Pity about the typo
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381739)
Rockingham, Australia
February 9, 2022 7:47pm CST
We now live in a gated village of about 120 houses. It’s been built in various stages but there is very little rhyme or reason as to the house numbers. Visitors and tradesmen sometimes drive round and round trying to find a particular number.
The developers have now put a big sign at the front entrance and it shows all the houses with their numbers. This is a great idea but they need a new proofreader. There are two 93’s but no 92.
I’ve seen many signs which have typos and some of these are at very important sites. You’d think they’d be doubly careful about getting such signs correct in the first place.
Photo taken by one of our residents
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
10 Feb 22
I used to laugh a lot when someone at Walmart would misspell something on a sign there. I started pointing the misspellings out to management. They weren't as amused about them as i was. 
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
10 Feb 22
@JudyEv They don't care because they don't realize something is wrong. Management at Walmart aren't selected for their knowledge of spelling. It annoys me when I see it. I normally just don't say anything...
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Feb 22
@DaddyEvil Sometimes, it's like hitting your head against a brick wall.
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
10 Feb 22
Vivid aign, but as you aa, if the go to all the role to do tat, they should do it right.
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Feb 22
At least the houses are close together when you get there
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@FourWalls (86568)
• United States
10 Feb 22
Did they get the “you are here” part correct? After you see something like that you begin to wonder!
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Feb 22
If they have any brains at all, they should only be confused for a few moments. 92 has to be between 91 and 93 surely.
@Fleura (34927)
• United Kingdom
10 Feb 22
I would hate to be a delivery driver. At least the postmen/women know the route, but with all the new online shopping deliveries there are always people getting lost around here, because this road is divided into four different sections!
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Feb 22
That doesn't sound very helpful. 
Such drivers have trouble coming to our houses and we have to give detailed instructions if we want to go past the gate into the village. This sign should help a lot - except for number 92, of course! Luckily, 92 and 93 are good neighbours.
Such drivers have trouble coming to our houses and we have to give detailed instructions if we want to go past the gate into the village. This sign should help a lot - except for number 92, of course! Luckily, 92 and 93 are good neighbours. 1 person likes this
@Ronrybs (21504)
• London, England
10 Feb 22
I have seen a few big signs with typos and it seems to me that the more expensive the sign the less willing to correct it! There is quite the biggie on London Underground
At Embankment Tube Station, there is a typo that has been around for years and, can be, rather misleading. In the passageway to the Bakerloo Line the route map...
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Feb 22
I went back and reread that. We came to a T-junction in backroads Ireland once and signs pointing right and left both said 'To The Ferry'. Of course, it was perfectly simple. Both roads went in semi-circles to the ferry. It completely threw this poor Aussie tourist.
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
10 Feb 22
Did you move house during my hiatus?
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Feb 22
Yes, I'm afraid so. 
Back in May. We are getting older and thought it would be very difficult for our boys (Melbourne, [in Victoria, not Florida!] and Ireland) if anything happened to us and they had to sort out 18 acres and all the accumulated 'good junk'. So we've moved to a suburb in a gated community. They keep saying I'll get used to it. So that's it in a nutshell.
If you wanted to catch up, there are a lot of posts with the keyword 'Treeby' which is the suburb we're in.
Back in May. We are getting older and thought it would be very difficult for our boys (Melbourne, [in Victoria, not Florida!] and Ireland) if anything happened to us and they had to sort out 18 acres and all the accumulated 'good junk'. So we've moved to a suburb in a gated community. They keep saying I'll get used to it. So that's it in a nutshell.
If you wanted to catch up, there are a lot of posts with the keyword 'Treeby' which is the suburb we're in.1 person likes this
@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
13 Feb 22
@JudyEv I imagine that has been a huge adjustment.! I'll try to catch up on those older posts as I have time.
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Feb 22
@SophiaMorros No need to go back over time. It's hard enough keeping up with current ones
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Feb 22
It's all spellcheck's fault. I proofread a friend's resume once. He had written something about soffits and 'eves'... I had to explain why it was wrong even though his spellcheck said it was ok.
Then there are those 'stationary' signs that should be 'stationery'.
So, has anyone sorted out the two numbers?
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Feb 22
There are about 95 units occupied at the moment. I think at least half of them would have already told the authorities.
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
10 Feb 22
Yes mistakes like that make you wonder.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
10 Feb 22
@JudyEv I abhor, I absolutely despise this sort of mistake No time for it at all. No excuses.
No time for it at all. No excuses.1 person likes this
@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Feb 22
Maybe but I don't think so. They just made a careless mistake.
@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
10 Feb 22
I don't understand why a lot of signs have errors on them. Does no one check???
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