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A cabinet that is not very suitable, except for cheap

dyxshop wrote:A cabinet that is not very suitable, except for cheap

???????????????? Miss I what , Explain me you

English backward speak you.

soundgen wrote:

dyxshop wrote:A cabinet that is not very suitable, except for cheap

???????????????? Miss I what , Explain me you

Very cheap cabinet

dyxshop wrote:

soundgen wrote:

dyxshop wrote:A cabinet that is not very suitable, except for cheap

???????????????? Miss I what , Explain me you

Very cheap cabinet

The cheap cabinet part was obvious... what wasn't/isn't obvious, is the title of the thread. How does a very cheap cabinet relate to "Golden years"?

ESCHEW OBFUSCATION !!!!

pallophotophone wrote:ESCHEW OBFUSCATION !!!!

Your big words frighten me.

A very masculine HMV Monarch (Senior?), in its golden years.
I like it.

Thanks for sharing it with us.

James.

[flash=][/flash]The phrase “eschew obfuscation” is an ironic expression that writers and grammar geeks use to explain the need for clear writing. The inverse would be espouse elucidation.

I'm no writer and certainly not a grammar geek, but occasionally the opportunity to use a not oft used phrase to good advantage comes up. This was one of those opportunities.

JerryVan wrote:

pallophotophone wrote:ESCHEW OBFUSCATION !!!!

Your big words frighten me.

The problem with the term "Golden years", is that it is too vague and could be used to describe the age of a number of collectors, as well as machines or just some fantasy timeframe which supposedly refers to some period at or near retirement, when things are finally great or golden. As far as the latter, it is absolutely untrue, in the same way that the "Good Ole' Days" somehow describes a time in the past when things were "good"...