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Re: Why the British drink warm beer
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/5/2011, 1:37 am
In Response To: Why the British drink warm beer (Paul G. Jacobson)

: I've never been to Great Britain, so I can't say if this is true:
: I've been told the British drink their beer at a temperature
: which is just slightly below room temperature. When I asked why
: they would do that, I was told "They have Lucas
: refrigerators.

: If I ever need to do a business study I'd like to do one on Lucas's
: survivability. I can't understand how they can still be in
: business. What with all the bad word-of-mouth advertising that
: they have received over the decades, the loss of automotive and
: motorcycle companies they supplied, bad economic times, and all
: these jokes and insults. How'd they do it?

: PGJ

Well some of these stories come from reusing equipment designed for other applications. The Brit sports cars used a bunch of repurposed engines from other equipment since there was never enough market to warrant the costs of developing a new engine. Tractors have their engines way up in the air where putting a device like a distributor down on the bottom of the engine made it easier to service. Used on a car though, that's not a great place for one, prone to getting wet from splashes from the tires. Not bad design or bad equipment as some think, just a pretty small market that caused most of the problems.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Cold-weather build idea *PIC*
Darel -- 1/2/2011, 5:48 pm
Re: Strip: Cold-weather build idea *NM* *PIC*
Darel -- 1/2/2011, 5:49 pm
Sssshhhhh...it's sleeping.... *NM* *PIC*
Darel -- 1/2/2011, 5:51 pm
Controller *PIC*
Darel -- 1/2/2011, 5:54 pm
Re: Controller
Kirk Fredericks -- 1/2/2011, 7:41 pm
Re: Controller
Darel -- 1/2/2011, 8:13 pm
Re: Controller
Kirk Fredericks -- 1/2/2011, 8:46 pm
Re: Controller
Darel -- 1/2/2011, 9:05 pm
Re: Bulbs for heat *PIC*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/3/2011, 1:22 am
Re: Bulbs for heat
Reg Lake -- 1/3/2011, 1:56 am
Re: Bulbs for heat
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/3/2011, 6:42 am
Re: Bulbs for heat
Darel -- 1/3/2011, 7:01 am
Re: Bulbs for heat
Darel -- 1/3/2011, 6:57 am
Re: Bulbs for heat
Darel -- 1/3/2011, 8:01 am
A hot subject
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/3/2011, 6:09 pm
Re: Bulbs for heat
Mike Savage -- 1/3/2011, 8:13 am
thermostat
Will Clarke -- 1/3/2011, 9:51 pm
Re: thermostat
Bill Hamm -- 1/4/2011, 12:55 am
Re: Bulbs for heat - cardbord for cover
Erez -- 1/3/2011, 10:31 pm
Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Jay Babina -- 1/3/2011, 9:51 am
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Darel -- 1/3/2011, 10:05 am
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Bill Hamm -- 1/3/2011, 10:44 am
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Darel -- 1/3/2011, 10:47 am
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Les Cheeseman -- 1/3/2011, 10:55 am
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Bill Hamm -- 1/3/2011, 3:30 pm
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Jay Babina -- 1/3/2011, 10:46 am
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Dave Gentry -- 1/3/2011, 11:14 am
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Bill Hamm -- 1/3/2011, 3:26 pm
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Paul Montgomery -- 1/3/2011, 9:29 pm
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 1/3/2011, 9:53 pm
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
John Roberts -- 1/3/2011, 11:11 pm
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Bill Hamm -- 1/4/2011, 12:58 am
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Bill Hamm -- 1/4/2011, 1:00 am
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Jay Babina -- 1/4/2011, 8:09 am
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Mike Savage -- 1/4/2011, 8:18 am
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Bill Hamm -- 1/4/2011, 9:29 am
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Mike Savage -- 1/4/2011, 4:23 pm
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Bill Hamm -- 1/5/2011, 1:31 am
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
Bill Hamm -- 1/4/2011, 9:26 am
Re: Is that a bug-eyed sprite?
paul davies -- 1/5/2011, 5:19 am
Why the British drink warm beer
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/4/2011, 1:22 pm
Re: Why the British drink warm beer
Mike Savage -- 1/4/2011, 4:06 pm
Re: Why the British drink warm beer
Robert N Pruden -- 1/7/2011, 9:14 am
Re: Why the British drink warm beer
Bill Hamm -- 1/5/2011, 1:37 am
Re: Why the British drink warm beer
Bill Hamm -- 1/5/2011, 1:39 am
Re: Why the British drink warm beer
Robert N Pruden -- 1/7/2011, 9:18 am
Re: Why the British drink warm beer
Bill Hamm -- 1/7/2011, 9:28 am
Re: Why the British drink warm beer *NM* *PIC*
Thomas Duncan -- 2/18/2011, 12:56 pm
Re: Why the British drink warm beer
Les Cheeseman -- 1/6/2011, 12:23 pm
Re: Why the British drink warm beer
Bill Hamm -- 1/6/2011, 1:02 pm
Re: Why the British drink warm beer
Les Cheeseman -- 1/6/2011, 2:08 pm
Re: Why the British drink warm beer
Bill Hamm -- 1/6/2011, 2:56 pm
Re: Why the British drink warm beer
Les Cheeseman -- 1/6/2011, 4:13 pm
Re: Strip: Cold-weather build idea
Ian Cummins -- 1/2/2011, 7:53 pm