lot of litter when we are out and about. Thankfully the amount of litter has been reduced since the local authority installed a bin beside our nearby playground. Obviously there is still litter around and amongst it we found this gem. My son is too young for Ben […]
24 hour clock eliminates ambiguity
One problem with the 12 hour clock is that if AM or PM is omitted or unreadable, you are could be very early or very late for your appointment. The 24 hour clock eliminates any ambiguity and does so without making the number of characters used any longer. In fact it makes it shorter (01:00 […]
Red cold, blue hot
I joined my former college classmates for the early portion of the Jim Finn Stag pub crawl, before everyone got incoherent. In the third pub, The Hut in Phibsborough, the bathroom had a sign about the incorrectly coloured taps. The blue tap gives hot water, the red tap is for cold water. That reversal must […]