On Mon, 12 Sep 2016 01:09:10 +0100, Simon Mason wrote:

On Sunday, 11 September 2016 20:59:44 UTC+1, T i m wrote:


I suppose it is the same when I call "shock absorbers" their correct title of dampers, but I DO like to be accurate.


Being a 'left brainer' (focused on detail) is all very well but as
mentioned, only when it's not coming across as being pedantic and
especially if it doesn't actually help the solution.

Ah yes, pedantic is what somebody who doesn't know something calls someone who does!

We all know to buy a wing mirror. It's you that's wrong.

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