On Monday, June 19, 2017 at 8:43:42 AM UTC-7, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jun 2017 06:39:06 -0700 (PDT), Andre Jute
> <
fiul...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >Okay, Andrew, just for you, here's a technical enquiry
> >from a linguist and writer like me, it surely is technical):
> >WTF is a "techincal (sic) enquiry"?
>
> Dunno, but I should be able to recognize it should one appear in RBT.
> I searched my archive, but all I found were questions like this one.
> I'm fairly certain that teknickel questions existed at some time in
> the distant past, but I couldn't find anything in my archives. More
> research is necessary.
>
> However, you apparently want a workable definition:
>
> After we remove the character assisinations, personal attacks,
> political discussions, incoherent ramblings, pontifications,
> riding etiquette, traffic protocols, irrelevent off-topic
> debates, irreverent off-topic debates, bad humor, recycled
> rumors, spelling/grammar discussions, and administrative hair
> splitting, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must
> be a teknickel inquiry.
>
> This message will self destruct after the aformentioned filter is
> applied. Please ignore the puff of smoke from your computah.
I could have sworn that over the last several months I've seen questions on "rear axle position", "Tire Width vs Rim Width", "Square Taper BB's", "
Rejuvenating hardened brake pads by sanding them down?", "Chain Line", "Floor Pumps" and many more.
I suppose people cannot remember the actual technical questions since others are so ready to hijack conversations to stupid inconsequential experiences.