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02-01-2019, 04:41 AM | #1 |
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i have added a film to this page https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/cla...-a.html#page=1 please let me know your thoughts, and any good tyre related photographs. specially period ones and pressure recommendations would be great |
02-01-2019, 06:43 AM | #2 |
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And Dear Cousins in the USA please weep whilst glancing the prices we have to pay for tyres (aka tires) over here. ( 1£GBP=approx 1.31$) thus a Michelin tire is $374, and a Firestone is $295 (each!) However we do have consolations, no drought, great tea served with milk and lovely warm beer.
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02-01-2019, 07:52 AM | #3 |
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I'd pay the higher price if I didn't have to drink the warm beer! Marty |
02-01-2019, 09:21 AM | #4 |
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Thanks for posting the video, was interesting to see the side by side comparison on tread patterns and physical differences of the different types of tyres (English spelling).
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02-01-2019, 11:45 AM | #5 |
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Now hang on a minute!
I don't mind that you guys speak with funny accents. i don't mind that you can't spell tyres properly. i can even cope with the fact that you can't make a decent cup of tea, by drinking coffee when i'm over there. However insulting our beer! -- Now that is strong stuff. there is a misconception that our beer is warm. that is not completely true. It is fair to say that our beer is not as heavily chilled as your beer is. that is because our beer actually tastes nice, and we enjoy the flavor. And yes if i drink american beer i want it as cold as possible to help me recover from the disappointment that the flavor offers. I am however a big fan of the model A Ford. I have a model A engine fitted in this car that i am doing tyre testing in for safety reasons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxx1Zn-NaW8&t=12s I hope you find it informative. If you do please share it with your friends, then we can all stay safe. |
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02-01-2019, 03:13 PM | #8 |
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Look at the tax on the tires listed. 20%? Yikes, I thought our government was thirsty.
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Possible effects of "Free" Health Care and other services. Also possible reason for their high cost of gas. Their prices are per liter, basically a U.S. quart. Last I remember their cost per gallon is roughly 3x what we are paying - ouch! |
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02-01-2019, 05:28 PM | #11 |
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All I heard was beer.
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02-02-2019, 02:00 PM | #12 |
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You crack me up dougal, I love the banter. It makes me smile
Being Irish/German I can drink my beer cold or room temperature, but mostly I like it free
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Nothing beats a lovely Boddingtons Bitter hand pulled from the tap!!!!!! OH, the creamy delight!!!! But seriously, all I heard was BEER!
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Welcome to the barn! When I was in England I LOVED it! Can't speak fo the beer as I don't drink it. But your tea is outstanding.
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Change public houses. When I lived in the UK for a couple of years, the beer (Real Ale) was cool ("cellar temperature") not warm. |
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02-06-2019, 11:31 AM | #16 |
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I would assume we drank it "cellar Temperature" until the wide spread advent of refrigeration. I like those heavy Stouts myself and yes they have a great deal more flavor. Not the sort of thing you "chug" but drink more moderately.
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02-06-2019, 11:44 AM | #17 |
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Where is this Ford beer barn?
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02-07-2019, 05:02 AM | #18 |
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It is painful the price of gas here in the UK but its going to have to go up a lot more to stop me us using our Sherman (A) .
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The chill vs cold problem maybe with the "Lucas" fridge
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I was mistaken, England gas is about twice the price of gas in the U.S. Below link was taken last year when gas was $2.99/us gallon, and equivalent price in England per gallon. https://www.statista.com/statistics/...und-the-world/ Reasons why? Below is taken from a 2005 CNN article. "Gas prices around the world Think you pay a lot for gas? Perhaps you'd prefer to live in Venezuela. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) � Gasoline prices in the United States, which have recently hit record highs, are actually much lower than in many countries. Drivers in some European cities, like Amsterdam and Oslo, are paying nearly 3 times more than those in the U.S. The main factor in price disparities between countries is government policy, according to AirInc, a company that tracks the cost of living in various places around the world. Many European nations tax gasoline heavily, with taxes making up as much as 75 percent of the cost of a gallon of gasoline, said a spokesperson for AirInc. In a few Latin America and Middle-East nations, such as Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, oil is produced by a government-owned company and local gasoline prices are kept low as a benefit to the nation's citizens, he said." |
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At least we know a bonnet is a woman's hat, a boot is a man's shoe, a dicky is, well, not a seat, and a saloon is where we drink our cold beer. BTW, the red car on your Model A tire page is a cool little hot rod but it's a 32, not a Model A. |
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02-05-2020, 11:33 AM | #22 |
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Ha!
You guys are going to have to come on a fact finding mission and test our beer in the name of science. Yep That is a B. the ones above it are my cars. I do something called trialing with the Vintage Sports Car Club. where we drive our cars as far up a muddy hill as we can. Great fun. Also one of the pictures has the 2 presenters from a program called CAR SOS, who i get involved with now and again. this is some film of the driving my 2 door saloon https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=369827910534846 (tudor Sedan! i mean really) I thought you guys might like to see a film i made with my Kids in Austin 7's (sort of and English version of a model A but smaller.) Vintage Top Gear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jFqB4M8_1c If you enjoy it please share it or click like. |
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Back to the video. The link doesn't take me to it.
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One of you mentioned cousins, you are probably more correct than you imagine. Kids got the ancestry DNA kit for my birthday, so far I have 135k DNA matches. DNA says I'm 85% England, 15% Scotland Ireland. I have matches in England, France, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and every state in the US. One grandfather on my mothers side, sir Richard Cox, born 1499-1500 wrote something about Ann Boylen, was dean of Cambridge, thrown in prison by one of the queens then tutor to prince Edward and then on his privy council after he became king. Some time after arriving in the new world and a few generations later the family decided to become peasants.
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The Model A is looking very evocative! still looking for my dictionary!
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Figures the auto beer bar would be manufactured in Milwaukee !
I have been to English/Irish styled pubs in Wisconsin and Minnesota, where the beer is served 'cooled' as opposed to refrigerated. Those 'import' beers are much more flavorful than the standard American brands, although micro-breweries offer much more taste. I am a lager style fan myself, but iI do treat myself to micro-brews occasionally. Also, I have heard that our packaged tea here in the states pales in comparison to European teas. A trip to Europe is on the bucket list, and am trying to squirrel away enough to make that happen at some point. Cheerio and Ein Prosit ! Stew
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My relatives threw all the good tea into Boston HahBah many years ago.
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I guess I know where your head is at.
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