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From: YTC#1 on 9 Mar 2010 07:47 On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:57:37 +0000, The Older Gentleman wrote: > CT <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: > >> The Older Gentleman wrote: >> >> > Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >> > >> > > A quick google appears to show that there is no term that >> > > specifically describes the inability to distinguish right from left. >> > > Which is a pity, because I could use such a word right now. >> > >> > <Looks cautiously over shoulder> >> > >> > "Female" >> > >> > Especially where maps are concerned. >> >> heh. P, and both her sisters have, to varying degrees, the inability to >> distinguish L & R. >> >> P is pretty good at map reading, but it's rendered useless by her saying >> "left" when she means "right". > > The Doctor's speciality is: "Left" > > "Don't you mean right?" > > "No. Yes. Er... the *other* left." Wow, that's just like Jean. We have now settled on "myside/yourside" -- Bruce Porter XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/
From: YTC#1 on 9 Mar 2010 07:47 On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:37:53 +0000, Pip wrote: > YTC#1 wrote: > >> The correct terms are >> >> OS (OffSide) and NS (NearSide), giving such fun as NSF/OSF , and >> NSR/FSR. > >> simple, innit. > > Only to you, innit. FSR? :-P -- Bruce Porter XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/
From: YTC#1 on 9 Mar 2010 07:48 On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:10:13 +0000, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote: > We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the > drugs began to take hold. I remember YTC#1 <bdp-spambin(a)ytc1.co.uk> saying > something like: > >>The correct terms are >> >>OS (OffSide) and NS (NearSide), giving such fun as NSF/OSF , and NSR/FSR. > > No, they are not. > The correct way is always from the position the driver/rider adopts. I bet you would be fun working in a garage. -- Bruce Porter XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/
From: YTC#1 on 9 Mar 2010 07:52 On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:38:43 +0000, CT wrote: > doetnietcomputeren wrote: > >> And near/off to what? > > The kerb. *ding* -- Bruce Porter XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/
From: Champ on 9 Mar 2010 07:55
On 9 Mar 2010 08:38:43 GMT, "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: >doetnietcomputeren wrote: > >> And near/off to what? >The kerb. The left kerb or the right kerb? -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk |