Reticle drives me nutz

[old303]

Whew I thought you were going to say Rectal

Selling a Mrad rectal scope.... hmmm?

What did you expect to see looking up the butt end of the scope?

 

[calgarycowboy]

Read my post again, but slower this time...

Okay, i read it slowly, a few times just to be sure. I still don't see where you mocked me in jest. Do you mean like internally? To yourself? Also, you mentioned "while you're at it," implying you were making a secondary point. But you weren't really "at" anything... I will say that I like saskatchewan and you seem like a pretty good dude.

 

[jjohnwm]

What did you expect to see looking up the butt end of the scope?

Maybe that's the procedure for one of those DIY colonoscopy kits...?

 

[OkayShooter]

Im surprised my wife never slapped one of the many rolls of for rectal use only stickers on one of my gun.

 

[I Dont Care About You]

You are wrong and so is your antiquated definition.
Grains/grams/milligrams are all units of mass not weight.
Mass is a constant and is the amount of matter in an object
Weight is the variable force of gravity acting on an object.
Your weight would be different (less) if you were on the moon as opposed to the Earth.
Your mass would remain the same.
When you get your degree in physics I will be happy to discuss this with you in depth

A. Not my definition. It came straight off Wikipedia or wherever Google pulls info from. Would seem to be a definition in common use.

B. Well we aren't on the moon now are we? Thus any definition that hinges on us maybe being on another celestial body is wildly out of scope isn't it? Try not to be totally ridiculous.

C. As the unit "grain" has its origins in BC Egypt, thousands of years ago and was based upon the weight of grains of wheat, which would have been measured on a balance scale, which measures WEIGHT, ON EARTH, it is perfectly acceptable to call it a unit of weight.

D. I don't give a FLYING FUKC about your physics degree. One does not need a physics degree to weigh out powder charges or understand the English language.

Your so smart

You're

Yes, I have multiple pieces of paper from universities that say such.

 

[I Dont Care About You]

Rectical

I think this one is my favourite.

So sad when a subtle zinger misses its mark.

Subtlety is lost on the internet. It hits better when one can judge inflection and tone of voice.

 

[270AB]

You are wrong and so is your antiquated definition.
Grains/grams/milligrams are all units of mass not weight.
Mass is a constant and is the amount of matter in an object
Weight is the variable force of gravity acting on an object.
Your weight would be different (less) if you were on the moon as opposed to the Earth.
Your mass would remain the same.
When you get your degree in physics I will be happy to discuss this with you in depth

Got no skin in this game other than if I get told 25 grams = 1 ounce because it's mass that counts, not weight, I'm going to be more than just a little PO'd and figure I'm getting duped for a bag of stalks and seeds.

 

[OkayShooter]

Since we are ranting. Why do 1/4 cup measuring cups only say 50ml on it, not 62.5 And 1/3 is only 75ml? Rather then 83.3?

 

[guntech]

A rifle scope reticle is the pattern of lines, dots, or markings etched or placed in the focal plane of an optical sight. These markings serve as your aiming reference point and can range from simple crosshairs to complex ballistic compensating systems.

It is spelled reticle
A lot of people just refer to it as a 'crosshair'

 

[Licensed to kill]

Entertaining watching people get bent over semantics. However, I have my own language pet peeves the worst being “RPM’s”. As much as that irritates me I just roll my eyes and carry on. No point in pointing it out, I still know what the mean.

 

[R005t3r]

A rifle scope reticle is the pattern of lines, dots, or markings etched or placed in the focal plane of an optical sight. These markings serve as your aiming reference point and can range from simple crosshairs to complex ballistic compensating systems.

It is spelled reticle
A lot of people just refer to it as a 'crosshair'

Or 'graticule' for that matter.

 

[R005t3r]

Entertaining watching people get dent over semantics. However, I have my own language pet peeves the worst bring “RPM’s”. As much as that irritates me I just roll my eyes and carry on. No point in pointing it out, I still know what the mean.

You mean like an ATM machine or NIC card?

 

[R005t3r]

While I've already mocked the post you mentioned in jest, I might as well point out your mistake while I'm at it. ^^^

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/grammar/articles_a_versus_an.html#:~:text="A" goes before words that begin with consonants.&text="An" goes before words that,an egg

"Good grammar is like personal hygiene. You can ignore it if you want, but don't be surprised when people draw their conclusions.”
"I enjoy a battle of wits unless it is with an unarmed opponent."

 

[lucky07]

RsPM

 

[Licensed to kill]

RsPM

Most car guys don’t get that.

 

[MRP]

Spelling police will never understand the agony that people that have dyslexia go through. And no two dyslexics are the same.

 

[jethunter]

it is still grammatically incorrect to use a unit when asking about the weight of something.

If I ask "are you using 180 gr bullets, or 165 gr bullets?", I'm describing bullets by a unit of weight. Seems ok to me.

 

[guntech]

If I ask "are you using 180 gr bullets, or 165 gr bullets?", I'm describing bullets by a unit of weight. Seems ok to me.

Me too.

 

[270AB]

But...we should always try to better ourselves. From now on, I'm going to say "I'm going to leave a poop" instead of the more common "I'm going to take a poop."

I'd never be so crass as to use that word. I just say "I dropped the kids at the pool" or "gave birth to to a Creedmoor owner."."

 

[Gatehouse]

Grains is by far the most common unit used in N America.

Regardless it is still grammatically incorrect to use a unit when asking about the weight of something.



It is not the proper way to ask. If you doubt that, the next time you want to know how heavy an item is, ask someone, "What pound is it"? and see how that goes. It is both grammatically incorrect and logically incorrect so how about we stop doing that?

It's perfectly acceptable to use a unit when asking about weight. You just phrase it differently than your example of "what pound is it?"

"How many pounds of potatoes do you have?"

"How many grains is that bullet?"