Today I acquired...........

[Dr.Al]

Acquired is gifted, found etc. for free. Bought isn't

Not true.

From Chambers:

acquire verb (acquired, acquiring) 1 to get, gain or develop something, especially through skill or effort. 2 to achieve or reach (a reputation).

Especially, not only. You can buy something and thereby acquire it.

Similarly, from the Cambridge dictionary:

acquire
verb

to get or buy something:

and Collins agrees:

 

[Kayos]

Is that the 180, or the 181?

180. 181 is newer or bigger? They were more money and despite deciding to buy the genuine, my wallet has limits

 

[MattF]

180. 181 is newer or bigger? They were more money and despite deciding to buy the genuine, my wallet has limits

Let us know what you think of it when you've given it a whirl.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Acquired is gifted, found etc. for free. Bought isn't

Not true.

From Chambers:


Especially, not only. You can buy something and thereby acquire it.

Similarly, from the Cambridge dictionary:


and Collins agrees:

Thank you, I was already worried about this thread ...

Carsten

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[Barking Mat]

..and how it looks at the moment.
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Hmm, your garden looks rather like mine.

 

[RWD3M]

I refer the pedants to the OP!

 

[RWD3M]

Not true.

From Chambers:



Especially, not only. You can buy something and thereby acquire it.

Similarly, from the Cambridge dictionary:



and Collins agrees:

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I think you need to get out more!

 

[Wozzaaah]

Hmm, your garden looks rather like mine.

That’s not my garden, that’s it still in its current location on a farm!

 

[Barking Mat]

My garden. The vehicles aren't growing... Everything else is.

 

[MattF]

That's a lovely garden.

 

[Pete.]

That's a lovely garden.

Washing's gonna drag in the grass though

 

[Barking Mat]

Washing's gonna drag in the grass though

It's a slack line for the kids, it's well slack.

 

[Barking Mat]

They were two walnut trees, which suddenly died a couple of years ago.

 

[Tangledfeet]

A minor victory; recently completed an online claim for tax relief on union subs and professional fees for the past four years and this arrived today. Not sure what'll happen to the other three years...

 

[Barking Mat]

That's a lovely garden.

No, it's an overgrown bloody mess, full of vehicles, and a 300 year old Oak tree. One day it'll bé tidy.

@nickk just to give a vague Idea.

It's a mess, a huge mess, but it's my mess. And i kind of liké it.. One day.

Ducks, they poo everywhere, due to a slight grammatical misunderstanding i bought mâle ducks, which don't lay eggs, well not thé edible type. Hey ho, live and learn, cannes not canards.

 

[MattF]

You only have to see past your hoarding & lack of GM, to see how lovely a garden that is.

 

[Barking Mat]

You only have to see past your hoarding & lack of GM, to see how lovely a garden that is.

Yeah, it's a potentially lovely garden, but the drive on lawn mower died, the cheap replacement...

Anybody understand Briggs and Stratton carbs...

Wife is quite happy with a strimmer and self propelled lawn mower.

I leave it to her.

What's the GM reference ?

 

[Pete.]

No, it's an overgrown bloody mess, full of vehicles, and a 300 year old Oak tree. One day it'll bé tidy.

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@nickk just to give a vague Idea.

Half a days work to tidy that lot....

 

[MattF]

Wife is quite happy with a strimmer and self propelled lawn mower.

I leave it to her

& they say chivalry is dead.

 

[MattF]

Half a days work to tidy that lot....

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I'm just glad you'll never be near anything of mine. You're brutal.