XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 27/9/2023 2:36 pm, The Real Bev wrote:   
   > On 9/26/23 7:59 PM, 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?   
   >   
   > OK, real question:  Do those idiots swap sides when the inner edge wears   
   > sufficiently?   
      
   Well, you would need to swap the tyre on the rim first, for a start. And   
   then, even if the tyre was swapped, it still wouldn't be legal as the   
   tread requires a *minimum depth* right across the entire tread and any   
   mileage done with a ridiculous camber like those I've seen will   
   definitely wear the one shoulder right off. Camber angles like that defy   
   logic.   
   >   
   >>>>>>>>>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> That's pretty much the way we see it on this side of the Pacific.   
   >   
   > You and I are on the same side of the Pacific;  poser and poseur are the   
   > same thing;  the 'posing for pictures' definition is in reality also the   
   > same thing.   
   >   
   >   
      
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