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Car Forum / MINI / July 2003What does it do?
Just bought a Mini Mayfair 1991 and am wondering if anyone can tell me what the choke like cable next to the light switch is supposed to do. I have followed the cable to a valve on a water pipe but what is it for. Thanks Adrian Ford It's the heater dial. Mine doesn't work. > Just bought a Mini Mayfair 1991 and am wondering if anyone can tell me what > the choke like cable next to the light switch is supposed to do. I have [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Adrian Ford > It's the heater dial. Mine doesn't work. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > > > Adrian Ford Its the heater control , its not a dial and DO NOT TOP POST ! matt stop being a MORON makka > > It's the heater dial. Mine doesn't work. > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Its the heater control , its not a dial and DO NOT TOP POST ! I didn't top post. I replied to the message as it was in my listing. I am the second message in the thread as far as I can see. Perhaps you should get a real news server? > > It's the heater dial. Mine doesn't work. > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Its the heater control , its not a dial and DO NOT TOP POST ! > I didn't top post. I replied to the message as it was in my listing. > I am the second message in the thread as far as I can see. Perhaps > you should get a real news server? Top posting is where you post your new text at the top of the message. Aparently, it some sort of evil thing that causes you to fly planes into buildings and the like, but as this isn't alt.anal_retention it's possibly not worth giving a damn. As long as people trim their messages to they don't get up to the 800kb mark ( like another NG I freqeunt! ) I'm happy. :) splam. >Top posting is where you post your new text at the top of the message. >Aparently, it some sort of evil thing that causes you to fly planes into [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >As long as people trim their messages to they don't get up to the 800kb >mark ( like another NG I freqeunt! ) I'm happy. :) Hear! Hear! Isn't life too short for getting hot under the collar about 'top posting' 'spam' 'OT' etc etc. I subscribe to another (like this one) great 'old motors' NG inhabited by delightful people from all over the world, and the total indifference to all above three sins results in great BP figures all round TT > indifference to all above three sins results in great BP figures all round And the BHP ;-) ? The Muffin Man Get over it. > > indifference to all above three sins results in great BP figures all round > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > The Muffin Man The Muffin Man wrote in message <3f259803$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>... >> indifference to all above three sins results in great BP figures all round > >And the BHP ;-) That stays in great shape too ie. Moderate BP = High BHP. Just look at the torrent that follows, below.. Do I rest my case or do I rest my case? TT > I didn't top post. I replied to the message as it was in my listing. I am > the second message in the thread as far as I can see. Perhaps you should > get a real news server? http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?How_to_post  SignatureAJL Electronics (G6FGO) : Satellite and TV aerial systems http://www.classicmicrocars.co.uk : http://www.ajlelectronics.co.uk >> I didn't top post. I replied to the message as it was in my listing. >> I am the second message in the thread as far as I can see. Perhaps >> you should get a real news server? > > http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?How_to_post Could you repeat that link just one more time? > Could you repeat that link just one more time? How about some more? :-) http://fmf.fwn.rug.nl/~anton/topposting.html http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/gey_chr0.htm http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/gey_stv0.htm http://www.geocities.com/nnqweb/nquote.html http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/2000/06/14/quoting.html http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt http://www.jsiinc.com/newsgroup_document.htm http://www.malibutelecom.fi/yucca/usenet/brox.html http://www.newsreaders.com/ http://www.planefacts.ndirect.co.uk/group/advice/ http://www.plig.net/nnq/nquote.html http://www.star-one.org.uk/computer/format.htm http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html#s3 http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/quote.html SignatureAJL Electronics (G6FGO) : Satellite and TV aerial systems http://www.classicmicrocars.co.uk : http://www.ajlelectronics.co.uk >> I didn't top post. I replied to the message as it was in my listing. >> I am the second message in the thread as far as I can see. Perhaps >> you should get a real news server? > > http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?How_to_post Could you repeat that link just one more time? > I didn't top post. <all togther now> Oh yes you did. > I replied to the message as it was in my listing. I am > the second message in the thread as far as I can see. That's not what top-posting means and it woudl make no sense to think it did, because the order of posts on a server can differ between servers. Top posting is pasting a reply before the quoted text. It is made worse when the quoted text consists of all of the post being replied to (including the signature) and the person posting a reply is too lazy or stupid to snip away irrelevant parts of the message. Carried to an extreme this results in stupid one-line answers which contain after them every single post in the thread. Doing it is at the very least a sign of a complete novice and at worst the sign of someone who simply doesn't care for the audience reading their tripe. Here's an explanation of why it is wrong: No. Does top posting make sense? An here are some URLs you should read, especially the last one which will let you download a repair for your copy of Outlook Express. http://fmf.fwn.rug.nl/~anton/topposting.html ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/news/doc/so1036.txt http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?How_to_post http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/gey_chr0.htm http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/gey_stv0.htm http://www.geocities.com/nnqweb/nquote.html http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/2000/06/14/quoting.html http://www.html-faq.com/faq.php?clue=topposting http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt http://www.jsiinc.com/newsgroup_document.htm http://www.malibutelecom.fi/yucca/usenet/brox.html http://www.newsreaders.com/ http://www.planefacts.ndirect.co.uk/group/advice/ http://www.plig.net/nnq/nquote.html http://www.star-one.org.uk/computer/format.htm http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html#s3 http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/quote.html Get your OE fixed here; http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/quotefix.php > Perhaps you should get a real news server? You're showing your ignorance. The software that you use to read news (Outlook Express) is a news client. A news server is run by your ISP or some other third party, you could run one yourself but it seems fairly obvious from your headers that you are not. Signature"I have come up with a sure-fire concept for a hit television show, which would be called `A Live Celebrity Gets Eaten by a Shark'." -- Dave Barry, "The Wonders of Sharks on TV" > > I didn't top post. > [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > some other third party, you could run one yourself but it seems fairly > obvious from your headers that you are not. Ahhh, now i understand. > Ahhh, now i understand. Hit the nail on the head. For some reason it seems to be ok to bottom post without snipping but a crime against all mankind to top post Bizarre. But what a lovely thread it always produces. Top posting is easy and simple to read and the plonker who keeps 'demonstrating' its lack of logic by reversing some text is just a goon. It has no relevance at all. Top or bottom, it makes no difference and many, many ng's operate quite happily with either or a mix. Only the anally retentive and the hard of understanding seem to have trouble with it. Graeme Please can we top posters trim crossposts as someone is trying to get us involved in a trans-newsgroup argument. The Muffin Man > > Ahhh, now i understand. > > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Graeme Please can we bottom posters trim crossposts as someone is trying to get us involved in a trans-newsgroup arguement. The Muffin Man > Just bought a Mini Mayfair 1991 and am wondering if anyone can tell me what > the choke like cable next to the light switch is supposed to do. I have [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Adrian Ford Firstly... i would rather post at the top... i hate this arguement. If indeed you are fiddling with the heater control... the choke is the one the other side. > > Just bought a Mini Mayfair 1991 and am wondering if anyone can tell me > what [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > If indeed you are fiddling with the heater control... the choke is the one > the other side. Wahey, well done Daniel. Got back to the point of this post and this group. The heater control cable operates the valve in the hose. On a car of this age, pulling the cable out shuts off the hot water to the heater. SignatureRgds Steve steve@dsnclassics.co.uk www.dsnclassics.co.uk |
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