Simply voicing the irk among friends, but I continue to be irked by the world at large.
Stephen

--- On Thu, 4/11/13, Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims"
To: "Stephen Grisanti" <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>
Cc: "vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM vanagon" <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Date: Thursday, April 11, 2013, 9:33 AM

Sounds kinda like using "motor" when the entire assembly is actually an "engine" & there are motors in the engine assembly?

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-but who's splitting hairs among friends

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrote:

Okay, I was going to begin a Jeff-like rant on the use of the word "rims" when actually speaking of wheels. �The rim, as you know, is the outer portion of a wheel on which the tire is mounted. �The hub portion of the wheel bolts to the vehicle. �Hub + rim = wheel.�

Anyway, both the OP and the next P use the word "wheel" in the body of their posts so it's becoming a moot rant but I stand by my dislike of the use of rims when speaking of wheels. �Back in my bike shop days when someone would ask for a 27" ree-im that is what we'd hand him. �When he'd ask about the spokes and other stuff it's supposed to have we'd say, "Oh, you want a WHEEL! �Why didn't you say so?"

Years of retail will do that to you, and old habits die hard.

Stephen

--- On Wed, 4/10/13, mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote:

From: mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>

Subject: more free rims, near San Diego

To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 3:08 PM

I also have a couple sets of steel wheels to give away. All have bad

tires. Stock Vanagon wheels.� Must take at least 2.

Mark

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Tom Buese