I don't know about you poor colonials, foreigners or provincials, but here in London our buses are designed by ASTON MARTIN. (yes really).
Dec 20th, 2008, 04:52 AM
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I don't know about you poor colonials, foreigners or provincials, but here in London our buses are designed by ASTON MARTIN. (yes really).
Yes it's true. Boris' competition to design a new routemaster for london has been won by a joint bid by Aston Martin and Lord Richard Rogers.
Beat that!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7790082.stm
Next we'll get Bentley to design our dustcarts and Rolls Royce to design our milk floats.
Beat that!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7790082.stm
Next we'll get Bentley to design our dustcarts and Rolls Royce to design our milk floats.
Dec 20th, 2008, 08:57 AM
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CW wrote: "Boris' competition to design a new routemaster for london has been won by a joint bid by Aston Martin and Lord Richard Rogers."
Does that mean that the seats will be on the outside?
DeLorean cars were designed by Lotus.
Does that mean that the seats will be on the outside?
DeLorean cars were designed by Lotus.
Dec 20th, 2008, 09:04 AM
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The newer streetcars in Vienna were designed by Porsche. And 150 of them are up and running, not still in the design stage.
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/a...ing-around.htm
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/a...ing-around.htm
Dec 20th, 2008, 10:26 AM
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Routemasters were supposed to be getting phased out because the EU's banning buses you can fall off. People who like Routemasters like them precisely because you can fall off them - or rather jump on to them at traffic lights.
Now you can fall off/jump on the Aston Martin design - so was this "new EU law" stuff always hokum - ie, Livingstone was a lying toerag? Or is the Aston Martin plan just a stunt - ie Boris is simply a self publicising hot air merchant?
Tough to decide, no?
Now you can fall off/jump on the Aston Martin design - so was this "new EU law" stuff always hokum - ie, Livingstone was a lying toerag? Or is the Aston Martin plan just a stunt - ie Boris is simply a self publicising hot air merchant?
Tough to decide, no?
Dec 20th, 2008, 02:06 PM
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>> ie Boris is simply a self publicising hot air merchant?<<
I believe there is intense scientific debate about the origins of mysterious deposits found in the woods, and quite what is going through the mind of a man who appears to millions in Rome in fancy robes.
As I understand it, it isn't a design for production it's a design concept. And since it's resulted in a bus that carries fewer people at twice the staffing cost of the buses it's intended to replace, I'm not holding my breath. Mind you, I do still have the skills to get on and off a moving bus. Like this:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pQfqxb2Nuk8
I believe there is intense scientific debate about the origins of mysterious deposits found in the woods, and quite what is going through the mind of a man who appears to millions in Rome in fancy robes.
As I understand it, it isn't a design for production it's a design concept. And since it's resulted in a bus that carries fewer people at twice the staffing cost of the buses it's intended to replace, I'm not holding my breath. Mind you, I do still have the skills to get on and off a moving bus. Like this:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pQfqxb2Nuk8
Dec 21st, 2008, 03:56 AM
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I thought the problem wasn't the platform but the fact that it was impossible to get on a routemaster in a wheelchair.
The Aston designed bus has an enterence halfway down the side for wheelchairs.
Perhaps we could get TVR to design our steam rollers?
The Aston designed bus has an enterence halfway down the side for wheelchairs.
Perhaps we could get TVR to design our steam rollers?
Dec 21st, 2008, 04:36 AM
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Thank you PatrickLondon for giving us a Sunday laugh! How do you do that? I mean send on a sketch from a TV show?
Cholmondley_Warner - About us poor Colonials that you don't know about -
We haven't got any freekin' buses
We haven't got any freekin' milkfloats
And what pray is a dustcart?
Cholmondley_Warner - About us poor Colonials that you don't know about -
We haven't got any freekin' buses
We haven't got any freekin' milkfloats
And what pray is a dustcart?
Dec 21st, 2008, 04:52 AM
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Youtube is a wonder, Tod, but I don't like to ask where people get the original recordings or what the copyright implications might be.
It even attracts people whose hobby appears to be making videos of dustcards:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6ny5c0-rnTE
It even attracts people whose hobby appears to be making videos of dustcards:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6ny5c0-rnTE
Dec 21st, 2008, 04:54 AM
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A dustcart is what the dustmen throw the rubbish from dustbins in to the back of. Then it makes growly noises and crushes up the rubbish.
I know you have these in America - I've seen 'em on the telly.
BTW All our fire engines are called Dennis. I think they maybe designed by Morgan.
I know you have these in America - I've seen 'em on the telly.
BTW All our fire engines are called Dennis. I think they maybe designed by Morgan.
Dec 21st, 2008, 05:03 AM
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I am staggered by the fact that there are so many videos of dustcarts on you tube. It's clearly a niche interest.
It's easy to spot a dustman in England. He will be wearing a dustman's hat as well as gorblimey trousers, and he'll live in a council flat.
The gorblimey trousers are, no doubt, designed by Vivienne Westwood.
It's easy to spot a dustman in England. He will be wearing a dustman's hat as well as gorblimey trousers, and he'll live in a council flat.
The gorblimey trousers are, no doubt, designed by Vivienne Westwood.
