Time to destroy the D rated tire myth for the GMC.or"Ho w to drive ...

[heinz wittenbecher]

>
> My .02. (Now, can we discuss the proper way to hang a roll of toilet
> paper: over the top or down the back?)
>
> Rick Staples

Depend on whether you want to use the inside or the outside of the roll

Heinz

 

[thomas g. warner]

Rick your explanation makes me think of the old marine drill sergeants
instructions to recruits during basic training, explaining the difference
between his rifle and a part of his anatomy:

"This ones my rifle and this one is my gun, this one is for fighting and
this one is for fun"

>
>> > Now Patrick, you sure you didn't put the tires on wheels, which the rim is
>> > part of????
>>
>> Nope, not sure at all 'cause I can't even figure out whether this thing
>> has a 455 "engine" or "motor" or whether those round things I just put
>> on the hubs are "discs" or "rotors".
>
>Hoo Boy!
> Since the rim is one piece with the wheel (especially with Alcoas), I'll
>chalk that first one up to splitting hairs. OTOH, I always prefer "engine",
>whether in the sense of something which produces an action, or (most
>applicable) in the sense of a machine to burn fuel and produce motion
>(converting chemical or heat energy to kinetic). Motor is kind of general,
>and always conjured up an electric motore in my mind's eye, but it is
>acceptable.
> However, in the accelerating tradition of this net, of taking umbrage and
>viewing with alarm, I draw the line at "brake rotor"! As I have said for 30
>years: "What, does your car have 'rotor brakes'?" They are disk brakes, and
>the round things the pads rub against are disks. (or discs) "Rotor" is a
>high-falutin' term cooked up by some marketing moron to justify charging more
>for a chunk of iron.
> ;-)
>
> My .02. (Now, can we discuss the proper way to hang a roll of toilet
>paper: over the top or down the back?)
>
>Rick Staples
>'75 Eleganza
>Louiville, CO
>
>
>
Tom & Marg Warner
Vernon Center NY
1976 palmbeach
"The beautiful Mohawk Vally"

 

[travis martin]

Only a woman would hang the paper down the back.

Travis

- -----Original Message-----
From: RickStapls
To: gmcmotorhome
Date: Monday, May 17, 1999 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: GMC: Time to destroy the D rated tire myth for the GMC.or"Ho w
to drive ...

>In a message dated 5/17/99 11:40:45 AM MST, patrick
writes:
>
>> > Now Patrick, you sure you didn't put the tires on wheels, which the rim
is
>> > part of????
>>
>> Nope, not sure at all 'cause I can't even figure out whether this thing
>> has a 455 "engine" or "motor" or whether those round things I just put
>> on the hubs are "discs" or "rotors".
>
>Hoo Boy!
> Since the rim is one piece with the wheel (especially with Alcoas), I'll
>chalk that first one up to splitting hairs. OTOH, I always prefer
"engine",
>whether in the sense of something which produces an action, or (most
>applicable) in the sense of a machine to burn fuel and produce motion
>(converting chemical or heat energy to kinetic). Motor is kind of general,
>and always conjured up an electric motore in my mind's eye, but it is
>acceptable.
> However, in the accelerating tradition of this net, of taking umbrage
and
>viewing with alarm, I draw the line at "brake rotor"! As I have said for
30
>years: "What, does your car have 'rotor brakes'?" They are disk brakes,
and
>the round things the pads rub against are disks. (or discs) "Rotor" is a
>high-falutin' term cooked up by some marketing moron to justify charging
more
>for a chunk of iron.
> ;-)
>
> My .02. (Now, can we discuss the proper way to hang a roll of toilet
>paper: over the top or down the back?)
>
>Rick Staples
>'75 Eleganza
>Louiville, CO
>