XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   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.   
      
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