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(...) Straying dangerously off-topic... this is something you can try at home kids! Assuming you have at least 4 sets of wheels, a few longer bricks and a hinge :) (...) Great term - thanks! :) (...) I have to say that I've never shopped in the Gap, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) S'funny, I was thinking exactly the same thing as I typed. :D (...) You're welcome. Actually, I was shocked by the spread of Generica to Europe as a whole. Last April I was in two seperate Gap stores in Paris (not my idea...). (...) Eh? (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Erm, well.. pants is the easiest one.. it means "trousers" in North America, but "underwear, y-fronts" in the UK. Khaki.. erm a bit toilet based this one.. pronounced exactly like "cacky"? So in UK-English: "He wears khaki pants", translates (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) And also, apparently, "bad, or something similar", which has puzzled me no end. as in: Q:"Is the server OK or crashed?" A:"It is pants at the moment, some luser wrote a noddy prog that went pants". or something like that. Why is that? (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Could the usage on this possibly "pantsed", Lar? As in; "Some luser ha><or pantsed the system by routing his IP through the net-aware toaster.", perhaps? This is an Americanism for the (theoretically endearing) trick of forcibly de- trousering (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I actually know the root of this one - it was invented by a staff writer of "The One" - an Amiga Games Magazine, it was picked up by Dominic Diamond, (who praised it in an article), who happened to host "Games Master" - a national games (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yes, I thought of this as well. If all four wheels are directed the same way, you could pull it back and forth, but if you try to pull it from an angle (as would happen if you make a turn), you would get a lot of friction. Of course, cars (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) But they do. You can flat tow (all 4 wheels down) and the steered wheels do track without a problem. Most times you put some kind of bungee cord on the steering wheel to hold it in the center position, they after a turn, the bungee cord helps (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) They do? I suppose this is due to the wheel being "hinged" at an offset with respect to the axle, so that the steering wheels follow the track of the vehicle. Much like the swiveling shopping cart wheels. The normal steering system in Technic (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I would. As long as the front end is working properly, the caster and camber of the wheels will allow the car to follow what is pulling it. This is fairly common usage in the US, both for RV users who want a small car while they're camped, and (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) AKA "tidy whities"? (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I always thought it was "tighty whities", but yes, Y-Fronts are the same thing, just a color-nuetral term. eric (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) ROFL! In Israel, khaki is pronounced with the strong "chet" sound, that I can't possibly write down in English (like in *KH*anukka, *KH*alla, etc) - totally different from, well, cacky (which means the same thing in hebrew, surprisingly). So (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) If you ever hear anyone in Boston say, "Aw, where did I put my khakis?", it's because they're locked out of their car. :-) --Todd (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Sure, why not. -Chris (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) XFUT .o-t.fun OK... where should I start... (Just a few terms so you know what I'm talking about: groups are organized by age. A "Shevet" is a local group, containing kids of various ages.) Israel in general is a very outdoors country. The (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "Honey, d'jya pahk the kah outside th'pahtment?" "No, I fohgot the khakis!" :-) -Shiri XFUT .fun (hehe, Todd, do we need an .off-topic.accent NG? ;-) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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