Bertotti
Friend of Fred
I can and prefer it just more fun!
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audept
Senior Gretsch-Talker
Recently, an attempted car theft in Australia was foiled when 2 young thieves broke into a car in a supermarket carpark. When they gained entry they realized it was a manual gearshift and neither of them could work out how to drive it. The cops who turned up and arrested them were highly amused.
Teledriver
Synchromatic
I think more kids (boys) will be able to drive manual transitions, only because you can get the hardware for gaming consoles and PC driving games. Those expensive add-ons for games do make it fun!
My mom and dad always referred to the Davenport. But if I was sitting there and needed to move my feet when she vacuumed (Hoover, as the Brits say), then I was told to "get off the sofa". No explanation given and I just grew up knowing there were multiple names for the same things.
Mom refers to the garage door remote as the 'beeper'. Maybe because the first Genie model they had in the 70s actually kinda beeped.
Mom refers to the TV remote as the clicker. I remember some of them did actually click.
Mom called me with a problem with the red poppers a few years ago.
Yeah, took me that long too. She was referring to the GFI wall plug had 'popped' and hers has red paint on the sides that show when it pops out (mine do not and have a red LED that lights instead).
For the Brits-
Mrs. Teledriver and I enjoy watching 'Escape to the Country' from the UK on one of our cable channels. We often chuckle about the WC (water closet) and the snug (we call it a living room or actually, a den).
The Brits also refer to a flat. What's flat about an apartment??
My mom and dad always referred to the Davenport. But if I was sitting there and needed to move my feet when she vacuumed (Hoover, as the Brits say), then I was told to "get off the sofa". No explanation given and I just grew up knowing there were multiple names for the same things.
Mom refers to the garage door remote as the 'beeper'. Maybe because the first Genie model they had in the 70s actually kinda beeped.
Mom refers to the TV remote as the clicker. I remember some of them did actually click.
Mom called me with a problem with the red poppers a few years ago.
Yeah, took me that long too. She was referring to the GFI wall plug had 'popped' and hers has red paint on the sides that show when it pops out (mine do not and have a red LED that lights instead).
For the Brits-
Mrs. Teledriver and I enjoy watching 'Escape to the Country' from the UK on one of our cable channels. We often chuckle about the WC (water closet) and the snug (we call it a living room or actually, a den).
The Brits also refer to a flat. What's flat about an apartment??
dspellman
Gretschie
Yup. A "davenport" describes a piece of upholstered furniture big enough to lie down on that was made and named by the Davenport Furniture Company in Massachusetts. The company (now out of business, I think) was so popular in its day that the name stuck. Like Kleenex, it was a brand name that described a generic item. My parents called ours a davenport all the time.
A Chesterfield is a different thing -- usually an older tufted-upholstery dave...er..couch.
As for breakfast lunch and dinner, those are pretty common usage. I've never heard lunch called "the noon meal."
Teledriver
Synchromatic
Yeah, Xerox became so common-place that making a paper copy on a copier was always refered to as 'make a xerox' even though it was some other brand. That 'xerox' reference didn't last that long, maybe only 14 years or so. No one says it now. Just like the Brits say 'Hoover' for vaccuum. Could also say 'that was photoshopped' even though Photoshop wasn't the actual program used to alter the image.
Duo Slinger
Country Gent
The Brits also refer to a flat. What's flat about an apartment??
Well to be fair, if your apartment was at an angle that would make for an uncomfortable living situation.
Teledriver
Synchromatic
...some of the headroom for the doorways in those 300+ year old English cottages....man! What, were they 5 foot tall??
Tuberculosis was called Consumption in the 19th century.
In the a European countries I’ve been to, most of the public restrooms are labeled WC for the English term Water Closet. Though strangely enough, I’ve seen many restrooms in England and Ireland (English speaking countries) simply labeled Toilets. Go figure!
MrWookiee
Country Gent
Me too, but when I have to go and sit in L.A. traffic I appreciate my SUV with an automatic.
Bertotti
Friend of Fred
I dealt with that for years and I do not miss it at all.
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I was Mr. Four-Speed, until I became Mr. Five-Speed. I loved manuals and drove well over a million miles rowing through gears and double-clutching my downshifts. Then, at one point, I got tired of it and bought an auto. Even my Miata was an auto, and I loved it. (The Miata automatic was perfectly matched to the power curve of the engine.)
As I look at it now, I think it’s a combination of factors. Automatics have improved drastically since I was a kid. They are reliable and durable, these days. Overdrives and locking torque converters have helped and the “slush-box” effect is a thing of the past.
At one point, I had a short career of driving Class 8 trucks. Within a few weeks, I had adapted to float-shifting and frequently drove runs of several hundred miles touching the clutch only when pulling away from a dead stop. I have to say that running through a 13 speed at 80,000 pounds without touching the clutch was an enjoyable challenge. I think that an unsynchronized gearbox in a sports car would be a lot of fun.
wabash slim
I Bleed Orange
Happens here with carjackings all of the time. Great theft protection.Recently, an attempted car theft in Australia was foiled when 2 young thieves broke into a car in a supermarket carpark. When they gained entry they realized it was a manual gearshift and neither of them could work out how to drive it. The cops who turned up and arrested them were highly amused.
Brits call loudspeakers "Tannoys" for the most common ones they have. Tannoy is as common as Jensen here.
Flats mean all on one level.
My Mom's initials are WC.
I learned to drive on a three on the tree---column shift. Even came across a four on the tree in an old DKW. Four speed trucks originally had a "granny" gear, or creeper, useful for farms or other heavy work. I have an automatic now in my Jeep (first 4 wheelers ever to have auto trans). It's a whole lot kinder to my arthritic knees.
For off-roading, an auto is very useful. I watch a YouTube channel called Matt’s Off Road Recovery, about a fellow near St. George Utah, that has a towing business which includes recovering vehicles that are off road and in some very precarious situations. He has a Jeep Cherokee and a purpose built recovery 4x4 in a 1961 Corvair Station Wagon body. Both have automatics, and both do some impressive rock crawling.
It’s been a while since I had a 4x4 of any kind. My last one was an early Bronco. If circumstances allow, I’d like to find a clean Jeep TJ for a runabout. I need something that can handle a 75 MPH Interstate, but is flexible enough for mild off-roading and can handle snow if I visit up north.
Bertotti
Friend of Fred
I still have a manual car.’71 Super Beetle. It sucked a #1 intake push rod and has sat ever since. I really want to get it going again.
wabash slim
I Bleed Orange
I got 4X4s due to snow. I grew up in lake effect snow country, and have had a few different 4X4s over the years. I'm NOT gonna be stuck coz of the snow. If it's up to the bumpers, stay home. If we're going onto the interstate, the Jeep is OK, but we'll likely take the Chevy instead.
Gretschman2
Country Gent
My grandmother called her front porch a "Piazza."
I've got one folded up and stored in my shed . Never seen a roof top , mint condition .
Bertotti
Friend of Fred
My dad didn’t want one on the roof so although we could have gotten clear signal for about five channels as we could really see with out massive fuzz and snow were two. Ours was in the garage attic no way to mount it so it would tirn. He didn’t install any improvement until I went into the USMC in ‘84. Then he got directv. Still wasn’t much to watch.
gtttrrr
Country Gent
i have one, fully assembled, laying in the insulation of the attic. Musta been put there when roof was re-done. We have since re- roofed, just left it up there
Thing’s about 18’ tall
Bertotti
Friend of Fred
Wow, how tall is your attic?i have one, fully assembled, laying in the insulation of the attic. Musta been put there when roof was re-done. We have since re- roofed, just left it up there
Thing’s about 18’ tall
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