Chrysler Crossfire

Hans Mücke wrote:

Yes, English is fun. We drive on parkways and park on driveways too

 

True, but near miss actually makes sense. A hit is binary. Two
airplanes either hit or they don't, there is no near. A miss is analog.
Two airplanes can miss by miles or by inches, this near is appropriate
to describe a miss that was pretty close.

I never have understood the parkway/driveway one though...


Matt

 

And we have people that are disgruntled, but no-one that is gruntled.

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
adddress with the letter 'x')

 

The problem most anal people (including myself) have with "near miss" is
that it is used to mean the opposite of what the literal meaning should.
A near miss should mean that you actualy hit something (though I get
what you mean with the binary thing). Instead it is used to mean that
you actually (barely) missed hitting it - which is not a near miss - it
is a near hit.

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
adddress with the letter 'x')

 

I don't follow your logic. If you actually hit something, how could it
be a miss of any type, near, far or in the middle? If you hit something
then you didn't miss it at all. However, you can miss something by a
little bit or by an infinite amount. There is no upper limit on miss
distance, but hitting something is pretty much black and white.


Matt

 

So 'near death' means...? Death is binary.

The sun so hot I froze to death, Susanna don't you cry... 8^)

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
adddress with the letter 'x')

 

Speak for yourself- I always feel very gruntled after a big BBQ dinner

 

all dealer for dc thats 5 star can work on them and at least one tech in any 5
star has been a sent to school to be crossfire certifed and again i will say no
one wants to work on them all merc. inside and out

 

oh that reminds me a new 2 seater is due out in 2 years and yes it will have a
hemi

 

Life and death are only separated chronologically. So it's a different
dimension than a near miss! The good news is, it's a one-dimensional
problem.

 

American English...

We rest-of-world English-speakers don't have parkways...

DAS

 

Why? Problem dealing with "Merc"?

DAS

For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling
---

[...

[...]

 

Best car I've ever owned. Fast, handles great, beautiful... my top is
down 9 months a year (don't say it).

But why only a 1-CD player? If I add a changer, where does the remote go?

 

pray u don't need service and have to drive it in the snow

 

Ask the dealer? Boot (trunk?)

DAS

For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling
---

[...]