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2012 Buddy?

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Got my title in the mail today. It says I'm the proud owner of a 2012 Genuine Buddy scooter.... Did I buy a new scooter next year? :shock:
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Sweet. That means you will not have to worry with Seafoam and stuff like that. Congrats. Eric will be on shortly and give you the skinny though. Congrats on the scoot, I love my St Tropez. 8)
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I got the opposite. Bought my new Stella 4T in March 2011, title sez it is a 2010...
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Bought 2 Roughhouses. Manufactured 03/11. Titles say 2012. Are we ahead of the curve?
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awesome, sell it next year for brand new lol
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Sounds like it's like buying a 2012 Ford Focus or something.
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pugbuddy wrote:Got my title in the mail today. It says I'm the proud owner of a 2012 Genuine Buddy scooter.... Did I buy a new scooter next year?
See, this is what we get for joking around about the TARDIS. :twisted:
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pugbuddy wrote:Got my title in the mail today. It says I'm the proud owner of a 2012 Genuine Buddy scooter.... Did I buy a new scooter next year? :shock:
According to my temporal grammatics instructor at the University of South Gallifrey, the proper verb tense in a situation like this, for something you have already done in the future, is "I would am going to have boughten a new scooter next year". :) Remember to use the subjunctive mood, because when things get all timey wimey, it becomes a bit tentative and subjective.
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Next year's models are often available in the current year. Same goes for cars, though next year's models are usually available in the fall. The "model year" is separate from year of manufacture.
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pugbuddy wrote:Got my title in the mail today. It says I'm the proud owner of a 2012 Genuine Buddy scooter.... Did I buy a new scooter next year? :shock:
According to my temporal grammatics instructor at the University of South Gallifrey, the proper verb tense in a situation like this, for something you have already done in the future, is "I would am going to have boughten a new scooter next year". :) Remember to use the subjunctive mood, because when things get all timey wimey, it becomes a bit tentative and subjective.
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I seem to remember there being a passage in the HHGTG about verb tenses in time travel, perhaps Douglas Adams was your temporal grammatics instructor?

And seriously, if the shoutout to Adams was intentional, you win geek crown of the week for cross referencing Doctor Who and the Guide.
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ericalm wrote:("Boughten?")
A good friend of mine says that all the time. It drives me crazy, but curing him of "supposably", "admittingly", and "flustrated" is higher on my to-do list.
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I would be satisfied if I could get my (usually intelligent) father to stop saying "irregardless".
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quiklives wrote:I seem to remember there being a passage in the HHGTG about verb tenses in time travel, perhaps Douglas Adams was your temporal grammatics instructor?

And seriously, if the shoutout to Adams was intentional, you win geek crown of the week for cross referencing Doctor Who and the Guide.
Great Scott! I almost mentioned "Starfleet Academy", which would've been a time-travelling trifecta! :nerd:

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ericalm wrote:Next year's models are often available in the current year.
Well, that is certainly the practice in the American auto industry. It is also certainly not the practice in the European scooter industry. I suppose Genuine can do whatever they want. (though it is hard to understand how a valid manufacturers statement of origin for a Taiwan-built scooter can be dated for a year after it was built and 6 months after it was imported into the US :wink: )
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Dooglas wrote:It is also certainly not the practice in the European scooter industry.
I got my '06 Vespa LX in '05. 2011 Vespas were available in 2010. So, yeah, they do it too! In the US, at least.
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