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   The Real Bev to Xeno   
   Re: car with splayed wheels.   
   25 Sep 23 22:16:52   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 9/25/23 8:42 PM, Xeno wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   PLEASE don't tell me you pronounce it with the accent on the second    
   syllable...   
      
      
   --    
   Cheers, Bev   
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