Folks, the metal we work with is STEEL

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I am sorry, I just saw the 7th post on a knife related forum referring to a metal composed of iron, carbon and miscellaneous elements referred to as "steal" in the last two days.

I'm sure I'm not the only curmudgeon here who wants to scream when something like this shows up.

What are your posting pet peeves?

No names of offenders here please

-Page
 
Ha, ha, ha...you be riled! Breathe. Just breathe, and know that this too shall pass.

That being said, I'm not sure it's a pet peeve, but it is certainly a disappointment not to know the name or location of folks I'm dialoging with. I get the desire for web anonymity, but feel somehow short changed and short changing when talking with blackops3 or chiefrunningdrawers, etc.
 
Well at least steal are a word.:D I really hate it when it is obvious that spell check has been turned off or just ignored.:jerkit: It is not like I am the best in spelling but when I find misspelled words it is real bad.
 
Textspeak, man. Textspeak.

"UR" instead of "you are".

"NE" instead of "any". Is it really that much easier to type that?

"lol" instead of ... I don't know what that replaces, but it sure doesn't mean "I laughed when I read that" anymore. I think it now means something between "I'm trying to lighten up the insult I just hurled at you" and "In your face"


And on and on and on.

That crap was created when you had to hit number keys multiple times on your phone in order to get a single letter. Now it's transferred over to keyboards. The correct letters are right in front of you!
 
I HATE WHEN PEOPLE DONT USE CORRECT OR ANY PUNCTUATION IT IS REALLY ANNOYING AND WHEN THEY DONT SEPARATE INTO PARAGRAPHS IT CAN BE VERY HARD TO FOLLOW I ALSO DONT REALLY LIKE WHEN SOMEONE USES ALL CAPS SOME PEOPLE JUST DONT GET THE IDEA THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO USE CAPS TO PUT A STRESS ON SOMETHING SPECIFIC I MEAN COME ON PEOPLE IT ISNT THAT HARD TO TYPE CORRECTLY OR WHEN SOMEONE USES WAAAAAAAAAY TO MANY EMOTICONS :jerkit::jerkit::jerkit::jerkit::jerkit::jerkit::barf::barf::barf::barf::barf::barf::barf::barf::thumbdn::thumbdn::thumbdn::thumbdn::thumbdn::thumbdn::grumpy::grumpy::grumpy::grumpy: ONE OR TWO OF THOSE SHOUD GET THE IDEA ACROSS JUST FINE WHEW ALL OF THIS YELLING IS MAKING ME TIRED:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
 
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Posting Peeves:
A. dropping all punctuation and capitalization rules
B. Ending thoughts or sentences with a series of periods...................so that the entire message...............................is filled with dots....................
C. Using the word "your" when the contraction "you're" is what is needed.

LonePine
AKA Paul Meske, Wisconsin
 
I hate when I read the for sale forums and people just comment on a knife. If you're not going to buy it or ask a question about it don't post
 
There is always going to be something about other people that is annoying but try to remember the intentions behind the words. Most people come from the right place and are just lazy when using their writing skills.. btw lol ha ha!
 
zx14maniac said:
There is always going to be something about other people that is annoying but try to remember the intentions behind the words. Most people come from the right place and are just lazy when using their writing skills.. btw lol ha ha!
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By being lazy with their communication they are effectively communicating to the public that we are a bunch of uneducated hicks and gangbangers. People communicate the pride they take in themselves and their work as well as their social status and intelligence through words.



-Page

P.S. Welcome to BF, I see that this is your first post. If you put your city into your profile, later when you ask for help with something you might be pleasantly surprised to find someone nearby offering help. Despite what this thread would lead you to believe, we are actually a bunch of friendly helpful folks here
 
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I agree with you about the perceptions other people will conclude from this. Thanks for welcoming me to the BF. I think you understand the point I was making. I am a member of many other forums that aren't knife related and you see the same things there. Knife lovers come in many different forms and not everyone is trying to gain credibility from communication skills..
 
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Ilovetoolsteel said:
I hate when I read the for sale forums and people just comment on a knife. If you're not going to buy it or ask a question about it don't post
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I'm sorry but I really disagree with this. I like the comments and believe that the makers do too. I know I would, if I ever get around to posting anything for sale.
 
i ordered a pice a steal it has a bow should i send it back what can i do i tempered a file in fire and its bowed to how can i fix it



That pretty much sums it up for me. :D
 
Well, since people have been able to get things off their chest and no flame wars have erupted yet, (I am holding my breath), I would love to use this opportunity to get to the bottom of something that has been driving me crazy with curiosity. This thread will allow me to ask about it without putting somebody instantly on the defensive like I feared it would in every other instance I have encountered it.

What is the &#$@ is “quinching”??? Now I really want to know. I am not angered or judging anybody about it but am sincerely dying to know what the inside joke is. Too many times for it to be a coincidence, or an innocent typo, I have seen people refer to “quenching” as “quinching”; enough that I have come to believe that it is either some inside joke with regional makers or somebody has coined a name to a new variation of the hardening process.

Some have told me that it is people just phonetically spelling how they pronounce “quenching”, but I have more faith in people’s intellect than that, but also the quinchers have no problem with other words, e.g. I don’t see oil ever spelled “oral” or “owul”.

Everybody really does know that “quinch” or “quinching” is not a word* and that fast cooling steel is called quenching… right?

Thank you Page for providing me the opportunity to finally ask about this.

*I had to forcibly retype “quinch” every time to write this because my spellchecker automatically replaced it with a real word.
 
I would have to say spelling . Not a misspelled word or two in a group of sentences , but half a dozen or more in a group of sentences . I just thought it was because I was getting so old .
I think the " knifes " thing is next on my list .
 
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