Fun Facts

[Grady]

The Ford Flat Head V8 was introduced in 1932.

The current world land speed record by a Ford Flat Head V8 is 287 MPH.

The 1960 Orange Bowl was the first college football game in which a blimp was used to televise views of the game.

[The Mirror]

Henry Ford produced vehicles for both the Nazis and the Allies, because corporations have no nation and money is their only loyalty.

Hitler kept a portrait of Ford in his office.. War makes millionairs out of capitalists - that's why they fund them, and thats why were always in one. Money from death, what could be worse?

[Winston]

Henry Ford produced vehicles for both the Nazis and the Allies, because corporations have no nation and money is their only loyalty.

Hitler kept a portrait of Ford in his office.. War makes millionairs out of capitalists - that's why they fund them, and thats why were always in one. Money from death, what could be worse?

I could not have said it any better.

[Grady]

London is home to over 5000 pubs. (I am hoping we can get some first hand reports)

[cabinish]

London is home to over 5000 pubs. (I am hoping we can get some first hand reports)

It must be cheap to get a liquor license there -

It helps to have a good cabbie to get you to the really cool ones.
The gambling houses were very different than Vegas or Tahoe, not flashy.

[Grady]

London is home to over 5000 pubs. (I am hoping we can get some first hand reports)

It must be cheap to get a liquor license there -

It helps to have a good cabbie to get you to the really cool ones.
The gambling houses were very different than Vegas or Tahoe, not flashy.

I understand it it quite the process to become a licensed cabbie in London.

The city’s cabbies have big brains.
Cab drivers in London must memorize 320 different routes, 25,000 streets, and 20,000 landmarks to become certified as drivers — a process known as “The Knowledge” that takes anywhere from two to four years to complete. All that effort pays off: A study of brain scans showed that taxi drivers who were learning "The Knowledge" had larger hippocampuses — a part of the brain associated with memory — than control subjects.

USA Today Travel

[cabinish]

I understand it it quite the process to become a licensed cabbie in London.

That makes sense, imagine learning it all. I'd never get a rental car there, although I'm sure
their subway and bus systems are excellent.

[Photo-fish]

London is home to over 5000 pubs.

So is Wisconsin

[Grady]

London is home to over 5000 pubs.

So is Wisconsin

I've heard stories of Wisconsinites, opening presents with the kids on Christmas morning, then hitting a few bars on the way to the in-laws for Christmas dinner. By the time the kids are 10 they know all the words to the bar sing-along songs. and think breakfast is pickled eggs and peanuts.

[The Mirror]

Those must have been some incredibly boring stories Grady? Who would tell those?