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To: monday
Yeah, but Italian engineers invented rust and licensed the process to FIAT.

("Fix It Again, Tony!")

I should talk - I drove a Triumph for years. When it ran. I can replace a Stromberg carburetor diaphragm by the side of the road in under four minutes. :-)

(uh oh. From British food to British electrical systems . . . not a good segue . . . )

222 posted on 08/19/2004 8:32:42 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
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To: AnAmericanMother
(uh oh. From British food to British electrical systems . . . not a good segue . . . )

Yeah, their electrical code requires that the bathroom be lit with sockets that are switched with a pull string. I guess they never heard of ground fault interrupters.

253 posted on 08/19/2004 8:43:12 AM PDT by ItsTheMediaStupid
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To: AnAmericanMother
(uh oh. From British food to British electrical systems . . . not a good segue . . . )

Everybody sing along!

Why do the Brits drink warm beer?

Because Lucas makes the refrigerators!

Mark

474 posted on 09/29/2005 5:47:19 PM PDT by MarkL (I didn't get to where I am today by worrying about what I'd feel like tomorrow!)
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