"10-12 pints? Well that tells you how weak English beer is! If you came
to Sydney and we put 10-12 pints of any local beer into you you'd be
pushing your MG home, "
Ah, your'e making the mistake of comparing the English drinking English beer
with the Aussies drinking Aussie "beer" - if you can call Fosters, Four X
beer. I think we used to call that "small beer" and give it to children ...
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Cotty <neilc@tradesrv.com.au>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 07 December 1998 12:04
Subject: Tourism: England vs. Australia <G> Hugely off topic. ;))
>All,
>
>Must clear up a few things here!! My job as an Australian. Well actually
>I'm born a Kiwi, 10 years Australian, 2 years American and Pommie
>parented - go figure. <G> Basically a mutt!
>
>1. We get Speckled Hen on tap here. Apart from the cool MG coasters etc
>the beer itself is.. Well lets just say "Don't worry it's only a
>nightmare." I prefer Guinness. <G> It's not that bad. :)
>
>> I spent 4 years in England..and can tell from experience(10 to 12
>pints a
>
>10-12 pints? Well that tells you how weak English beer is! If you came
>to Sydney and we put 10-12 pints of any local beer into you you'd be
>pushing your MG home, that's if you could still stand up - I would have
>passed out somewhere round #6-7! <G> I visited my Uncle in Sunderland
>(No northern jokes!) a few years ago and he drank somewhere near that
>amount of beer each night. I thought he was kidding until I tried it
>myself. <G> The beer isn't half as bad as we Aussie's make it out to be
>but then again it's nothing like cold, cold, cold Aussie beer. I think
>beer drinking in England is kind of like Ice Tea drinking in Texas.. At
>least the quantities are similar. ;)
>
>>So what are the other reasons for coming here (apart from the MGF)???
>
>Well another problem there.. ;) we get better spec MGF's here in
>Australia than you do in the UK. I think leather seats are standard,
>upgraded trim, all the export goodies. Phil - remember seeing a DJ in
>your magazine putting in leather seats, he should have just ordered an
>F from here! ;) (BTW keep up the home mechanic articles! Great!) An F
>here starts around $50K ($30K USD, 20K UKP) so they're not cheap, but
>cars aren't cheap here generally as we import everything except Fords,
>Holdens and Mitsubishi's with the odd Toyota thrown in (thrilling eh?).
>:(( But we do have a huge selection of imports.
>
>The weather is better, the women are se.. err.. *ahem* (OK darlin'
>they're not as nice as Texan girls! *grovel* <G>), the beer is stronger
>and there are more MG's than you can poke a stick at!
>
>That said, I still wouldn't pass up a drive around the Lake District in
>an MG if someone offered. <G> Last time I was there we did it in a new
>Rover 400 something. Not quite the same, thats when we visited the MG
>Factory at Abingdon and had a beer at the (I think..) 'Magic Midget' is
>it? Someone local will inform me correctly. :) When I was there -
>1990-91 I think, the MG Car Club had take up residence in the old
>offices. Got photo's somewhere, been a member of that club since then...
>All I really remember is some Swiss guy's (Rally/Race) Red MGC GT
>sebring copy in the parking lot. mmmm!
>
>So when y'all coming down under?? <G> :))
>
>Yours in jest,
>Neil.
>
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