Long-overdue rant: Stickers vs. Decals

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Re: Long-overdue rant: Stickers vs. Decals

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shodog wrote: I nominate Coel to email every dum dum ebay seller who uses the wrong word for their stickers
If we add "vintage" to the list we can get MelvinsArmy worked up too! :wink: :mrgreen:
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klavy69 wrote:
shodog wrote: I nominate Coel to email every dum dum ebay seller who uses the wrong word for their stickers
I'll second that!
I expect to encounter dum dums on eBay; but not here! :P We really ought to know the difference, honestly. :)
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Re: Long-overdue rant: Stickers vs. Decals

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stickers smell when you scratch 'n sniff them. decals don't.

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Halgar wrote:
shodog wrote: I nominate Coel to email every dum dum ebay seller who uses the wrong word for their stickers
If we add "vintage" to the list we can get MelvinsArmy worked up too! :wink: :mrgreen:
YOU WANNA SEE MY VINTAGE FIRST GEN B4?

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Re: Long-overdue rant: Stickers vs. Decals

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kaiser wrote:YOU WANNA SEE MY VINTAGE FIRST GEN B4?

:lol:
Before what?
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AM i GOING TO HAVE TO PULL THIS CAR OVER !

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So Stickers are not Chinese food? I'm confused, :lol:
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Orange wrote:So chickens are not Chinese food? I'm confused, :lol:
You mean pot decals?

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Re: Long-overdue rant: Stickers vs. Decals

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Halgar wrote:
shodog wrote: I nominate Coel to email every dum dum ebay seller who uses the wrong word for their stickers
If we add "vintage" to the list we can get MelvinsArmy worked up too! :wink: :mrgreen:

The real definition of vintage is now a vintage term. That is, a thing of the past.

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Re: Long-overdue rant: Stickers vs. Decals

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MelvinsArmy wrote:
Halgar wrote:
shodog wrote: I nominate Coel to email every dum dum ebay seller who uses the wrong word for their stickers
If we add "vintage" to the list we can get MelvinsArmy worked up too! :wink: :mrgreen:

The real definition of vintage is now a vintage term. That is, a thing of the past.
I guess what I should have said is vintage repro. :mrgreen:
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Vintage repro. You mean like jumbo shrimp? :lol:

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While we're bitching about stuff, here is an easy grammar lesson I thought I would share for the hell of it. Believe it or not, alot is not a word. There is a space between the 'a' and 'lot'.


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Re: Long-overdue rant: Stickers vs. Decals

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MelvinsArmy wrote:Vintage repro. You mean like jumbo shrimp? :lol:
Yeah, just like that! :lol:
Lowgear wrote:While we're bitching about stuff, here is an easy grammar lesson I thought I would share for the hell of it. Believe it or not, alot is not a word. There is a space between the 'a' and 'lot'.

They're are a lot of people out their that don't know there semantics from a hole in the ground. And all too many have a slippery diphthong and a dangling participle. :shock:
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Re: Long-overdue rant: Stickers vs. Decals

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Lowgear wrote:While we're bitching about stuff, here is an easy grammar lesson I thought I would share for the hell of it. Believe it or not, alot is not a word. There is a space between the 'a' and 'lot'.
:wink:

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Re: Long-overdue rant: Stickers vs. Decals

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Halgar wrote:
MelvinsArmy wrote:Vintage repro. You mean like jumbo shrimp? :lol:
Yeah, just like that! :lol:
Lowgear wrote:While we're bitching about stuff, here is an easy grammar lesson I thought I would share for the hell of it. Believe it or not, alot is not a word. There is a space between the 'a' and 'lot'.

They're are a lot of people out their that don't know there semantics from a hole in the ground. And all too many have a slippery diphthong and a dangling participle. :shock:
If you use a dipthong in the right place, then your participle won't dangle.

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