Re: Wing mirrors on cars

From	"James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com>
Newsgroups	uk.rec.driving, uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair
Subject	Re: Wing mirrors on cars
Date	2018-01-05 18:15 +0000
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On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 09:34:17 -0000, Bod <bodron57@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> On 03/01/2018 23:32, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>> On Tue, 02 Jan 2018 21:06:01 -0000, Tony Dragon
>> <tony.dragon@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 02/01/2018 17:26, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 01 Jan 2018 21:21:58 -0000, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 01/01/2018 10:18 AM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>>>> A fender is American for bumper, yes?  The strip along the front of
>>>>>> your
>>>>>> car which you use to push people out of the way when parking.
>>>>>
>>>>> No a fender is a wing and a bumper is a bumper.
>>>>
>>>> This is really weird as I've spent 42 years thinking you guys called a
>>>> bumper a fender.  Probably because "fender bender" I assumed to be a
>>>> light shunt, and "fender" sounds like a device used to prevent damage.
>>>>
>>>> P.S. why the fuck don't they make them of rubber?
>>>>
>>>>>> not where mirrors have ever been attached.  We call the panel
>>>>>> around the
>>>>>> front wheel a "wing" (yes, stupid name, it's nothing to do with
>>>>>> flight).  Mirrors used to be on that and the name stuck.
>>>>>
>>>>> You've never driven a Lotus Seven have you? At about 70 they would
>>>>> start
>>>>> flapping their wings trying to take off.
>>>>
>>>> A bit like the Ford Focus of around 2002?  Its rear bumper would flap
>>>> about and often snap.  They had to put a grating in it to let the air
>>>> through.
>>>
>>> I thought you played a 'fender'.
>>
>> I have perfect pitch but squint fingers, so I can't play anything well.
>>
> You don't know what perfect pitch means.
>
> Absolute pitch, or perfect pitch, is the ability to name the pitch of a
> note without reference to another note.
>
> I am a musician and cannot do that. Very few people have perfect pitch.

That's your definition of perfect pitch, not the one I was taught in music lessons at school.

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Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-01 17:18 +0000
  Re: Wing mirrors on cars rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-01-01 14:21 -0700
    Re: lowbrowman, Birdbrain's old whore! The Peeler <finishingoff@TheRevd.invalid> - 2018-01-02 10:32 +0100
    Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-02 17:26 +0000
      Re: Wing mirrors on cars "NY" <me@privacy.net> - 2018-01-02 17:36 +0000
        Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-03 16:04 +0000
      Re: Wing mirrors on cars rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-01-02 13:56 -0700
        Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-03 22:45 +0000
          Re: Wing mirrors on cars rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-01-03 18:12 -0700
            Re: Wing mirrors on cars Clare Snyder <clare@snyder.on.ca> - 2018-01-03 21:07 -0500
              Re: Wing mirrors on cars rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-01-03 20:08 -0700
            Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-05 18:12 +0000
              Re: Wing mirrors on cars rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-01-05 21:08 -0700
                Re: lowbrowman, Birdbrain's senile whore! The Peeler <finishingoff@TheRevd.invalid> - 2018-01-06 11:13 +0100
      Re: Wing mirrors on cars Tony Dragon <tony.dragon@btinternet.com> - 2018-01-02 21:06 +0000
        Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-03 23:32 +0000
          Re: Wing mirrors on cars Bod <bodron57@yahoo.co.uk> - 2018-01-04 09:34 +0000
            Re: Wing mirrors on cars rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-01-04 07:55 -0700
            Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-05 18:15 +0000
              Re: Wing mirrors on cars Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com> - 2018-01-05 20:24 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "NY" <me@privacy.net> - 2018-01-05 21:42 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-05 23:46 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "NY" <me@privacy.net> - 2018-01-05 23:59 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-06 00:34 +0000
                Re: Wanker Birdbrain Macaw (now "James Wilkinson" LOL), the Sociopathic Attention Whore The Peeler <finishingoff@TheRevd.invalid> - 2018-01-06 11:13 +0100
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "NY" <me@privacy.net> - 2018-01-06 20:32 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-08 14:06 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "NY" <me@privacy.net> - 2018-01-08 16:13 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-08 16:19 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars soup <cheesesoupnews@hotmail.com> - 2018-01-08 19:36 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-08 20:19 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars Steve Walker <steve@walker-family.me.uk> - 2018-01-06 02:49 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars The Peeler <finishingoff@TheRevd.invalid> - 2018-01-06 23:05 +0100
                Re: Wanker Birdbrain Macaw (now "James Wilkinson" LOL), the Sociopathic Attention Whore The Peeler <finishingoff@TheRevd.invalid> - 2018-01-06 00:59 +0100
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars Bod <bodron57@yahoo.co.uk> - 2018-01-06 07:40 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2018-01-06 08:05 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-06 14:58 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-01-06 11:37 -0700
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars Bod <bodron57@yahoo.co.uk> - 2018-01-06 18:44 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-01-06 13:29 -0700
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2018-01-06 20:57 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-01-06 18:20 -0700
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-08 12:07 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-01-08 13:04 -0700
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-08 20:22 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2018-01-06 19:16 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "Mr Pounder Esquire" <MrPounder@RationalThought.com> - 2018-01-06 19:31 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-06 19:35 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "Mr Pounder Esquire" <MrPounder@RationalThought.com> - 2018-01-06 20:07 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-06 22:10 +0000
                Re: Wanker Birdbrain Macaw (now "James Wilkinson" LOL), the Sociopathic Attention Whore The Peeler <finishingoff@TheRevd.invalid> - 2018-01-07 00:42 +0100
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "Kyle Smythe" <ksmythe@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-01-06 19:35 +0000
                Re: Wanker Birdbrain Macaw (now "James Wilkinson" LOL), the Sociopathic Attention Whore The Peeler <finishingoff@TheRevd.invalid> - 2018-01-06 21:31 +0100
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2018-01-06 20:56 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "Winchester Klingon" <alien@fuckwit.co.uk> - 2018-01-07 00:10 +0000
                Re: Wanker Birdbrain Macaw (now "James Wilkinson" LOL), the Sociopathic Attention Whore The Peeler <finishingoff@TheRevd.invalid> - 2018-01-07 01:16 +0100
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2018-01-06 20:35 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-01-06 18:30 -0700
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "Mr Pounder Esquire" <MrPounder@RationalThought.com> - 2018-01-06 19:00 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-06 19:32 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "Mr Pounder Esquire" <MrPounder@RationalThought.com> - 2018-01-06 20:16 +0000
                Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-06 22:13 +0000
                Re: Wanker Birdbrain Macaw (now "James Wilkinson" LOL), the Sociopathic Attention Whore Peeler <sociopath's@nightmare.invalid> - 2018-01-06 21:30 +0100
              Re: Wanker Birdbrain Macaw (now "James Wilkinson" LOL), the Sociopathic Attention Whore The Peeler <finishingoff@TheRevd.invalid> - 2018-01-05 21:45 +0100
      Re: Wing mirrors on cars soup <cheesesoupnews@hotmail.com> - 2018-01-02 22:35 +0000
        Re: Wing mirrors on cars "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2018-01-03 23:52 +0000

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