Creaking DoorI remember being astonished to hear somebody recommend a bottle of beer by saying “it’s 5% alcohol, which is a lot in such a small bottle!” I tell that story a lot because most people I know would find it difficult to understand that there are those who don’t understand such a basic mathematical concept.
And these same people are getting mortgages, credit cards and car loans and in many cases getting into unmanageable debt.
Just as calculators have robbed us of our ability to do mental arithmetic isn’t there a danger that the internet, on a mobile phone, will rob us of our need for general knowledge, or worse our ability to think for ourselves?
There are those or are literally illiterate but I think there are far more who just don’t know what they don’t know! They have an ‘awareness illiteracy’!
Creaking DoorI remember being astonished to hear somebody recommend a bottle of beer by saying “it’s 5% alcohol, which is a lot in such a small bottle!” I tell that story a lot because most people I know would find it difficult to understand that there are those who don’t understand such a basic mathematical concept.
And these same people are getting mortgages, credit cards and car loans and in many cases getting into unmanageable debt.
Just as calculators have robbed us of our ability to do mental arithmetic isn’t there a danger that the internet, on a mobile phone, will rob us of our need for general knowledge, or worse our ability to think for ourselves?
There are those or are literally illiterate but I think there are far more who just don’t know what they don’t know! They have an ‘awareness illiteracy’!
Creaking DoorSo there we have it…two cars…two winners! 🙂
Ironically the best-selling British car of all time was produced quickly and by an incredibly small design team, and was still in production forty years later. It became an absolute style icon but an affordable one that crossed all social divides. It also proved successful in motorsport, utterly dominating a certain rally event despite scandalous cheating by the organisers.
Is it a better car than the BMW? No, but then it’s not likely to be considering its age.
Perhaps the original question is wrong? If we had to choose for one of them to have never existed, what would say then? :confused:
How about if you could choose between a new BMW Mini or a new BMC Mini, today, fresh off the production line but with all their current ‘worth’ in the market?
Now that’s a difficult question! 😀
Creaking DoorSo there we have it…two cars…two winners! 🙂
Ironically the best-selling British car of all time was produced quickly and by an incredibly small design team, and was still in production forty years later. It became an absolute style icon but an affordable one that crossed all social divides. It also proved successful in motorsport, utterly dominating a certain rally event despite scandalous cheating by the organisers.
Is it a better car than the BMW? No, but then it’s not likely to be considering its age.
Perhaps the original question is wrong? If we had to choose for one of them to have never existed, what would say then? :confused:
How about if you could choose between a new BMW Mini or a new BMC Mini, today, fresh off the production line but with all their current ‘worth’ in the market?
Now that’s a difficult question! 😀
Creaking DoorNo contest…..the BMW wins hands down!
I can’t think of a single aspect of the original Mini that is better, unless you say it is cheaper, and a moped is cheaper.
Of course, I’m biased…..I’ve got a Mini…..an original Mini. 😉
If you compare them in the context of the time, then the original was certainly a more radical departure from accepted design, whereas the BMW is entirely conventional.
Creaking DoorNo contest…..the BMW wins hands down!
I can’t think of a single aspect of the original Mini that is better, unless you say it is cheaper, and a moped is cheaper.
Of course, I’m biased…..I’ve got a Mini…..an original Mini. 😉
If you compare them in the context of the time, then the original was certainly a more radical departure from accepted design, whereas the BMW is entirely conventional.
Creaking DoorWell spotted!
Creaking DoorA little more Phantom phun (sorry :o) with Google Maps:
Does anybody else prefer Google Maps to Google Earth?
Creaking DoorI remeber seeing a program once (awhile back) about using decoys. At that time, with the weapon systems available, an attacking pilot was just as likely to fire at the mere shadow of an aircraft.
I remember seeing a similar program ‘a while back’ and I’m talking fifteen or twenty years back! 😀
It got me very interested in the art of the decoy and in their history too. I’m not convinced these are decoys (although that was my first thought) as the RAF did apparently have Phantoms and Lightnings ‘on its books’ for decoy use (and ground training).
Microsoft VE shows a few real Phantoms parked on top of these ‘ghost’ ones! Those images must go back a few years…
Javelin XA634 is there too…..thanks for posting.
If they are painted decoys it is very interesting to compare the real Phantoms with the painted-on Phantoms and to see how the lack of shadow gives the game away. Maybe that was the point; to try it out?
Creaking DoorYes, the Isuzu Piazza. At the time GM owned Lotus and also 40% of Isuzu.
Some models of Lotus ended up with Isuzu engines and Vauxhall (GM Europe / Opel) got the Frontera which is an Isuzu Trooper chassis.
Creaking DoorYes, the Isuzu Piazza. At the time GM owned Lotus and also 40% of Isuzu.
Some models of Lotus ended up with Isuzu engines and Vauxhall (GM Europe / Opel) got the Frontera which is an Isuzu Trooper chassis.
Creaking DoorYes, just been looking it up…..funny how the distinctive lightning wing shape doesn’t show up well…or is it just me?
Apparently it is (was) Lightning F6 XR753, the 11 Squadron mascot, which went with them to RAF Coningsby on 17th November 2005 (dating the GE image nicely).
The gate guardian is Javelin FAW4 XA634, which is somewhat easier to recognise I think, here:
Creaking DoorWhat is (was) the preserved aircraft mascot in the HAS farm directly north of the ‘painted-on’ Phake Phantoms…is it a Lightning?
Phantom XV499 is here:
Creaking DoorI remember seeing them a while back…..and assumed they were some form of decoy…..or decoy trial?
Wasn’t Phantom XV499 there for decoy use also?
Creaking DoorThe intention is to rebuild K7 to running condition…
Blimey! I had no idea that she was being restored to ‘ground running’ (?) condition!
The attitude of the HLF ‘experts’ seems extremely odd…..isn’t history for those under forty?
Interesting turn-of-phrase…“at low demonstration speeds”…there must be some ‘leeway’ in that for something capable of over 300mph!
Seriously, this is an astonishing project and I wish it every success.
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