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    WTF does DIN stand for?

    Just wondering... Too lazy to search
    Its not that I suck at spelling, its that I just don't care

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    too lazy to tell you!
    clue: it's an acronym
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    german industrial standard.

    but wait that's GIS !!!!!
    stupid germans. cant even build proper acronyms.
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    http://www.acronymfinder.com/ <- First result on Google for 'Acronym', ya lazy git.

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    Darned if I know?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DB
    Darned if I kNow?
    Everyone knows you have to use capitals, bold AND italics when presenting an acronym. Sheesh.

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    Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (German Institute for Standardization; similar to US ANSI) It is the standard for test of release bindings measured in foot pounds in the US and Newton Meters in Europe and other countrys. Since You are to lazy to look it up.
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    "Deutsche Industrie Normen" - literal translation is what Subtle Plague wrote, "German industrial standard(s.)"

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    I'm too lazy to post in this thread.

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    I gotta take a crap! This seems like a good place

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spicoli
    I gotta take a crap! This seems like a good place
    THE best avatar by far!!!
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    Yeah, I'm a total nerd...got this email explaining this a couple weeks ago for this exact question.
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    Deutsches Institut fur Normung (DIN)

    DIN is a non-governmental organization established to promote the

    development of standardization and related activities in Germany and related

    markets with the goal of facilitating the international exchange of goods

    and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual,

    scientific, technological and economic activity.

    Over 12,000 DIN standards cover a wide range of topics including: physical

    quantities and units, fasteners, water analysis, building and civil

    engineering (including building materials, construction contract procedures

    (VOB), soil testing, corrosion protection of steel structures), materials

    testing (testing machines, plastics, rubber, petroleum products,

    semiconductors), steel pipes, machine tools, twist drills, roller and ball

    bearings, and process engineering. DIN Handbooks (covering subjects such as

    mechanical engineering, fasteners, steel, steel pipes, and welding), and

    most DIN standards are available as English versions, or as English

    translations.
    you sketchy character, you

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    Worse avatar ever for folks over about 14.


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    Quote Originally Posted by BakerBunny
    Worse avatar ever for folks over about 14.


    (Eventually you get to where being a dipshit isn;t your main goal in life.)
    At leas i cun spell an used proper gramer (asswipe!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by BakerBunny
    Worse avatar ever for folks over about 14.


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    ....and sometimes not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BakerBunny
    Worse avatar ever for folks over about 14.
    Spicoli skis with a >14 DIN setting? Hard core, Doood.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BakerBunny
    Worse avatar ever for folks over about 14.


    (Eventually you get to where being a dipshit isn;t your main goal in life.)
    Could I get an avatar critique too please?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Viva
    Spicoli skis with a >14 DIN setting? Hard core, Doood.
    I'm so hard core I'm spancered (Spicoli exits, leaving door wide open)

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    Quote Originally Posted by BlurredElevens
    Could I get an avatar critique too please?
    Boy, that other guy arrives just in time!

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    Din is an acronym for Dinar which is theYugoslavian national currency.

    It goes back to the times when Yugoslavia was the world's main manufacturer of womens panties. The more expensive the panties the stronger the elastic and general construction. It became a fundamental requirement to rate these frilly undergarments. Following stress testing incorporating a series of bungy jump wedgies from a 22 ton crane in light winds, each article was given a DIN number.

    It just made natural sense to carry over the same system to ski bindings. Obviously the testing procedure has been slightly modified for ski bindings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ak_powder_monkey
    Just wondering... Too lazy to search

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    Quote Originally Posted by DB
    Din is an acronym for Dinar which is theYugoslavian national currency.

    It goes back to the times when Yugoslavia was the world's main manufacturer of womens panties. The more expensive the panties the stronger the elastic and general construction. It became a fundamental requirement to rate these frilly undergarments. Following stress testing incorporating a series of bungy jump wedgies from a 22 ton crane in light winds, each article was given a DIN number.

    It just made natural sense to carry over the same system to ski bindings. Obviously the testing procedure has been slightly modified for ski bindings.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DB
    Din is an acronym for Dinar which is theYugoslavian national currency.

    It goes back to the times when Yugoslavia was the world's main manufacturer of womens panties. The more expensive the panties the stronger the elastic and general construction. It became a fundamental requirement to rate these frilly undergarments. Following stress testing incorporating a series of bungy jump wedgies from a 22 ton crane in light winds, each article was given a DIN number.

    It just made natural sense to carry over the same system to ski bindings. Obviously the testing procedure has been slightly modified for ski bindings.
    ... the women still bungy jump. They just wear skis ... and now the panties are optional.

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    Somehow I feel all this must explain how one of my wee bits of lacey lingerie made its way into my ski boot in order to fall out in front of my (male) friends yesterday.
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