Yeah, in English we can also say "School starts next week", and we can
relate a story that happened earlier as though it were happening
currently ("He gets out of his car and he stands next to my door. So I
open the door and get out ....") Does that mean in English the present
tense isn't the present tense?- Hide quoted text -
You may have to rename it with a descriptive name if you had to
translate it into a language that doesn't have the equivalent (and
your FL correspondent was insisting on precision in naming).
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Re: 79 300TD "needs new vacuum hoses" ... all-new hoses?... It turns out that it's not nearly that bad, so I bought the car today. ...doors, fuel door, and hatch don't lock when I turn the key in the driver ... this car does have the auto climate control.... (alt.auto.mercedes)
Re: (POWL) Loud upstairs neighbors-advise? ... Now MY methods of payback don't seem to be working-giving them back the same loud repeated opening & closing of doors at 3-4 A.M. while they're sleeping, along with the occassional slammed door. ... He put his chairs in front of my windows, hung his wet clothes from my apartment light, pounded on the walls all day & night, turned his T.V. so loud I could hear it in the city 16 miles AWAY, and parked his car illegally in a non-space next to mine, & then essentially ordered me to move my car from it's assigned spot because he didn't like how close I parked to his illegally parked car. ... And I HATE HATE HATE when he starts Mega"Sh*tting". ...Bush because he is a crony of Halliburton and big business interests & ... (rec.sport.pro-wrestling)
Re: Now, onto the alarm ... I believe the door locks are + pulsed. ... Can I tap somewhere in the ign harness to disable the IGN? ... can try tapping the wire to that fuse. ... I miss having to try to remember what color my car is when I come ... (alt.autos.toyota)
Re: (POWL) Loud upstairs neighbors-advise? ... Now MY methods of payback don't seem to be working-giving them back the same loud repeated opening & closing of doors at 3-4 A.M. while they're sleeping, along with the occassional slammed door. ... He put his chairs in front of my windows, hung his wet clothes from my apartment light, pounded on the walls all day & night, turned his T.V. so loud I could hear it in the city 16 miles AWAY, and parked his car illegally in a non-space next to mine, & then essentially ordered me to move my car from it's assigned spot because he didn't like how close I parked to his illegally parked car. ...Bush because he is a crony of Halliburton and big business interests & ... Halliburton and big business interests & we hate George W. Bush & ... (rec.sport.pro-wrestling)
Re: next used car ... grand would get you a tidy car these days. ... I prefer big bumpers, some people say they can hide rot etc but I've yet to ... find a car with horrific rot to the bottom of the rear panel or wing...door handle apetures tend to get screwdrivered by theives and rust. ... (uk.rec.cars.vw.watercooled)
