Picture Error in Classics Monthly, Feb 2015

[Topaz]

My subscription copy of Classics Monthly arrived a couple of days ago. On the 'Workshop' pages there is an article about overhauling brake calipers with lots of photos - all OK up to number 18 . . . . . then photo 19 (on page 75) which is about fitting dust seals clearly shows a carburettor being rebuilt - in fact every photo on that page is about a carburettor rebuild right up to the end which is described as bleeding the brakes and shows a probe shoved up the exhaust to test the emissions.

I can accept the occasional error but to get nine photos with the wrong captions takes a bit of beating

Mike

[JPB]

Could it be that all of the erroneous pictures are part of the same error, in which case, it would only be one foul up rather than one per image?

And of course Practical never makes any errors.

[TerryG]

no, they never miss words (or whole paragraphs) from the end of articles either :S

[Topaz]

Could it be that all of the erroneous pictures are part of the same error, in which case, it would only be one foul up rather than one per image?

And of course Practical never makes any errors.

Yes I see what you mean - the whole page is probably a copy from a previous issue (although I haven't checked back) and so they just got a page layout of photos, set up the text and then forgot to update the photos.

I'm sure things like that happen all the time - the dangers of 'cut and paste' !!

[Fatbloke]

no, they never miss words (or whole paragraphs) from the end of articles either :S

or print the answers to this month's crossword under this month's crossword!

[JPB]

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or print the answers to this month's crossword under this month's crossword!

Maybe this new strategy reflects the readership's changing demographic as I've yet to meet with a shaver, barry or ned who could find their own arse at close range in a well lit room and sadly, those of us who can remember when their parents bought a new, 1969 Morris Oxford (Sandy Beige it was, with red leather and optional Michelin ZX radials) are rapidly falling off the radar thanks to the growing popularity of dementia among the (only just) over 50s.