XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 26/9/2023 3:16 pm, The Real Bev wrote:   
   > 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...   
   >   
   Ok, I won't tell you.   
      
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   Xeno   
      
      
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