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I wouldn't be able to resist letting them know, though. Hopefully, they would appreciate it, too.

Going back to reading menus, I think misuse of apostrophes is just as bad. These appear on menus all over the place, e.g. "sandwich's". I'm tempted to ask for "a sandwich without the apostrophe, please".

'Morning, all. This is a great thread, Mary. I must confess that maybe sometimes I am too quick to dismiss the presentation of a business if there are spelling errors on their site. I tend to proof read all the time, to the extent of checking spellings on menus when choosing my meal. Is that sad?

Being a mailing house, we take deliveries of clients' printed materials all the time. Sometimes, a spelling error smacks me in the face. I am always slightly wary, but telephone our contact to point it out. It's then up to them whether they arrange a re-print or send them out as they are. They usually appreciate the fact that I have pointed it out to them, whatever their decision.

We also print letters here, from an emailed word document. Obviously, if an error is spotted, it can be pointed out and corrected before any costs are wasted on printing.

Quite right!

I would have to say my ipod.

Before I changed cars, I used to have a 6 CD changer in the boot of my car. My main concern when I chose my current car was that there was no facility for this. I was eventually persuaded to buy an ipod and connect it to the car stereo. I don't know how I ever managed without it.

Please see above.

I just received a phone call from an Asian voice (sounded like a call centre with others there), saying it was Microsoft, and they'd been getting error messages sent to them from my computer. I had one of these calls at home, and had been warned about them.

I'm sure you all know, but don't be fooled.

Lou Reed sang "Perfect Day",
"Walk on the Wild Side" (on the Transformer album produced by Bowie)
In the early days, he fronted The Velvet Underground.

Don't forget, make sure I'm on your team if you're in a music quiz

Steve, what were you doing up at stupid o'clock? I guess you were on baby duty then.

Oh dear, well I hope you have an easy day today - after the hangover has subsided!

I've just spotted this trending on twitter:

Metallica set to release album with Lou Reed | News | NME.COM

Should be interesting. I love a lot of Lou's work, but feel his voice isn't what it was.