WD 40

Amazing ! Would they get away with that nowadays ?

 

They didnt even get away with it then. That advert is known to be a fake that first appeared as a joke around the year 2000, or possibly even later.

The clue is in the "WD 40" If you ever look at a can of it you will see it written as WD-40. That has been the way since it was first put on the market.

 

Thought it may have been a spoof advert . Famous quiz question why WD-40 ?
Answer : It was the 40th formula that worked as a water dispersing lube / solvent .

 

Lacks class, even as a joke
Neanderthals are us?

 

Err.. it is just a copy and paste in the Muppet thread.


However this aid for motorists in cold weather isn't a joke.

Hmm..
Know any "classy" jokes?

 

Many!
Do you?

 

So as I thought no examples, I expected a quick response with something witty, so let's move on, to further this exchange wouldn't be at all productive and smilies don't cut it for me.

 

Yes, you have made your personal aversion to smilies quite plain, in a few posts/replies.
Clearly, the point of them has passed you by. They act as a buffer between the written word and the spoken work.
In the case of forum exchanges, they can make the difference between a post which is meant as a bit of fun, bit of banter, in which words alone do not always convey the nuance, tone, or emphasis of face to face communication. They act as a means of avoiding, or at least reducing, instances of offense/misunderstandings. By dismissing them entirely, or diminishing their value to comments such as "thought it was Christmas again", undermines their relevance and importance in pretty much the same way that an understanding of relevant punctuation did/does?
Did you ask for an example? I do not believe so. Your question was: know any? I responded to the question you asked. That answer being: many! Not that I would have provided you with any on demand anyway! Humour, in my eye, isn't about plagiarising someone else's work; humour is something which ... flows! ... off the cuff.

On the contrary, *you* may not find it at all productive, but I do know at least a handful of people on these forums who may find it most productive! Or, are you suggesting that because *you* do not find it productive, that it should end because you say so? That isn't, quite, how forums work.

 

Could have used a can of that last week - just after I changed the fuel filter in my old banger

 

Spray to much and ya engine knocks like hell and if you use it alot the engine will look for it every time, old tractors that won't start look in the tool box and your'll find the can of easy start

 

If you ever lift the head off a diesel, you can tell straight away if some kind of easy start has been used. @Jiffy As you so correctly said, they get "addicted" to it.

 

I really don't know what your going on about.

It reads like an excuse for your original poor board etiquette

I took exception to your totally unnecessary;


Lacks class, even as a joke
Neanderthals are us?


I make it a point not to nit pick or deride other people's posts or opinions. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but that should not lead to a denigration of that of someone else.


In my opinion, smilies are sometimes used to excuse what people say. Sort of "I didn't really mean it."
In which case, why say it in the first place?

Let's stick to constructive posts, eh?

Yes it should only be used as a last resort. In poor weather it can be an assortment of things that makes starting difficult, low charge on a battery, worn points and general lack of service. I've never had a problem starting my car in cold weather.

The only thing I'm always careful about is not opening a window until the car warms up. I used to know I guy who worked in a main agents, they made a fortune putting side windows back into service after owners had tried to open them when it's freezing. A case of the clips that hold the bottom of the window coming "unclipped" as the mechanism brings them down, with the glass stuck to the seals. When it warms up, they just fall into the door void.

 

And in some cases you can get the piston to come through the side of the engine

 

Off topic alert - I notice that the MOT has been changed so that any visible smoke from a diesel car will result in failure (those fitted with particulate filters that is).

Thank goodness my diesel car is so old - it doesn't have a particulate filter.