From: Phineas T Puddleduck on 17 Nov 2006 22:37 In article <cevsl2l9ken7g9ei4fkvufp4n0b1kj6n7u(a)4ax.com>, JoeBloe <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: > I was talking about the MG Midget, which eventually became the > spridget! > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_Midget > > What is the Rover? That would be a Britsh-Leyland product, no? Rover was originally a UK car manufacturer that got subsumed into Austin-Rover-Morris-Triumph and BL and then was the only one to survive that merger. -- Thermodynamics claims another crown! -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
From: JoeBloe on 17 Nov 2006 22:43 On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:15:05 -0000, "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> Gave us: > ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >news:ejk9op$8qk_001(a)s922.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> In article <1163689355.822964.185390(a)k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, >> |||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk wrote: >>> >>>So who are you then? >> >> My moniker is in some listings. JMF's is in all the listings. >> > >Stop alluding then. Tell us. Listings of what? This is USENET, as it stands, >based on your recent posts you are currently as believable as tj Frazir. > As if a twit like you, resting only one notch above TJ Frazir, could judge anyone else.
From: Eeyore on 17 Nov 2006 22:46 unsettled wrote: > No arrogance left for the rest of your family..... You're one to talk ! Graham
From: Eeyore on 17 Nov 2006 22:56 Lloyd Parker wrote: > If I remember correctly, what was Rover made Rover cars, Land Rover SUVs, and > MG cars (based on Rovers, plus a mid-engine model). BMW bought Rover, but > couldn't make a go of it. They sold Land Rover to Ford and Rover (including > MG) to a group of investors for a nominal amount (1 pound or such). That > company has now folded too and was sold to a Chinese company. Pretty much right except bits of it were sold to more than one Chinese company. I think one has the rights to the fairly decent 75 ( and 25 ? ) model which'll doubtless be sold in China, another has rights to their engines IIRC and there may be other stuff floating around. Something like that. The 2 main players in this are SAIC and Nanjing Auto. Oh and Ford bought the Rover name to keep the Land Rover brand safe.! Graham
From: Eeyore on 17 Nov 2006 22:59
T Wake wrote: > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > >>> My folks didn't ask those questions. When we were sick we > >>> went to the doctor. The Doc would take payment in chickens > >>> or produce or something. > >> > >>I don't think they take chickens anymore ! > > > > That's because doctoring is no longer a small business. > > And barter economies fell under the onslaught of capitalism. Unless you want > to revert to a post-Roman Northern Europe period of history? > > You may not be aware of it, but most developed countries have currency now. > It is amazing. It allows all manner of trade and more importantly it makes > it easier for some one who doesn't produce something _you_ need at that time > to pay you - without giving you something which you then have to spend time > trading with some one else. > > You really do hanker for a society which is a mix of a pre-industrial and > socialist society. Given her predilection for bartering chickens for medical care ( I almost typed medieval care ) I suspect that may well be the case. Graham |