Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 22:43:26 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: 1985 2 door turbo aero silver
in article 3E83747E.74EC3926nopsamlamelame.org, Dexter J at lamealameadingdongnopsamlamelame.org wrote on 27/03/2003 22:00: > Salutations: > > Paul Halliday wrote: >> >> in article 3E83522E.E6DCBBB1nopsamlamelame.org, Dexter J at >> lamealameadingdongnopsamlamelame.org wrote on 27/03/2003 19:34: >> >>> But - for crossing the mighty Dakotas at 75mph+ - you want a beast - for >>> tip toeing your careful way through the Midlands - you wanted something >>> that was a bit more twitchy to avoid the sheep.. >> >> I have no idea what the Dakotas are like, but the Midlands don't have many >> sheep - Wales & Lancashire does. Yorkshire has sheep and pigs. The Midlands >> have a lot of cities. > > I stand corrected - forgive my tourist pamphlet view.. > > Dakota country is a general reference for the western continent.. They were > a tribe.. > > To put it in perspective - I think all of Great Briton would fit in the > province of Quebec here twice - there are 5 more provinces like it before > you reach the Pacific.. Say what you will about big American Iron - when > you've got to cruise for three straight days in the same direction - those > soft sprung lovelies of my youth were the only way to go.. You know - until > I bought a SAAB with heated seats.. Big place, eh? I'd like to visit some day (after Sweden, NZ, India, Turkey and Iceland). One of my former colleagues was from Ontario. She's back there again now. She never did get the joke about the Orange bill. She asked whether anyone had seen the Orange bill (our mobile phone contract is with Orange) and in unison we just sat there laughing, going "Quack! Quack!". I can still remember her face - sheer bemusement. >>> Personally - I can't figure out why both of your most excellent nations >>> were so stuck up about the metric system myself.. >> >> Well, I sure as sh*t ain't walking into my local to ask for a .45L of Best. > > You don't. You ask for the full liter.. :) .. Wouldn't fit in a pint glass, mate :) When my bro'-in-law was in Germany (he's a squaddie - Royal Engineers), their troop was well-on with the idea of buying a litre pitcher each. They did laugh at the Yanks there sharing a pitcher between four of 'em :) <snip> > My favorite SAAB memory is - having had to show a station attendant in a > very out of the way place in New Brunswick how to open the hood on my old > 900 years ago - was the exclaim "hey boss - is that some sort of helicopter > engine in there or what".. LOL. Nice. I love opening the bonnet and having people move well out of the way. They just have no idea what's going on. It's nice to have mechanics get a little confused about how to get into the engine. You know you've just ruined their credibility and they can't charge their usual bullsh*t fee. I had a mechanic leap about 5 feet back once when I moved the ignition key into the pre-crank position and the APC solenoid ticked. Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/
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