XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: am@yellowjersey.org   
      
   On 9/27/2023 12:20 AM, Xeno wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
      
   Some of our fellow citizens (OK, maybe merely people among   
   us) have decidedly different 'logic':   
      
   https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-captures-chaotic-sce   
   e-as-cars-drift-in-chicagos-west-loop/3235737/   
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