Assume v. Presume

[EEPhil]

I was offered a little red dress recently. Amazon isn't the best at predicting what buyers will like, as we keep telling them.

"I refer the right honourable member to the reply [post] I gave [asked] a moment ago [earlier]"

 

[Deleted member 473]

"I refer the right honourable member to the reply [post] I gave [asked] a moment ago [earlier]"

I DIDN'T ACCEPT IT! Anyway, it wasn't my size.

They are offering a shaver at the moment, even though I have reviewed several beard trimmers.

Or, I could request this!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B019ZH58QO

 

[EEPhil]

1. I DIDN'T ACCEPT IT! Anyway, it wasn't my size.
2. They are offering a shaver at the moment, even though I have reviewed several beard trimmers.

1. That wasn't what I was asking. What was the original purchase that made them think you wanted a red dress? [rhetorical]
2. Pass the details to Trev.

 

[MikeSh]

TV programme title (Channel 5 of course): "Murdered by My Daughter".
Unless prefixed by something like "I will be ..." this seems like nonsense and/or a logical impossibility. Given the 'after the event' ness of the programme I can't see how it can have such a prefix. (BTW, the tale is of a woman killed by her daughter and an assistant.)

What does the team think?

 

[RobH1]

I think you have too much time on your hands.

 

[Black Hole]

I think it should read "Murdered by her Daughter".

The former version seems to be following the trend for historical events to be reported in present tense and first person (crap).

 

[MikeSh]

I think you have too much time on your hands.

Oh, that is completely and utterly ... true

 

[Deleted member 473]

1. That wasn't what I was asking. What was the original purchase that made them think you wanted a red dress? [rhetorical]
2. Pass the details to Trev.

How could I possibly know? Amazon is full of "people who bought this Humax box also bought this powder compact" nonsense.

 

[Deleted member 473]

Here is one. People who bought communion wafers also bought Ladies Embroidered Large Bosom Lace Underwired Firm Bra Plus Size Cup in Wine (Purple / Red)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00UZAYNNK

 

[EEPhil]

Here is one. People who bought communion wafers also bought Ladies Embroidered Large Bosom Lace Underwired Firm Bra Plus Size Cup in Wine (Purple / Red)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00UZAYNNK

[Having all sorts of problems trying to view that link ("http://https://www." etc). Even when I strip out the stray http it's upsetting my browser.]
Hallelujah!

 

[EEPhil]

How could I possibly know? Amazon is full of "people who bought this Humax box also bought this powder compact" nonsense.

Been watching Thunderbirds again?

 

[prpr]

[Having all sorts of problems trying to view that link

Some bonehead(!) put quotes and extra "http://" around the url:
[URL='http:// https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00UZAYNNK']
It should of course be:
[URL=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00UZAYNNK]

 

[EEPhil]

Some bonehead(!) put quotes and extra "http://" around the url:

I managed to work that out and get to the page. But it was less than illuminating as my browser couldn't render the whole page for some reason. "Am I bovvered?" No. I got the point of Mike0001's post.
BTW. Your post was useful - I've now learnt that there is a "plain" code.

 

[Black Hole]

Some bonehead(!) put quotes and extra "http://" around the url:

I would put a small wager on that bonehead being the Xenforo software trying to sort out a URL tag that was mal-formed in some other minor way.

I've now learnt that there is a "plain" code.

So where've you been? Newbies' Guide to the Forum (click), "Post Formatting Tools" para 3.

 

[prpr]

I would put a small wager on that bonehead being the Xenforo software trying to sort out a URL tag that was mal-formed in some other minor way.

Yes, I would too. Sometimes stuff is just 'too clever' and actually makes things worse.

 

[EEPhil]

So where've you been? Newbies' Guide to the Forum (click), "Post Formatting Tools" para 3.

To make a section that would otherwise be interpreted as BB Code appear as-is, enclose it in [plain]...[/plain] tags.

Speed reading isn't everything it's cracked up to be.

... To do that, click the spanner icon at the right of the toolbar

OK, I AM that spanner icon.

 

[kev7378]

Here is one. People who bought communion wafers also bought Ladies Embroidered Large Bosom Lace Underwired Firm Bra Plus Size Cup in Wine (Purple / Red)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00UZAYNNK

When I scroll down to "Product details": Mass Market Paperback: Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 331,429 in Books
There is even a "Tell the Publisher! I’d like to read this book on Kindle" link...

 

[Deleted member 473]

[Having all sorts of problems trying to view that link ("http://https://www." etc). Even when I strip out the stray http it's upsetting my browser.]
Hallelujah!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Body-Chris...d=1498514043&sr=8-1&keywords=communion+wafers

Fourth item in list of also boughts.

 

[Black Hole]

Speed reading isn't everything it's cracked up to be.

It took a bit of working out how to present the plain tags! (Now I've done it, everyone else can cheat and use the post editor to find out how )

 

[Black Hole]

From a Behringer mixer desk manual I am trying to understand:

Try merging a dry signal with a little wet, then compressing the sum heavily. Though the reverb proportion will be low when a signal is present, the resultant reverb tail pumped up by the compressor at the start of each silence will give the illusion that the reverb was massive at the time. (The listener will be left wondering how the singer could sound so clear in such a wet acoustic!)

What? Dry? Wet??? What listener - presumably only a studio sound engineer!