XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:59:23 +1000, Xeno wrote:   
      
   > On 27/9/2023 12:41 pm, micky wrote:   
   >> In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:16:14 +1000, Xeno   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> I would have thought a poser is someone who poses for pictures and a   
   >> poseur, with the stress on the second syllable, is someone who pretends   
   >> to be what he's not.   
      
      
   My first definition of poser would be a difficult question like 'why is   
   there something rather than nothing?'   
   >   
   > That's pretty much the way we see it on this side of the Pacific.   
      
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