Does it bother you?

[Arik]

Nope, not at all. I'll often write 556 or just x39 or x51 when referring to 7.62x39 or 7.62x51. If someone says 22 I assume it's 22lr.

 

[Nico Testosteros]

I hate when someone writes a pistol is a .9mm. That's just silly.

 

[Aticus]

Do gravy or sauce have period or decimal points in them? I don't remember ever seeing any. Just asking.

 

[soFlaNative]

Gravy has flour in it. Or, if you're really weird, corn starch. I've never seen either of them in a spaghetti sauce recipe.

Yes, but there are weirdos who put sugar in spaghetti sauce.
Like putting ketchup on a hot dog.

 

[Alpo]

I do both.

My mother preferred barbecue sauce on her hotdogs. Now, THAT'S strange.

 

[shouldazagged]

Nagant??? I thought that's who my henpecked uncle was married to.

Go to your room, young man. And wipe that grin off your face!

 

[soFlaNative]

I do both.

My mother preferred barbecue sauce on her hotdogs. Now, THAT'S strange.

It's all about the variety. I'll try anything once.
A rose is a rose is a rose....

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

I mostly don't mind gun-oriented folks who speak or write casually.

I mostly can't stand anti-gun folks, particularly when they mouth off about something they know nothing about.

I don't trust writers who write about something they know nothing about.

Nearly all of us can tell which are which.

 

[DR505]

Gravy has meat, sauce does not.
Courtesy of my Italian wife.

My Italian grandmother disagreed. Ah well.

 

[ChuckS1]

Cause the .38 Special is really .357

Don't expect names to make sense

Depends if you're measuring the land or the groove. But my reloads use a .358 diameter cast bullet, so now I'm really confused...

 

[soFlaNative]

My Italian grandmother disagreed. Ah well.

We really should get them together. You and I can do the lawn chair and beer routine.

 

[boatme99]

I'm not an engineer so there are very few instances where my use or non use of a decimal point will affect others.

Dewey being the exception. Heck, now there's even a library without books. WTH? Who decided to spend tax dollars on a bookless library?

The heck with the decimal point, how many commas are there in the final total of that one?

Sorry for the drift.


.................. a few extra decimal points here.
Please feel free to use them.
I have more, if needed.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

When people do not use the decimal when writing about calibers?

People get so upset about the silliest things. "There's no such thing as 45 LONG Colt." "It's not a CLIP, dammit, it's a MAGAZINE."

So, when someone says they bought a new 22 rifle, or got themselves a sweet 45 auto, does it annoy?

It does not bother me - probably because I do that myself. I own 22s, 38, 357s, but I never write the decimal point.

Although it makes me laugh when I see reference to a .12 gauge shotgun or a .9mm pistol.

Metrics without the point does tend to bother me. 223 is fine, but 556 isn't. Should be 5.56.

Lots of stuff bothers me. That however does not.