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Post #295,724
by CRConrad
11/6/07 6:20:53 PM
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New "A thousand torques"?
WTF kind of a unit is that, then???


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Post #295,726
by Another Scott
11/6/07 7:15:46 PM
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New :-) I noticed that too. Figured it was a Britishism.
Post #295,727
by Meerkat
11/6/07 8:42:38 PM
11/6/07 8:50:32 PM
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New I guess it's 'foot-pounds',which to me sounds even funnier:)
Edit: Of course the commonly-used Australian torque measurement of Newton-Metres sounds perfectly sensible ... :-/
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
Expand Edited by Meerkat Nov. 6, 2007, 08:50:32 PM EST
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Post #295,729
by Andrew Grygus
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11/7/07 3:13:10 AM
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New Listen, boy - you get on the wrong end of a stick . . .
. . what's loaded with foot pounds, you ass 'll be damned sore, lemme tell ya!

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Post #295,731
by imqwerky
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11/7/07 5:28:53 AM
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New Where's a Trebuchet LRPD when ya need one ? :-)
Smile,
Amy
Post #295,746
by Meerkat
11/7/07 10:54:30 PM
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New Oh, we don't torque about that any more... :)
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
Post #295,747
by imqwerky
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11/8/07 12:29:19 AM
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New Tired of flinging the bull around, eh? :-D
Smile,
Amy
Post #295,750
by bepatient
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11/8/07 7:00:45 AM
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New car.pe diem.
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
     Top Gear: SL65 Brabus. - (Another Scott) - (8) - Nov. 4, 2007, 02:41:23 PM EST
         "A thousand torques"? - (CRConrad) - (7) - Nov. 6, 2007, 06:20:53 PM EST
             :-) I noticed that too. Figured it was a Britishism. -NT - (Another Scott) - (6) - Nov. 6, 2007, 07:15:46 PM EST
                 I guess it's 'foot-pounds',which to me sounds even funnier:) - (Meerkat) - (5) - Nov. 6, 2007, 08:50:32 PM EST
                     Listen, boy - you get on the wrong end of a stick . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (4) - Nov. 7, 2007, 03:13:10 AM EST
                         Where's a Trebuchet LRPD when ya need one ? :-) -NT - (imqwerky) - (3) - Nov. 7, 2007, 05:28:53 AM EST
                             Oh, we don't torque about that any more... :) -NT - (Meerkat) - (2) - Nov. 7, 2007, 10:54:30 PM EST
                                 Tired of flinging the bull around, eh? :-D -NT - (imqwerky) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2007, 12:29:19 AM EST
                                     car.pe diem. -NT - (bepatient) - Nov. 8, 2007, 07:00:45 AM EST

  1. I've read it before; and
  2. I ignored it and marked it read the first time.

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