>> >> >> "Steve Firth" wrote
>> >> >> > ... they mistakenly consider having to change a
>> >> >> > non-rechargeable AA battery as "user servicable."
>> >> >>
>> >> > "Tim" wrote:
>> >> >> Ah, diddums - can't you manage to
>> >> >> swap an AA battery yourself? Bless...
>> >> >> Most people can manage that quite easily!
>> >> >
>> >> "Steve Firth" wrote
>> >> > Where did I say that I can't change a battery?
>> >>
>> > "Tim" wrote:
>> >> Your comment suggests that you need
>> >> someone else to change the batteries:-
>> >>
>> >> "mistakenly" => you disagree
>> >> "... change ... AA battery ..."
>> >> "user" = You
>> >
>> "Steve Firth" wrote
>> > "they"
>> > ...
>> > "consider"
>> >
>> > have the opinion, preceded by "they"
>> > hence "they" have the opinion, not I.
>>
> "Tim" wrote:
>> Exactly - that's why I said you disagreed with their opinion.
>
>> "Steve Firth" wrote
>> > That is, someone else "the 'they' referred to
>> > previously" is the one changing a battery
>>
> "Tim" wrote:
>> No, we've already determined that it's the "someone
>> else" who has the *opinion* stated - we hadn't
>> decided yet who was to be changing any battery.
>
"Steve Firth" wrote
> The someone else has the opinion about changing the battery.
Yep, that's what I just said!
> "Tim" wrote:
>> Now, as we know that you think their opinion was wrong,
>> then you must think that the "user" can't change the battery.
>
"Steve Firth" wrote
> That's stupid. At no point have indicated that either I or the "they"
> that is the subject of the sentence cannot change the battery.
The "they" suggested that the battery was changeable by the user.
You *disagreed* with their opinion !!
"Steve Firth" wrote
> The mistaken opion referred to is thinking that changing a
> battery (a consumable) makes a device user serviceable.
So - who do you consider should perform the
service of changing the battery, if not the user?
>> >> > ...
>> >> >
>> > [Yet again.]
By the way, giving verbal abuse doesn't mean you win the
argument. In fact, it suggests that you are *losing* the argument,
as you have no further constructive comments to make.
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