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From: boltar2003 on 28 May 2010 07:22 On Fri, 28 May 2010 11:47:58 +0100 Albert T Cone <a.k.kirby(a)durham.ac.uk> wrote: >> Just to be pedantic (this is uk.rec.driving after all) light does bend but >> you'd need something pretty heavy nearby to notice. A black hole for example. >> So if someone dropped one of them on a bend you'd be in luck! Until you got >> sucked into it a few microseconds later of course... > >Or, since we are being pedantic, something with a refractive index >gradient, like, perhaps some of the optic-fibre which has probably >carried this message? Do be even more pedantic light doesn't actually bend in an optic fibre. Its all internal reflection so its going in straight lines constantly bouncing off the fibre walls. Bent spacetime however makes light go in a genuine curve. B2003
From: Ret. on 28 May 2010 08:11 Adrian wrote: > Douglas Payne <douggie(a)cheerful.com> gurgled happily, sounding much > like they were saying: > >> Adrian's Saab (if that is what he is still driving) > > It is > >> may be an ancient > > D'you mind? It's the newest of our domestic fleet. > >> banger but amongst its peers at the time and especially now, it is >> certainly not and never has been mediocre. > > It's also worth pointing out that in the three years I've had it, > values have soared to the point where a good example is not only > worth more than the (widely unloved and thoroughly mediocre) model > which replaced it, but worth about the same as early examples of the > (still current, better than it's predecessor but not exactly > class-leading) model which replaced that. Well - of course. An antique welsh dresser is worth more than a newly made one... For some strange reason some people prefer a welsh dresser that is marked, scratched, has sticking drawers, etc. just because it is ancient... -- Kev -- Kev
From: Adrian on 28 May 2010 10:00 Mike P <mikewpearson1(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> > Because the Metro was positively ancient >> No denying that. >> > and was never a good car when it was launched. >> It wasn't bad - look at the rivals in 1980. > Were there any small car Rivals in 1980? Mk1 Fiesta, Mk1 Polo > Would we class the R5 as a rival, or was it too big? Nope, definitely a competitor. > It was a far better motor. Despite having been around for eight years by the time the Metro was launched... >> > They needed a small car to complete their range >> That's the bit I was questioning. Why? > Well, they'd always had something in that sector. The A30/40, then the > Mini , 1100, 1300, Metro. Austin (and Morris), but not Rover. Rover had never really had a small car. Austin and Morris had always been primarily mass-market volume players - and had always made vans, too. Both markets that Rover didn't want anything to do with.
From: Adrian on 28 May 2010 10:22 Mike P <mikewpearson1(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> >> > They needed a small car to complete their range >> >> That's the bit I was questioning. Why? >> > Well, they'd always had something in that sector. The A30/40, then >> > the Mini , 1100, 1300, Metro. >> Austin (and Morris), but not Rover. Rover had never really had a small >> car. > True I was thinking more of the BL conglomerate which swallowed Rover > up... and wasn't the original Mini called the "Rover Mini" in it's last > few years of production? Didn't they also slap the Rover badge on the Maestro and Montego briefly?
From: Mike P on 28 May 2010 10:24
On May 28, 3:22 pm, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Mike P <mikewpears...(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they > were saying: > > >> >> > They needed a small car to complete their range > >> >> That's the bit I was questioning. Why? > >> > Well, they'd always had something in that sector. The A30/40, then > >> > the Mini , 1100, 1300, Metro. > >> Austin (and Morris), but not Rover. Rover had never really had a small > >> car. > > True I was thinking more of the BL conglomerate which swallowed Rover > > up... and wasn't the original Mini called the "Rover Mini" in it's last > > few years of production? > > Didn't they also slap the Rover badge on the Maestro and Montego briefly? Yes, come to think of it. My brother's Montwontgo was Rover badged.. Mike P |