On 08/01/2013 23:51, charles wrote:
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harry wrote:
On Jan 8, 3:50 pm, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 23:31:11 -0800 (PST), harry

wrote:
At one time you had to carry many tires and tyre levers.
I expect these people thought the end of the world was nigh when spare
wheels were invented.

If you're going to try to make a point, at least make sure the point
actually exists.

In days of yore, tyres were so poor that most cars carried several
spare tyres plus of course a chauffeur to change them.

The chauffeur's job was to heat the engine before the owner wanted to use
to ensure it started. It's a French word, btw.

And in days before that, it was to sit on the bog seat to warm that up
before lord and master wanted to use it. 'Struth some of those older
seat had a huge thermal capacity...


[This is entirely made up. But used to be a 'punishment' ordered by
older boys on younger ones, at least during the coldest parts of the
year. The bogs were unheated. No idea if that was a widespread thing or
specific to my school?]

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Rod