Hello all , Im matt im 26 from faringdon oxfordshire , Mainly into most things vintage . Have a few stationary engines that i display at vintage rallys . This is where my intrest of Lamps started . started with a few few tilley's but now i have progressed into a bialaddin and a vapalux m320 .Im intreasted on obtaining a small collection to light up the patio on those summer nights or when out at a rally . I think i have caught the bug Matt
Hello Mat I don't know if I caught the Bug or the bug caught me. I just know that i am caught and the only way is to go in deeper. Welcome to the Club! From The Great Lakes in the middle of the States.
Raf, I'm thinking Nebraska (or maybe Kansas) is gonna be pissed at you claiming the middle seat. Admit it, the so-called mid-west is still mostly to the right of the Mississippi River. More like the mildly conservative, just to the right of the real middle. Granted, Wisconsin is kind of liberal, but it's still to the right of the Mississippi River. Dear people of the U.K. and Europe, please ignore my late-night geographic banter. I'm craving Cheetos, and the closest bag is like 8 miles (13 km) away in a Walmart (thing tacky Tesco). Such is life in northwest Pennsylvania... Welcome to CPL Matt! Neighbor Al That is all...
No problems! But since we're at geographics, I can inform you that U.K. belong to Europe, so no need to specify them as a separate part.
Or put another way - Europe belongs to the UK. Or you could say the Cornish are part of England, though the Cornish will not agree.
Yes, Cornwall is part of England, but it does not belong to England. The same applies to all the other counties, of course. In the same way, the UK may be part of Europe in some respects (many will disagree but it must do: we have a UK Independence Party ) but does not belong to Europe - perish the thought...
OK. Belong might have been the wrong choice of word there... But I think (hope!) most people understood what I meant. It is a bit strange to write "Dear people of the U.K. and Europe". Why the separation of Britain? I've seen this error before from people in the USA, so I wonder if some just don't know that UK is a part of Europe. If it is more about how people consider themselves, it would have been more appropriate to write "Dear people of the U.K., Scandinavia and Europe" since we up here probably feel even lesser European than the Brits! When writing "UK and Europe", I feel leftout! Oh, well. It doesn't matter. I just thought I'd better explain what I meant for those who didn't get that.
I think we knew what you meant Christer, and so as not to feel left out we can say geographically we are part of the continent of Europe. But politically . . . well that's another bucket of worms! There is much power in a single word. To 'belong' generally implies possession, yet to a Scot, to 'belong' may be the place from whence he or she was born, while to 'stay', would be where they might be living at a current time. To an Englishman or woman, we might say we 'come from' a place of birth, and are 'living' in a certain place. - And welcome Matt - you'll soon see how things can digress!!!! It's all about the banter. (Well, a bit of it).
Nothing wrong with a bit of banter . I help run another Forum and there is plenty of that going on there . Oh and most topics seems to go off track Just had a thought that i need to get a few lamps in working condition for a few weekends time as im off to a rally ( a 4 day event ) and thers are my main light source . matt
a few pictures of the lamps .. As you can see in the last pic that the tilley on the right is not glowing so bright ... Think its the fact its got a new vapouriser from tilley and not as good as the older ones . matt
Al, geographically speaking, i think if you draw an X through the lower 48 you might find yourself in Kansas in a cornfield far from civilation. i actually am about 40 miles s.w. of the seathing metropolis of Chicago at the edge of where the corn begins. but as you say east of the missippi river. thanks for the Tilley parts. and great you tube vids. Also having been born in Liverpool to an American father and British mother this duel national has never thought of himself as European and i thought the difference was the use of the Euro. as opposed to having a Queen and using the GBP. am i wrong?
Nothing to do with the Euro which is just part of a thicker wedge. Europe as a Continent includes the British Isles, but as Islands with a former monarchical reign with Habeus Corpus as the basis in law, the British Isles have mostly been part of Europe geographically but not politically - until 1972. What followed will be argued about depending on one's point of view politically, but it's a mess most British, and I believe most 'mainland Europeans', would wish disappear up it's own sphincter.
Ah, yes. I always forget how long you Brits have been part of the union. That's more than a generation, so by now you must have been well assimilated. You are true Europeans. We have a while to go before we are there... Atleast you had the good taste, just like us in Sweden, to stick to your own old currency. That's always something.
Hi Matt and wellcome to you from us in Danmark. The only thing we can brag about is that we have good neighbors and good beer Claus C
I don't know about any of the other Euro countries, but in France they still show the value of many goods in French Francs alongside Euro's, and bank statements also show the balance in French Francs as well as Euro's. 'Assimilation' is being sold as 'harmonisation'. In effect, stripping any national identity. Now look what you've done - got me rabbiting on politics again . . . !
Maybe I'm the odd one out, but as long as people pay me I don't care what currency it's in... I have absolutely no loyalty to GBP.
I absolutely agree here - the currency is just a practical tool. The currency itself dont make a country more or less "european". We have the danish crown and to us it is very practical, while it is much more clear to see where the different types of money-flow goes and therefor easyer to control. Of course it cost a bit in exchange-fee - but not much - compared to the benefits. Claus C
