On Apr 30, 11:14 am, "George W. Frost" <fro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "TG'sFM" <suv...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Apr 30, 9:35 am, ray <ferre...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> TG'sFM wrote:
> >> > On Apr 30, 9:17 am, David Springthorpe
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> >> > wrote:
> >> >>http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=454750
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> >> > I know what's wrong with it. The last line says it was a 'white
brick
> >> > home'. How can you have white bricks? The process of firing them
in
> >> > the kiln would darken them.
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> >> Calcil bricks popular in the 1970s were white. That is, if you're
into
> >> bricks. Besser also produced similar textured bricks in various
shapes,
> >> types and colours. Apart, of course, from just painting the bludgers.
> >> Cheers,
> >> Ray
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> > If the house was painted, they should have said the 'white painted
> > home'.
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> But they didn't, they said a white brick home
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> There are thousands of homes around with white bricks and not painted
> actually, they were a very light shade of grey
Since when is a very light shade of grey, 'white'? I expect honest
and accuracy in journalism. If the house has light grey bricks, I
expect the journalist to say that the house has light grey bricks, not
say it is a white brick house.
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