Cool Old Yamaha Banner in My Buddys Shop "YAMAHA ITS A BETTER MACHINE"

[PhatAir4Me]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/65489994@N04/shares/Pn6xLu

 

[radiummadman]

gotta be late 60's early 70's. Had a DT-1 in 1968 and DT-3 360 cc in Germany/states 1971

 

[mcatrophy]

Note the correct use of the apostrophe on the banner, unlike the lack of two apostrophes in this thread title.

 

[PhatAir4Me]

Note the correct use of the apostrophe on the banner, unlike the lack of two apostrophes in this thread title.

Yes they had more time back then to be concerned about proper grammar, these days we are working on average 114 days into the year until we have obtained tax freedom, from this day forward we are striving to make house payments, save for retirement, put our kids through college, take our wives to dinner on date night and hopefully there are a few shekels for a farkle or two.

This is probably why I am still sitting at my desk having arrived at the office at 4:00am this morning, however there is a light at the end of the tunnel as my bride and I intend to take next week to explore a thousand or so miles of our home state garnishing said ride with two days of albacore tuna fishing.

I certainly agree the proper use of grammar bears merit and has it's (did I do it right?) place in business communication, obituary's and the like but when I'm just tryin' to get ma point crosst the internet I figger most will get ma drift.

 

[Uncle Hud]

mcatrophy is English, and is only protecting the Queen's language, which we slice and poke and bend and rattle at every possible opportunity.

Here, let me lend you two apostrophes: ' '

PS: Banner's from the day when Yamaha's livery was yellow and black -- Kenny Roberts?

 

[mcatrophy]

Note the correct use of the apostrophe on the banner, unlike the lack of two apostrophes in this thread title. [img=[URL="https://atrophy.lock.net/pi/misc/grammar_police.jpg%5D"]https://atrophy.lock.net/pi/misc/grammar_police.jpg][/URL]

Yes they had more time back then to be concerned about proper grammar, these days we are working on average 114 days into the year until we have obtained tax freedom, from this day forward we are striving to make house payments, save for retirement, put our kids through college, take our wives to dinner on date night and hopefully there are a few shekels for a farkle or two.
This is probably why I am still sitting at my desk having arrived at the office at 4:00am this morning, however there is a light at the end of the tunnel as my bride and I intend to take next week to explore a thousand or so miles of our home state garnishing said ride with two days of albacore tuna fishing.

I certainly agree the proper use of grammar bears merit and has it's (did I do it right?) place in business communication, obituary's and the like but when I'm just tryin' to get ma point crosst the internet I figger most will get ma drift.

We're going well off topic fftopic: , and possibly straying into forum-illegal territory, however ...Your apostrophe "it's place" is unfortunately wrong. Would you use an apostrophe if you wrote "his place"? The word "its" is like "his" or "hers", it is already possessive. The apostrophe in "it's" is not possessive, it shows missing characters, which might be "it is", "it has", "it was" etc. So, you might write "the bike's wheels", or "its wheels". To write "it's wheels" means "it is wheels" or even "it has wheels", which, while probably true, is a very different meaning. Unfortunately, 95% of writers get this confused.

As for your time, you are one writer. There are potentially several hundred readers. If, like me, they all have to re-read stuff out loud to try to make sense of it, that's a lot more time wasted. Communication only works if the reader understands what the writer intended.

Talking of time, I've probably got a lot less than you have, maybe not day-to-day, but ...

Enough. I'm probably going to get a Warning. Don't really want to get banner'd. (See what I did there? :lol: )

 

[PhatAir4Me]

mcatrophy is English, and is only protecting the Queen's language, which we slice and poke and bend and rattle at every possible opportunity.
Here, let me lend you two apostrophes: ' '

PS: Banner's from the day when Yamaha's livery was yellow and black -- Kenny Roberts?

I am going to using his shop to finally install my Bushtec hitch, terminal block, isolator harness, GPS power cord, and air filter on Monday I will see if he is aware of it's date.

Note the correct use of the apostrophe on the banner, unlike the lack of two apostrophes in this thread title.

[img=[URL="https://atrophy.lock.net/pi/misc/grammar_police.jpg%5D"]https://atrophy.lock.net/pi/misc/grammar_police.jpg][/URL]

Yes they had more time back then to be concerned about proper grammar, these days we are working on average 114 days into the year until we have obtained tax freedom, from this day forward we are striving to make house payments, save for retirement, put our kids through college, take our wives to dinner on date night and hopefully there are a few shekels for a farkle or two.
This is probably why I am still sitting at my desk having arrived at the office at 4:00am this morning, however there is a light at the end of the tunnel as my bride and I intend to take next week to explore a thousand or so miles of our home state garnishing said ride with two days of albacore tuna fishing.

I certainly agree the proper use of grammar bears merit and has it's (did I do it right?) place in business communication, obituary's and the like but when I'm just tryin' to get ma point crosst the internet I figger most will get ma drift.

We're going well off topic

, and possibly straying into forum-illegal territory, however ...Your apostrophe "it's place" is unfortunately wrong. Would you use an apostrophe if you wrote "his place"? The word "its" is like "his" or "hers", it is already possessive. The apostrophe in "it's" is not possessive, it shows missing characters, which might be "it is", "it has", "it was" etc. So, you might write "the bike's wheels", or "its wheels". To write "it's wheels" means "it is wheels" or even "it has wheels", which, while probably true, is a very different meaning. Unfortunately, 95% of writers get this confused.

As for your time, you are one writer. There are potentially several hundred readers. If, like me, they all have to re-read stuff out loud to try to make sense of it, that's a lot more time wasted. Communication only works if the reader understands what the writer intended.

Talking of time, I've probably got a lot less than you have, maybe not day-to-day, but ...

Enough. I'm probably going to get a Warning. Don't really want to get banner'd. (See what I did there?

)

Pun intended for sure. Enjoy your day and your time...