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| Posted: Sat Jan 21st, 2012 01:32 am | 21st Post |
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John J wrote: Here's another "silly British" one..why do we call the luggage area in a car the BOOT? After all, when you go out walking you don't carry anything into your boots! This one got missed over when the topic got onto "loo". Does this have an interesting answer?
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21st, 2012 01:50 am | 22nd Post |
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Okay... so we are waaay of topic now...
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21st, 2012 02:07 am | 23rd Post |
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Oh it's not that far off topic, he was talking about silly brits after all  I've always wondered about that boot/bonet thing. It's almost a weird as what side of the road they drive on   
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21st, 2012 03:04 am | 24th Post |
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Looked up boot, seems this a seat built into coaches where the driver sat....
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21st, 2012 06:09 am | 25th Post |
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Thanks Redbaron that sounds about right. A lot of our car words are from the times of the horse. For example, 'dashboard' we use for the instrument panel was the name of the board at the coach drivers feet positioned to stop mud from the horses feet (as the horse dashed) being thrown up and hitting him.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21st, 2012 11:57 am | 26th Post |
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I couldn't find any definitive info on the boot and bonnet thing, maybe linked to the bonnet on ones head and the boots on ones feet.  As for the side of the road we drive on, this will have been decided way before the introduction of motor vehicles and has been attributed to the carrying of lances for combat, keeping to the left of the oncoming horse rider and allowing the use of lance/ pike or even sword, held in the right hand.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 1st, 2012 01:48 am | 27th Post |
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Here's my silly Reg plate, lucky I no longer live in Blighty, It would've taken buying the Mayor of Sunderland Rolls Royce to get it, gotta love Texas!! Attachment: License plate.jpg (Downloaded 63 times)
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| Posted: Wed Feb 1st, 2012 07:43 am | 28th Post |
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us385south wrote: Not to drift too far off topic but, yep... I knew that. Oddly... I have a rather keen interest in manhole covers... see my gallery HERE. And here I thought my collection of Hot Wheel Motorcycles was strange... 
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| Posted: Wed Feb 1st, 2012 07:59 pm | 29th Post |
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us385south wrote: Not to drift too far off topic but, yep... I knew that. Oddly... I have a rather keen interest in manhole covers... see my gallery HERE. I like your Roswell shot. Out of this world!
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| Posted: Thu Feb 2nd, 2012 01:55 am | 30th Post |
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HyperPete wrote: us385south wrote:Not to drift too far off topic but, yep... I knew that. Oddly... I have a rather keen interest in manhole covers... see my gallery HERE. It boggles my imagination how us385south actually found a fan of his hobby on this forum but what this really proves is that, the only thing all of us actually have in common is a simple motorcycle, just an observation, or am I just a closet manhole cover queen that can only profess my appreciation this way!?!?!? Last edited on Thu Feb 2nd, 2012 02:02 am by chilidawg |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 2nd, 2012 07:43 am | 31st Post |
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I happily admit to having looked through all the covers and enjoyed seeing them.  Might be worth snapping pictures of covers over here, because they are being stolen faster than they can be replaced for their scrap value and they are now being replaced with modern heavy duty plastic ones. 
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| Posted: Thu Feb 2nd, 2012 02:37 pm | 32nd Post |
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"Skip to the loo my darling"
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| Posted: Fri Feb 3rd, 2012 12:23 am | 33rd Post |
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HyperPete wrote: us385south wrote:Not to drift too far off topic but, yep... I knew that. Oddly... I have a rather keen interest in manhole covers... see my gallery HERE. Yeah, I liked the Roswell shots too. Especially the one with alien antennas in the shadow...
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| Posted: Fri Feb 3rd, 2012 01:00 am | 34th Post |
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John J wrote: Here's another "silly British" one..why do we call the luggage area in a car the BOOT? After all, when you go out walking you don't carry anything into your boots! My wife is from the southern part of the state and she and her familt used to call the trunk the "boot end" of the car. I believe its because its the REAR of the car like the REAR of a boot??????
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| Posted: Sat Feb 4th, 2012 10:16 am | 35th Post |
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The 'boot' refers to the 'boot-box', or the rear area of a carriage where the 'footmen' would stand on the back of a carriage. This footman is responsible for jumping down and placing the stool/boot-box in front of the door, and then opening the door and assisting the passengers into or out of a carriage. On other carriages that area would be holding the foot-locker/trunk/chest, even many of the early cars had a box strapped into that location.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 6th, 2012 08:21 pm | 36th Post |
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unionjk wrote: The 'boot' refers to the 'boot-box', or the rear area of a carriage where the 'footmen' would stand on the back of a carriage. This footman is responsible for jumping down and placing the stool/boot-box in front of the door, and then opening the door and assisting the passengers into or out of a carriage. On other carriages that area would be holding the foot-locker/trunk/chest, even many of the early cars had a box strapped into that location. DANG!!!!!!!! You're OLD!!!!!!!!!!!
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