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    Blinded!

    In the 50 yard journey from my desk to the gents, to grab a coffee and back to my desk I managed to somehow drop my glasses.

    I've just retraced my steps about 4 times before, thankfully, finding them in amongst some bags of popcorn in the coffee shop.

    I can't read a thing without them and I would have had to have gone home early. Felt like a schoolboy pretending to be ill so he can get off PE.

    I've got about 5 pairs of glasses at home. Maybe I'll sell 2 pairs to the Ltd, just in case this happens again.

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    I leave a couple of disposable contact lenses lying around just in case.

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      #3
      Originally posted by JRCT View Post
      I've got about 5 pairs of glasses at home. Maybe I'll sell 2 pairs to the Ltd, just in case this happens again.
      I'd sell all five to the company.

      The leave a spare pair on your electric bike and you'll be sorted.
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        #4
        Originally posted by JRCT View Post
        In the 50 yard journey from my desk to the gents, to grab a coffee and back to my desk I managed to somehow drop my glasses.

        I've just retraced my steps about 4 times before, thankfully, finding them in amongst some bags of popcorn in the coffee shop.

        I can't read a thing without them and I would have had to have gone home early. Felt like a schoolboy pretending to be ill so he can get off PE.

        I've got about 5 pairs of glasses at home. Maybe I'll sell 2 pairs to the Ltd, just in case this happens again.
        Ve haf a few qvestions.

        Zo, qvestion number vun. Vy did you go to ze gents to get a coffee?
        Qvestion number two. Vy woz zere bags of popcorn in ze gents?
        Vy are your glasses not on a chain?
        Do you work in Nederlands?
        Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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          #5
          Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
          Ve haf a few qvestions.

          Zo, qvestion number vun. Vy did you go to ze gents to get a coffee?
          Qvestion number two. Vy woz zere bags of popcorn in ze gents?
          Vy are your glasses not on a chain?
          Do you work in Nederlands?
          That was the first thing to strike me when I read his post!

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            #6
            Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
            Ve haf a few qvestions.

            Zo, qvestion number vun. Vy did you go to ze gents to get a coffee?
            Qvestion number two. Vy woz zere bags of popcorn in ze gents?
            Vy are your glasses not on a chain?
            Do you work in Nederlands?
            verk

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              #7
              Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
              Ve haf a few qvestions.

              Zo, qvestion number vun. Vy did you go to ze gents to get a coffee?
              Qvestion number two. Vy woz zere bags of popcorn in ze gents?
              Vy are your glasses not on a chain?
              Do you work in Nederlands?
              I didn't go to the gents to grab a coffee and back to my desk.

              I went to the gents, to grab a coffee and back to my desk.

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                #8
                Originally posted by JRCT View Post
                I didn't go to the gents to grab a coffee and back to my desk.

                I went to the gents, to grab a coffee and back to my desk.
                You think the comma makes it all better?

                Comma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

                The comma is used in many contexts and languages, mainly for separating parts of a sentence such as clauses, and items in lists, particularly when there are three or more items listed.
                So you just said you went to the gents to grab a coffee. The comma just makes the coffee an adjunct.



                You wanted to use semi colon. Yes, yes. I nice semi colon would have done you there.
                Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
                  You think the comma makes it all better?

                  Comma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



                  So you just said you went to the gents to grab a coffee. The comma just makes the coffee an adjunct.



                  You wanted to use semi colon. Yes, yes. I nice semi colon would have done you there.
                  I used it to separate 3 items in my list of destinations. The gents, (the coffee shop) to get a coffee and my desk.

                  Let's not mention semis and colons in the same conversation as the gents.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by JRCT View Post
                    I used it to separate 3 items in my list of destinations. The gents, (the coffee shop) to get a coffee and my desk.

                    Let's not mention semis and colons in the same conversation as the gents.
                    To seperate 3 items you need 2 commas

                    Now, no more freebies. The next English lesson is chargeable.
                    Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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