Oh come on! You and your American English!zzm9980 wrote:Not quite sure what a "tyre" is, but assuming curiousgeorge just has a faulty keyboard, his advise looks good for tires![]()
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This site has some good explanations on tire repairs along with nice graphics:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/ ... ?techid=77
Hey, Oxford English Dictionary says this:the lynx wrote:Oh come on! You and your American English!zzm9980 wrote:Not quite sure what a "tyre" is, but assuming curiousgeorge just has a faulty keyboard, his advise looks good for tires![]()
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This site has some good explanations on tire repairs along with nice graphics:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/ ... ?techid=77![]()
It doesn't say:tyre |ˌtaɪ(ə)r|
noun
British spelling of tire2.
That was the crucial bit of info the garage did tell her to replace the tire and witnessed by her surviving friends. The garage made a big issue about having told her not to patch the tire obviously to clear themselves of any blame.x9200 wrote:I would argue that she is not an expert and this is not a common sense that patching a tire may lead to such a catastrophe. One exception: if she was informed about potential consequences/hazards by the repair shop.
I would say it depends on two things not present in your story:QRM wrote:That was the crucial bit of info the garage did tell her to replace the tire and witnessed by her surviving friends. The garage made a big issue about having told her not to patch the tire obviously to clear themselves of any blame.x9200 wrote:I would argue that she is not an expert and this is not a common sense that patching a tire may lead to such a catastrophe. One exception: if she was informed about potential consequences/hazards by the repair shop.
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