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   Xeno to The Real Bev   
   Re: car with splayed wheels.   
   26 Sep 23 13:42:30   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 26/9/2023 1:26 pm, The Real Bev wrote:   
   > On 9/25/23 1:37 AM, Xeno wrote:   
   >> On 25/9/2023 3:14 am, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >>> On 9/24/23 1:09 AM, Xeno wrote:   
   >>>> On 24/9/2023 3:23 pm, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >>>>> On 9/23/23 9:38 PM, Xeno wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 24/9/2023 1:15 pm, Jim Joyce wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> I absolutely do not want one. I guess I'm not part of the target   
   >>>>>>> market because   
   >>>>>>> I don't see any pros, only cons.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I'm with you! It not only looks stupid, it *is* stupid.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I wonder how often you have to replace the tires.  If you have them   
   >>>>> remounted to use the other side, does that mark you as a poser?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> Just having that crazy shit on your car marks you as a poseur!  ;-)   
   >>>   
   >>> Just spelling it with a U marks you as a poser!   
   >>>   
   >> Not on this side of the world it doesn't. That's the version in common   
   >> use here, don't blame us for your need to simplify words.   
   >   
   > :-)  That would be the bottom side, then?  Aussies use FRENCH spelling?   
   >   
   It went from the French, adopted by the English, then *transported* to Aus.   
      
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