Yebut maybe the idea is to actually design/construct a unit for themselves --as opposed to-- merely assemble pre-designed/fabricated 'building blocks'? -- 'Newbie' doesn't necessarily equal lazy or stupid --- Merely a thought

HP

I guess the difference between "engineer" and "technician" was just demonstrated.

 

So an MVR (Maldivian Rufiyaa?) ≈ 6.5 ¢ (US)? -- At that exchange rate 'more than half a mill' sounds like 'pin money'

Very best regards
HP

It's "pin money" to you, to me it's Jack pot.

you know HP....I have to google every time to understand you and make a reply.
where did you learn "English" ?

 

That's right except it was exactly 100! I got $80k worth of Caps for just $42k!

Channeling my wife: "Hey, honey, you would not believe how much money I saved!"

After spending $42K.

 

Channeling my wife: "Hey, honey, you would not believe how much money I saved!"

After spending $42K.

That is what happens when you make a decision based on the wrong criteria.

 

you know HP....I have to google every time to understand you and make a reply.

Say what? The only 'obscure' word used in that post was "Rufiyaa" - But that's everyday parlance to you?...

where did you learn "English" ?

Would you believe... England!

Best regards
HP

 

Channeling my wife: "Hey, honey, you would not believe how much money I saved!"

After spending $42K.

But then a savings of 47.5% is still a savings of 47.5%

Best regards
HP

 

But then a savings of 47.5% is still a savings of 47.5%

Best regards
HP

Hard to retire on those kinds of savings.

 

Would you believe... England!

Sussed that out a while back!
Max.

 

Hard to retire on those kinds of savings.

Yebut they add up!

Best regards
HP

 

Say what? The only 'obscure' word used in that post was "Rufiyaa" - But that's everyday parlance to you?...


Would you believe... England!

Best regards
HP

More interesting question would be, what language did your parents speak before arriving in England (or which language did you speak be dire arriving in England)?

 

where did you learn "English" ?

I've had this conversation before. I find the way HP uses English to be a bit difficult for us colonists.
I have an Anglophile aspect, but I have never observed similar behavior in other Brits.
What she calls precise is what I call, "go click on Dictionary.com".
So, don't feel left out. I'm rowing the same boat as you.

 

On a side note : I would love to write like HP does.

 

On a side note : I would love to write like HP does.

I've been inspired to work on improving my writing skills largely from her and a few others examples I see online in various forums.

That, and I don't want to look like I am 'dumbing myself down' as others examples have shown them to be doing for who god knows what reasoning.

 

If I start to write like HP, I would not understand myself.

 

I've been inspired to work on improving my writing skills largely from her

HP kind of gives me permission to use whatever word I am thinking without fearing that I am the most difficult to read person here.
I am very aware that we deal with everything from ESL people to very educated people on this site. Finding the level of a new poster is always a guess in both language skills and electronic skills. You just have to take a stab at it and see what the response is.

 

I am very aware that we deal with everything from ESL people to very educated people on this site.

'English as Second Language' or 'Extremely Slow Learners'

We have both so ESL may need clarification depending on whom you are referring to at times. Especially if 'ESL' was to contextually imply the opposite end of "very educated".

Even more so when dealing with those who fain general ignorance to outright stupidity and a total lack of reading ability as if basic English was a foreign language to them to get out of admitting they were wrong.
Doubling down on what ESL could mean all in one person so to speak.

 

American and British.

Two peoples separated by a common language.

 

I admit, the British accent is some how interesting to hear.

 

I admit, the British accent is some how interesting to hear.

Which one?
Max.

 

Dick Van Dyke said no one ever told him how bad he was murdering a supposed 'English' accent in Mary Poppins, so bad his name has become a synonym in the UK for bad actor. (But they like him anyway).
Max.