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Old 11-04-2007, 04:03 PM
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here is one time:
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Just to clarify...
You have two (2) wheels for sale at the above price, right?
here is 2:
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whats the specs on ur rims?
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Stop calling them rims!!

They're wheels.

To repeat from yesterday...
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Rims is a vernacular term now used by the ricers, low riders and the show truck crowd. It is a term that grew from the time when steel wheels had snap-on rims that would cover the steel and dress up the wheel. (There are some of these steel wheels around to this day.) I'm not talking about hubcaps either. Hubcaps cover the hubs. Rims snapped onto the edge. They were a great accessory because curb rash could be economically resolved by replacing the rim rather than the entire wheel. The natural evolution has left us with three-piece wheels; those that allow for a "rim" to be replaced should they become damaged. Since the majority of wheels of discussion are one-piece, those wheels don't have the "accessories" of the early steel wheels nor the "rim" of a three-piece wheel. In fact, the edge of the wheel is still technically referred to as the rim of the wheel. Thus, it's a grammatical mistake to call wheels by a part of the wheel. They're just wheels.
 
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Old 11-04-2007, 04:42 PM
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drum roll...............we have a winner!!!


i always thought the whole thing was the wheel. tire on rim is a wheel....but what the hell do i know....i just know that you need four of them to make your car move.
 
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Old 11-04-2007, 04:44 PM
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you don't watch enough cops then do you kelly
 
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Old 11-04-2007, 05:12 PM
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ummmm guess not.
maybe i should get "educated".

 
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Old 11-04-2007, 05:47 PM
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Old 11-04-2007, 05:54 PM
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All the stupid incorrect words and retarded phrases can be traced back to rap/hip-hop.
 
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Old 11-04-2007, 06:08 PM
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...interesting position, considering Rap & Hip-Hop have only really been in the mainstream of society for, what, 25 years. Stupid words & phrases have been around a LOT longer than that, my friend.
 
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Old 11-04-2007, 07:32 PM
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...interesting position, considering Rap & Hip-Hop have only really been in the mainstream of society for, what, 25 years. Stupid words & phrases have been around a LOT longer than that, my friend.
It was a joke.
 
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the force, STRONG, in this one, is
 
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that depends on what the definition of "IS" is.
 


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