rechamber - gunsmith in palmy/manawatu

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Originally Posted by Marty Henry

I shouldn't have to explain it, but English and punctuation be strange beasts. Based in kapiti but does good work implies that despite being based in kapiti he does good work compared to the usually standard that comes from there. Which tarnishes a the reputation of the good folk of the kapiti coast, unless if course it's true
It's a slow morning here, as you may have guessed🙂

Whoever thought this simple request for a gunsmith would turn into an English lesson!

My old English teacher, Mad Murray McRae, was a real stickler for things like this. He was adamant that it was pure laziness to use brackets, and "Boy, why use 'but' when you should be using 'and'!!" - spoken in an utterly disdainful English accent.

I can read it both ways, but/and you can remove all doubt by saying "Jaco is based in Kapiti, and does good work..."

I might actually get in touch with Jaco after all this. Sounds like he is very good, despite being based in Kapiti...