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Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric
drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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The Medway Handyman wrote: Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. Think you mean China? Japan was taking over the industrial world in the '70s. -- *They call it PMS because Mad Cow Disease was already taken. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message m... Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... Dave - The Medway Handyman Yep. Those Ion Lithium, Cadmium Nickel and Nickel Hydride blokes have a lot to answer to. :-) They even have stupid names, so you just know how geeky they must look. I heard that they ride around their home town on deep cycles. Nerds Rule !!! Woo Woo !!! LOL |
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"BigWallop" wrote in message om... "The Medway Handyman" wrote in message m... Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... Dave - The Medway Handyman Yep. Those Ion Lithium, Cadmium Nickel and Nickel Hydride blokes have a lot to answer to. :-) They even have stupid names, so you just know how geeky they must look. I heard that they ride around their home town on deep cycles. Nerds Rule !!! Woo Woo !!! I thought that the Nickel ones were Irish - named after the daughter of the inventor or something. |
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On Nov 7, 12:23*am, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote: In article , * *The Medway Handyman wrote: Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". *Hoots of laughter & derision. Think you mean China? Japan was taking over the industrial world in the '70s. It was the very bottom end though, market stall tat NT |
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On Nov 6, 6:23*pm, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
In article , * *The Medway Handyman wrote: Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". *Hoots of laughter & derision. Think you mean China? Japan was taking over the industrial world in the '70s. -- *They call it PMS because Mad Cow Disease was already taken. * * * Dave Plowman * * * * * * * * London SW * * * * * * * * * To e-mail, change noise into sound. 30 yrs ago it was Makita, Japanese made that set the standard. My 26 yr old makita is still fine. |
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"OG" wrote in message ... "BigWallop" wrote in message om... "The Medway Handyman" wrote in message m... Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... Dave - The Medway Handyman Yep. Those Ion Lithium, Cadmium Nickel and Nickel Hydride blokes have a lot to answer to. :-) They even have stupid names, so you just know how geeky they must look. I heard that they ride around their home town on deep cycles. Nerds Rule !!! Woo Woo !!! I thought that the Nickel ones were Irish - named after the daughter of the inventor or something. That's very possible. Was she that Nickel Zinc lass, from county Cork? I heard her dad could hold a charge or two. That Ion Lithium guy sounds like a foreigner though. East European, or sum'mit, probably. And as for that Alki Line. What's he about? You know he was jailed for asalt in battery. :-) |
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, wrote: On Nov 7, 12:23 am, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote: In article , The Medway Handyman wrote: Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. Think you mean China? Japan was taking over the industrial world in the '70s. It was the very bottom end though, market stall tat Oh yes. That was said about Honda motorbikes and Datsun cars too. NT -- *The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message m... Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... When someone laughs at something they are not familiar with, you usually find an idiot is behind the laugh. |
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"ransley" wrote in message ... 30 yrs ago it was Makita, Japanese made that set the standard. My 26 yr old makita is still fine. When Makita came in they were cheap as no one trusted them. It took a while for them to be accepted over Wolf, etc. |
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"BigWallop" wrote in message om... That Ion Lithium guy sounds like a foreigner though. East European, or sum'mit, probably. And as for that Alki Line. What's he about? You know he was jailed for asalt in battery. :-) Wasn't it the Rev.Hargeable ? They got his name wrong when the old typewriter keys got stuck. and the "v" became a "c" |
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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... What else would people have laughed at in the 70s? The money people spend on renovations I expect. On the flip side there were folding pvc doors! And people that thought power tools that bolted onto your drill were a good idea. NT |
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wrote in message ... The Medway Handyman wrote: Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... What else would people have laughed at in the 70s? The money people spend on renovations I expect. And on beer :o( 1973 out selling University rag mags in Harborne Birmingham - 5 pints mild, pot of pickled mussels, bag of chips. Change out of a pound. Tell that to young people today - they won't believe you! Aye, 'appen. -- Bob Mannix (anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not) |
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wrote in message ... The Medway Handyman wrote: Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... What else would people have laughed at in the 70s? A small box on the wall that does all your hot water and CH too. |
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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "In 30+ years time, I'll post a story: 'Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on.....'" Even more amazing, people will read it *on their home computers* and write responses - all within a few hours. -- Rod Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious onset. Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed. www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org |
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"Rod" wrote in message ... Even more amazing, people will read it *on their home computers* and write responses - all within a few hours. Then they would laugh and say bring the Darleks in. ...and if you said I am going home in my electric car, that goes faster than an MGB, they would wet themselves. ..and you sat I am just going speak and look at the same time to my relatives in Assu, they would call the hossie. |
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Bob Mannix wrote:
wrote in message ... The Medway Handyman wrote: Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... What else would people have laughed at in the 70s? The money people spend on renovations I expect. And on beer :o( Watneys Red Barrel, Double Diamond, Harp Lager. Bloody hell its amazing we didn't all become tea total... -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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... The Medway Handyman wrote: Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "In 30+ years time, I'll post a story: 'Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on.....'" Even more amazing, people will read it *on their home computers* and write responses - all within a few hours. And then, imagine their response, when you told them that all this would be possible through a system called "Usenet" - but it's main use would be as a medium for hurling abuse at people the writers had never met. And would they believe you? -- PeterMcC If you feel that any of the above is incorrect, inappropriate or offensive in any way, please ignore it and accept my apologies. |
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PeterMcC wrote:
"Rod" wrote in message ... The Medway Handyman wrote: Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "In 30+ years time, I'll post a story: 'Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on.....'" Even more amazing, people will read it *on their home computers* and write responses - all within a few hours. And then, imagine their response, when you told them that all this would be possible through a system called "Usenet" - but it's main use would be as a medium for hurling abuse at people the writers had never met. And would they believe you? How should I effin know you plantpot. (VBG :-) ) -- Rod Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious onset. Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed. www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message m... Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... Better weapons for fighting wars with:-( Adam |
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PeterMcC coughed up some electrons that declared:
"Rod" wrote in message ... The Medway Handyman wrote: Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "In 30+ years time, I'll post a story: 'Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on.....'" Even more amazing, people will read it *on their home computers* and write responses - all within a few hours. And then, imagine their response, when you told them that all this would be possible through a system called "Usenet" - but it's main use would be as a medium for hurling abuse at people the writers had never met. And would they believe you? 28 years ago, they might! :) Cheers Tim |
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On Nov 7, 4:37*pm, "Bob Mannix" wrote:
wrote in message ... The Medway Handyman wrote: Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". *Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". *By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... What else would people have laughed at in the 70s? The money people spend on renovations I expect. *And on beer :o( 1973 out selling University rag mags in Harborne Birmingham - 5 pints mild, pot of pickled mussels, bag of chips. Change out of a pound. Tell that to young people today - they won't believe you! Aye, 'appen. Yes - but the bit they wont believe is that anyone would buy pickled mussels ;) NT |
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On Nov 7, 6:00*pm, "PeterMcC" wrote:
"Rod" wrote in message ... The Medway Handyman wrote: Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". *Hoots of laughter & derision.. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". *By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "In 30+ years time, I'll post a story: 'Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". *By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on.....'" Even more amazing, people will read it *on their home computers* and write responses - all within a few hours. And then, imagine their response, when you told them that all this would be possible through a system called "Usenet" - but it's main use would be as a medium for hurling abuse at people the writers had never met. And would they believe you? Lol, too funny. The Apple 2 & BBS era. NT |
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On Nov 7, 6:58*pm, wrote:
On Nov 7, 6:00*pm, "PeterMcC" wrote: "Rod" wrote in message ... The Medway Handyman wrote: Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". *Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". *By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "In 30+ years time, I'll post a story: 'Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". *By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on.....'" Even more amazing, people will read it *on their home computers* and write responses - all within a few hours. And then, imagine their response, when you told them that all this would be possible through a system called "Usenet" - but it's main use would be as a medium for hurling abuse at people the writers had never met. And would they believe you? Lol, too funny. The Apple 2 & BBS era. NT Tell the kids today people used to access discussion groups on a 1MHz 8 bit machine with no hard drive - and if you were really fancy a screen that would only display green - and they'd laugh, and find it hard to believe it ws possible. What browser they'd say - but IIRC browsers didnt exist until much later. NT |
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wrote in message ... On Nov 7, 6:58 pm, wrote: On Nov 7, 6:00 pm, "PeterMcC" wrote: "Rod" wrote in message ... The Medway Handyman wrote: Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "In 30+ years time, I'll post a story: 'Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on.....'" Even more amazing, people will read it *on their home computers* and write responses - all within a few hours. And then, imagine their response, when you told them that all this would be possible through a system called "Usenet" - but it's main use would be as a medium for hurling abuse at people the writers had never met. And would they believe you? Lol, too funny. The Apple 2 & BBS era. NT Tell the kids today people used to access discussion groups on a 1MHz 8 bit machine with no hard drive - and if you were really fancy a screen that would only display green - and they'd laugh, and find it hard to believe it ws possible. What browser they'd say - but IIRC browsers didnt exist until much later. NT I could get my green screen to auto-scroll up and down at he touch of an arrow key. I couldn't believe that myself at the time. :-) |
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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". My primary school teacher would have said, "why do you want an electric drill?" ;-) -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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Tim S wrote:
And then, imagine their response, when you told them that all this would be possible through a system called "Usenet" - but it's main use would be as a medium for hurling abuse at people the writers had never met. And would they believe you? 28 years ago, they might! And that came after UUCP doing something similar... -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:27:26 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote:
wrote: On Nov 7, 12:23 am, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote: In article , The Medway Handyman wrote: Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. Think you mean China? Japan was taking over the industrial world in the '70s. It was the very bottom end though, market stall tat Thats what I meant. Maybe 40 years ago then. ========================================== About forty years ago a university boffin suggested the possibility that we might one day see computers weighing less than a ton. Cic. -- ========================================== Using Ubuntu Linux Windows shown the door ========================================== |
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"Cicero" wrote in message ... On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:27:26 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote: wrote: On Nov 7, 12:23 am, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote: In article , The Medway Handyman wrote: Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. Think you mean China? Japan was taking over the industrial world in the '70s. It was the very bottom end though, market stall tat Thats what I meant. Maybe 40 years ago then. ========================================== About forty years ago a university boffin suggested the possibility that we might one day see computers weighing less than a ton. Cic. And they also laughed at him. A ton of pocket computer would not be a good selling point these days. Especially with two suitcases full of batteries to make it portable. Whereas, a ton of computer equipment in your house now-a-days, is something I think we all dream of. :-) |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message om... Bob Mannix wrote: wrote in message ... The Medway Handyman wrote: Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new electric drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision. You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would be wetting themselves. How things move on..... What else would people have laughed at in the 70s? The money people spend on renovations I expect. And on beer :o( Watneys Red Barrel, What happened to that? Double Diamond, Harp Lager. Both yuk! Harp was made by Guinness, the other by ICI. Bloody hell its amazing we didn't all become tea total... -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 11:08:55 -0800 (PST) wrote :
Tell the kids today people used to access discussion groups on a 1MHz 8 bit machine with no hard drive - and if you were really fancy a screen that would only display green - and they'd laugh, and find it hard to believe it ws possible. Prior to emigrating I (sadly) had to chuck out lots of stuff from my past. The earliest (1989-90) SuperBeam manuals said that a hard disk was recommended, but not essential; a slightly later one had a detailed explanation of what a mouse was and to use it! -- Tony Bryer, 'Software to build on' from Greentram www.superbeam.co.uk www.superbeam.com www.greentram.com |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like: Think you mean China? Japan was taking over the industrial world in the '70s. It was the very bottom end though, market stall tat Really? In that case the decent-quality Makita drills I was using on the job ~35 years ago must be a figment of my imagination, then. They most certainly weren't cheap tat. |
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Doctor Drivel wrote: ..and if you said I am going home in my electric car, that goes faster than an MGB, they would wet themselves. If you're talking about the Prius you claim to own it certainly isn't faster than an MGB while running on electricity. -- *I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Tony Bryer wrote:
On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 11:08:55 -0800 (PST) wrote : Tell the kids today people used to access discussion groups on a 1MHz 8 bit machine with no hard drive - and if you were really fancy a screen that would only display green - and they'd laugh, and find it hard to believe it ws possible. Prior to emigrating I (sadly) had to chuck out lots of stuff from my past. The earliest (1989-90) SuperBeam manuals said that a hard disk was recommended, but not essential; a slightly later one had a detailed explanation of what a mouse was and to use it! Remember when the first Microsoft mice required a dedicated ISA card to plug them into... -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Doctor Drivel wrote: ..and if you said I am going home in my electric car, that goes faster than an MGB, they would wet themselves. If you're talking about the Prius you claim to own it certainly isn't faster than an MGB while running on electricity. I think hes masturbating over the Tesla. |
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Grimly Curmudgeon wrote: We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Dave Plowman (News)" saying something like: In article , Doctor Drivel wrote: ..and if you said I am going home in my electric car, that goes faster than an MGB, they would wet themselves. If you're talking about the Prius you claim to own it certainly isn't faster than an MGB while running on electricity. He means it will beat the average MGB to the scrapyard. Could well be - I saw a MK1 Prius the other day and it occurred just how rare they have become. Considering it wasn't when they were current, at least round here. -- *Born free - taxed to death * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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The Natural Philosopher wrote: Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , Doctor Drivel wrote: ..and if you said I am going home in my electric car, that goes faster than an MGB, they would wet themselves. If you're talking about the Prius you claim to own it certainly isn't faster than an MGB while running on electricity. I think hes masturbating over the Tesla. I'm still waiting for a full road test of one of those. Plenty of driving impressions - but not yet the full story. Wonder why? Could it be the range is nothing like the claimed amount? -- *Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Nov 8, 12:16*am, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote: We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like: Think you mean China? Japan was taking over the industrial world in the '70s. It was the very bottom end though, market stall tat Really? In that case the decent-quality Makita drills I was using on the job ~35 years ago must be a figment of my imagination, then. They most certainly weren't cheap tat. Most of us are aware that generalisations are only generalisations NT |
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