XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y   
   From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp   
      
   On Tue, 07 May 2019 02:49:54 +0100, Rod Speed  wrote:   
      
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   > "Commander Kinsey"  wrote in message   
   > news:op.z1d7h3x1wdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   >> On Mon, 06 May 2019 20:44:56 +0100, Rod Speed    
   >> wrote:   
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   >>> "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...   
   >>>>>>>>>> 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.   
   >   
   >> A quick note to somebody I can excuse.   
   >   
   > IMO its mad to be wasting lots of time teaching   
   > kids how to spell correctly with a language which   
   > has stolen so many words from all sorts of foreign   
   > languages. What matters is whether the meaning is   
   > clear, not if every word is spelt correctly, particularly   
   > with the more obscure stuff like its and it's etc.   
      
   I agree on its and it's.  In fact I often deliberately write it's if something   
   belongs to it.   
      
   Oh and spelt instead of spelled too.  Why have more than one past tense?   
      
   >> But if you type whole sentences in an email or newsgroup post, I expect   
   >> something more adult.   
   >   
   > More fool you. Doesn't matter if a facebook   
   > post is telling a chest of drawers or says draws.   
      
   Every so often you get ambiguousness.   
      
   > In spades when the bulk of the english speaking world   
   > uses tires instead of tyres or color instead of colour.   
      
   No, only the stoopid yanks.   
      
   >> Mind you I've recently closed my Facebook account,   
   >   
   > More fool you. It still be best place to find cheap   
   > or free stuff local people are getting rid of etc.   
      
   No, I get free and cheap local big stuff on freecycle, freegle, and gumtree.    
   Smaller things I get on Ebay.  Facebook just isn't designed for selling, it's   
   a chatroom.   
      
   >> all it was full of is friends of friends of friends I've never heard of   
   >> posting photos of their MacDonalds meal.   
   >   
   > Only one of my friends ever does that and facebook   
   > is a convenient way to keep track of what those who   
   > have moved away from this town are currently up to.   
      
   Can't you communicate with them directly?  I talk to my friends by email and   
   phone.   
      
   >> Waste of fucking time.  Anyone I actually want to know, I phone, email, or   
   >> speak to in person.   
   >   
   > Plenty use messenger just as effectively   
   > and plenty don't have an email.   
      
   Everybody has email, apart from those not on the internet at all.   
      
   >> As for twitter, shitty designed rubbish, no threads or anything, just   
   >> "tweets" which aren't related to any conversation.   
   >   
   > The real world is about more than just conversations;   
      
   What's the point in a tweet without a reply?   
      
   > I don't personally use twitter because   
   > I think the character limit is stupid.   
      
   Agreed on that.   
      
   >>>>>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> Now make every word have two possibilities.   
   >   
   > But its normally obvious from the context which is intended.   
      
   All of what you've written in this thread is perfectly intelligible.  You're   
   not making an arse of your spelling like most Facebook users do.   
      
   >>>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> Only yanks use the wrong one.   
   >   
   > Wrong, as always. Most whose   
   > first language isnt english do too.   
   >   
   > They have a lower IQ, look up the stats.   
   >   
   > So do you hairy legged cross dressing haggis gorgers.   
      
   Only if you include Glasgow.  Someone please bomb 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   
      
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