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Shouldn't that be, "... Baby eating dingos is a touchy subject ..."?Colonel Sanders wrote:... Baby eating Dingos are a touchy subject here...
These pretzels...doctorwho wrote:Shouldn't that be, "... Baby eating dingos is a touchy subject ..."?Colonel Sanders wrote:... Baby eating Dingos are a touchy subject here...
Or is it, "... Baby-eating dingos are ..."?
"Baby eating Dingos are a touchy subject" or "Baby eating Dingo is a touchy subject"? I do not know, you tell me. I am a French Canadian living in Australia. My english is limited.doctorwho wrote:Shouldn't that be, "... Baby eating dingos is a touchy subject ..."?Colonel Sanders wrote:... Baby eating Dingos are a touchy subject here...
Or is it, "... Baby-eating dingos are ..."?
When we arrived we were very stressed about all the "deadly critters". Now we see a redback and we squash it and move on. One of my colleague was killed by a shark though. Now I make sure there are a couple of slow moving guys in front of me when I go to the beach...johna wrote:Both are correct depending on context.
Personally I'd be more worried about the man eating koala bears, or nasty redback spiders, or the venomous snakes - and then there are the sharks. Hell, get me out Australia!
Are you sure they aren't real pictures of fake instruments?vax2002 wrote:The Chinese are now even using fake pictures of Real ricks to sell the fakes.
They taste like throat lozenges...johna wrote:I really like Koala bears - I just couldn't eat a whole one.
Benjamin wrote:I figure you all won't mind me saying this here, rather than over at Ric forum. It's a little rant, but worth it. If it needs to be moved to another place, by all means remove it.
When is Rickenbacker International Corp going to be able to stamp out once and for all the HORRIBLE GHASTLY HORRIBLE Rockinbetter and Rebelrocker "copies" and end the Chinese practice of "imitate-rather-poorly"?!?!
A local music store, who I was loyal to, have been selling these knockoff guitars and now basses for over 12 months. I try not to shop there now out of principle. I know the owner, haven't yet decided whether or not to ask him WHY?!? Sad that I feel they have sold out. I mean, sell some budget instruments for sure. But sell instruments that are clearly the most blatantly flagrant of copyright law ever seen? Most, if not all other copies these days are licensed right!
So I happened to be travelling for work, a couple of hours from home. Needed strings for my acoustic guitar, so I popped into another shop. GASP... MORE BAD COPIES of guitars and basses. Lack of greeting/acknowledgement of my presence in the shop aside, I walked out without buying said strings. I took a look at the black bass and was shocked.
We all remember the original knock-offs. We will all admit that a small number were reasonable instruments. I have to say, the worst vintage Ric copy I have ever seen is nothing compared to these Chinese abominations.
It is sad to also think that part of the reason for the influx is a lack of official Rickenbacker presence in Australia. I am not having a go at Ric, I understand the situation. But if someone can enlighten me, if Ric were officially in Australia, couldn't they then represent their IP in Australia and go after the trademarks, protecting their products?
PLEASE GOD (yes I am a legitimate praying man, so no blasphemy here!) - Let there be a way for Rickenbacker to claim what is rightfully theirs and rid the world of terrible copies!
The bad man in me wants to buy one of these copies and commit many many many bad acts against it while a video camera is rolling, then publish it worldwide...