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  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    @bede In that case, it's best to preface your advice with "IME" rather than stating categorically.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    @bede In that case, it's best to preface your advice with "IME" rather than stating categorically.
    I wish MD would do the same 
    Devon.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited April 2023
    It's social media innit.  Yerknowarra mean?  It's mainly conversational.  It's difficult and time consuming to get over subtleties of language.  

    I assume that only if it is not my experience that I need to quote the source.

    But, IMO,  it's not a subject worth fighting over.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    A world of difference between quoting a source along with links to the proven evidence as opposed to simply stating Not true .  Just saying "IME" or "I have found" leaves it open to further discussion and other opinions and allows the person asking the question to evaluate and act accordingly.
    In the majority if cases, it's no more time consuming to ensure clarity than it is to do otherwise.
    I agree it isn't worth arguing over but it does help those asking for advice to know whether something is simply down to someone's personal experience/opinion rather than "fact".


  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I assume that most of the posts on this site are an opinion. You read them, compare them and do your own research if necessary.  The posts give you a clue about how to refine your search - if necessary. Allegedly.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I assiduously followed the ' do nothing'  advice 😇

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • KiliKili Posts: 1,104
    B3 said:
    I assiduously followed the ' do nothing'  advice 😇



    Mine once looked like that then I spilt them and planted them in the ground in the autumn never to see them again :(  What happened I have no idea they just died in situ.


    He.he... at least I haven't killed my Christmas cactus @B3 it lives on.... :D

    'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.

    George Bernard Shaw'

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Oh dear😞
    I can offer sympathy but not advice😊 @Kili
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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