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On 15/03/2021 09:21, Roger Hayter wrote:
Well, of course! We were part of the EU then. But I don't think
the manufacturers would have taken much notice if a single country
suggested standardisation - my point was that it was something only a
market the size of the EU could demand.

Golly. However did we end up with a standardised rail gauge,
standardised mains voltages, standardised car tyre sizes, standardised
film sizes, all before the EU was even a spaffed out spurt in a
communist's prison cell?


Even a standardised bumper height.

Really? In the days of separate bumpers, wasn't unusual to have different
heights front and back.

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