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From: Silk on 11 Dec 2009 13:45 On 11/12/2009 17:50, Harry Bloomfield wrote: > Nothing at all amiss with my eye sight chum, but yours or your ability > to read and digest need some attention. > > I said I saw a car reverse out pushing the bin with its rear bumper into > the middle of a dual carriageway. I did not hit the bin, I was simply a > witness to the event. > Sorry, but I think the problem lies with the way you told the story. You said, "Now I wonder which unlucky individual hit it?". If that doesn't invite the reader to assume it was the you who hit the bin, I don't know what does. There's no way one would be able to take a guess that is was anyone else they knew. Admit it, you fucked up and hit a bin. Learn from it and move on.
From: Harry Bloomfield on 11 Dec 2009 14:05 on 11/12/2009, Silk supposed : > Sorry, but I think the problem lies with the way you told the story. You > said, "Now I wonder which unlucky individual hit it?". If that doesn't invite > the reader to assume it was the you who hit the bin, I don't know what does. > There's no way one would be able to take a guess that is was anyone else they > knew. Why would anyone assume it was me that hit the bin from what I wrote? There were only two readers who misinterpreted it, you and R. Gower. R. Gower jumped in very late, long after (>24 hours) after a fuller explanation had been given, given mainly to to make clear that YOUR misunderstanding was wrong. It was obvious that I had witnessed the bin being pushed out into the road, so why having seen that might I still drive into the bin? > > Admit it, you fucked up and hit a bin. Learn from it and move on. That would have needed me to drive a few miles to the next roundabout, turn back onto the opposite carriageway and then deliberately run into it. I'll leave that sort of antic to the Advanced drivers in the group. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Silk on 11 Dec 2009 15:29 On 11/12/2009 19:05, Harry Bloomfield wrote: > It was obvious that I had witnessed the bin being pushed out into the > road, so why having seen that might I still drive into the bin? Why invite us to guess who hit it?
From: Harry Bloomfield on 11 Dec 2009 16:14 Silk submitted this idea : >> It was obvious that I had witnessed the bin being pushed out into the >> road, so why having seen that might I still drive into the bin? > > Why invite us to guess who hit it? I only wrote 'I wonder who hit it', which rather implied I did not know who if anyone had actually run into the bin. I had driven off with the rest of the queue, before anyone actually hit the bin. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Silk on 11 Dec 2009 16:56
On 11/12/2009 21:14, Harry Bloomfield wrote: > Silk submitted this idea : >>> It was obvious that I had witnessed the bin being pushed out into the >>> road, so why having seen that might I still drive into the bin? >> >> Why invite us to guess who hit it? > > I only wrote 'I wonder who hit it', which rather implied I did not know > who if anyone had actually run into the bin. I had driven off with the > rest of the queue, before anyone actually hit the bin. So it's possible that no one hit the bin, making it a non-story. |