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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   "Commander Kinsey"  wrote in message   
   news:op.z1dt8mopwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   > On Mon, 06 May 2019 20:00:11 +0100, Rod Speed    
   > wrote:   
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   >> "Commander Kinsey"  wrote in message   
   >> news:op.z1dsdawawdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   >>> On Mon, 06 May 2019 00:35:54 +0100, Rod Speed    
   >>> wrote:   
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   >>>> "Commander Kinsey"  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:op.z1b04czrwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   >>>>> On Sun, 05 May 2019 19:08:24 +0100, Rod Speed   
   >>>>>    
   >>>>> wrote:   
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   >>>>>> "Commander Kinsey"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>> news:op.z1buwkkiwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   >>>>>>> On Sun, 05 May 2019 17:20:30 +0100, Rod Speed   
   >>>>>>>    
   >>>>>>> wrote:   
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   >>>>>>>> "Commander Kinsey"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>> news:op.z1bqs9czwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> The trouble with putting a tire on your car is it's not   
   >>>>>>>>> distinguishable   
   >>>>>>>>> from running out of energy.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Of course its distinguishable from the context.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> It still makes you look like an American dumbass.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Only to fools like you.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I use proper English.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I couldn't care less what stupid poms claim is proper english.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Do you also say aloominum, erb, stoopid, stoodent?   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Nope, and I say tire the same way you do too.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> But I know how to spell it properly.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> I know how you poms spell it and arent silly enough to spell it   
   >>>>>>>> that   
   >>>>>>>> way.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> We invented the language.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Nope, you stole it from everyone else.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> It's called English, because it's from England.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Wrong again, and it isnt from that soggy little   
   >>>> frigid island anyway, its stolen from all sorts   
   >>>> of places all over the world, even from the pakis.   
   >>>   
   >>> We combined several languages   
   >>   
   >> Had many fancy words imposed by those unspeakable   
   >> Normans with the worst of the grovellers to the Norman   
   >> invaders choosing to use norman words when english   
   >> already had perfectly serviceable words like fuck and   
   >> arse and dick etc already.   
   >   
   > We still use fuck and arse and dick, what are you talking about?   
   >   
   >>> and made the universal language that most of the world uses.   
   >>   
   >> But had quite a bit of the world that used that language choose   
   >> to bin some of the sillier aspects of it and do their own.   
   >   
   > Yeah the stoopid yanks fucked everything up, they call solder sodder.   
   > There is an L!   
   >   
   >> And you lot have always had plenty of unique regional words   
   >> that hardly any of the rest of england, let alone the rest of the   
   >> world had even heard of too.   
   >   
   > And we laugh at those morons, specifically the Glaswegians.   
   >   
   >> That's the way living languages work.   
   >>   
   >> Only the stupid frogs have ever been actually stupid enough   
   >> to have a handful of stuffed shirts proclaim what words can   
   >> and cannot be used and how they must be spelt.   
   >   
   > France has regional dialects too.  I met a bloke who said sink instead of   
   > sank (as in the number 5, cinq).   
   >   
   >>>>>>> Why copy a yank instead of a Brit?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I don't copy anyone. I do what makes sense.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> That's why I don't fart around with ies and use ys instead.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I am logical with some words.  I say and write pronounciation, because   
   >>>>> it   
   >>>>> comes from pronounce, not pronunce.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I couldn't care less where it comes from.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What matters is whether the individual reading it knows what I   
   >>>> am referring to, and they do when I spell it tire, from the context.   
   >>>   
   >>> They also think you're a fucking idiot.   
   >>   
   >> Only a few fools like you.   
   >   
   > No, most people laugh at those who can't spell.   
      
   Try facebook and twitter sometime.   
      
   >>> Did you run out of energy when changing the wheel?   
   >>   
   >> My energy doesn't have a tread or wear on just one side either.   
   >   
   > Why should I have to work out which word you mean from context?   
      
   Its automatic for anyone who isnt brain dead.   
      
   > Just use the right one in the first place.   
      
   There is no right one. FAR more use tire instead of tyre.   
      
   You get to like that or lump it.   
      
   >>>>>>>>>>>> was wearing on one side and so needed to   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> be replaced sooner than it would otherwise need to be.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> The alignment was well out and I don't get that effect   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> anymore now that the alignment has been fixed.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Ah, fair enough, I did that once too.  What annoys me is garages   
   >>>>>>>>>>> who   
   >>>>>>>>>>> seem   
   >>>>>>>>>>> to think it should be done every time you replace a tyre.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> I've never had one do that but I mostly use the cheapest tire   
   >>>>>>>>>> specialist   
   >>>>>>>>>> when I need a new tire.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> The one that wanted to align it was Kwik Fit.  They also sold me a   
   >>>>>>>>> brand   
   >>>>>>>>> new battery which registered 4 volts, and didn't know how to   
   >>>>>>>>> change   
   >>>>>>>>> a   
   >>>>>>>>> brake calliper (we only do the pads mate).   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Clearly an operation best avoided.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Most garages are best avoided.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I havent found that with any of them, but then I do almost   
   >>>>>> all of the work myself and only get stuff like the tires done   
   >>>>>> for free because I don't have the equipment to do a proper   
   >>>>>> dynamic balance or wheel alignment myself and can't   
   >>>>>> justify the cost of that equipment when I need stuff like a   
   >>>>>> wheel alignment so rarely. Just the once in 60 years in fact.   
   >>>>>> And it costs peanuts to get it done by a pro who knows   
   >>>>>> what he is doing and did a brilliant job. Cost just $66 and   
   >>>>>> he identified why I was getting a significant wheel tramp   
   >>>>>> at a particular speed which neither me or my mate who is   
   >>>>>> also an excellent mechanic didn't realise what the cause was.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> I often went to SMS for tyres, since they have every size in stock   
   >>>>>>> and   
   >>>>>>> fit   
   >>>>>>> it while you wait without booking, just turn up, and they're cheap.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Same with the operation I use except I did notice that one customer   
   >>>>>> had to have their tires ordered. Dunno how common that is with   
   >>>>>> them. Cant even remember what those tires were for.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> That can happen with sporty BMWs with unusual tyres.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I don't recall it was one of those, one of the smaller   
   >>>> asian things that someone had got for his daughter   
      
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