Things That Never Seem to Change

[MisterCairo]

And:

 

[GHT]

Unless I'm missing something, I beg to differ....
http://www.harley-davidson.com/content/h-d/en_US/home/museum/explore/hd-history/1900.html

Its not the longest running motorcycle manufacturer, it's the longest running model of motorcycle. It has been produced, first in Britain, then in India, non-stop and still in production, since 1948. Is there a model that Harley-Davidson has produced, been in production longer?

 

[Capesofwrath]

Its not the longest running motorcycle manufacturer, it's the longest running model of motorcycle. It has been produced, first in Britain, then in India, non-stop and still in production, since 1948. Is there a model that Harley-Davidson has produced, been in production longer?

The fact that it was still in production in India was very useful for owners in the UK. I had a 1953 Royal Enfield Bullet at one time in the seventies when I was into old Brit bikes and all the parts were still available - if perhaps not quite the quality of the originals in some cases.

The bikes were pretty ubiquitous in India back then since it was one of the few available as imports of all goods were strictly controlled there at that time. Along with the 1950s Morris Oxford made there and rebranded and a couple of locally made small capacity bikes it was Indian private transport; and you would see families riding on one with the wife riding sidesaddle to stop her sari from riding up and a couple of small children between them.

 

[MisterCairo]

Its not the longest running motorcycle manufacturer, it's the longest running model of motorcycle. It has been produced, first in Britain, then in India, non-stop and still in production, since 1948. Is there a model that Harley-Davidson has produced, been in production longer?

The focus is on the "Bullet", not the "Royal Enfield".

Like Ford is not the longest-producing auto maker, but the Ford F series of truck is (I believe) the longest continued model line (I may be wrong on that, but I'm using it as an example).

 

[Capesofwrath]

The focus is on the "Bullet", not the "Royal Enfield".

Like Ford is not the longest-producing auto maker, but the Ford F series of truck is (I believe) the longest continued model line (I may be wrong on that, but I'm using it as an example).

Don’t quite understand your point there. It started out as a Royal Enfield Bullet and became just an Enfield Bullet when made under licence in India. Still exactly the same bike.

 

[MisterCairo]

Don’t quite understand your point there. It started out as a Royal Enfield Bullet and became just an Enfield Bullet when made under licence in India. Still exactly the same bike.

Folks are questioning the original post, which was that the RE "Bullet" is the bike that's been in continuous production longer than ANY OTHER MODEL, vice whether or not the Royal Enfield COMPANY has been the longest producer of motorcycles.

Hoosier posted that Harley Davidson has been around longer than Royal Enfield. He is correct.

However, the Bullet MODEL has been produced longer than any particular model that HD has produced, at least, that is what is being suggested.

The company and the model are not the same thing.

Sorry, but short of drawing a picture I don't know how else to make this more clear.

 

[ingineer]

If you don't have one, you should:
Aladdin mantle kerosene lamp
http://aladdinlamps.com/

 

[Capesofwrath]

Folks are questioning the original post, which was that the RE "Bullet" is the bike that's been in continuous production longer than ANY OTHER MODEL, vice whether or not the Royal Enfield COMPANY has been the longest producer of motorcycles.

Hoosier posted that Harley Davidson has been around longer than Royal Enfield. He is correct.

However, the Bullet MODEL has been produced longer than any particular model that HD has produced, at least, that is what is being suggested.

The company and the model are not the same thing.

Sorry, but short of drawing a picture I don't know how else to make this more clear.

Yes but GHT wasn’t, he was making the same point you just made when he replied to HD. So why quote him?

 

[St.Ignatz]

When my wife and I lived in Scotland in the early '70s, "brown sauce"was the standard accompaniment to fish chips, pie & chips, chicken & chips and all other & chips dishes. we went down to London and the fish & chips were wonderful, but nobody seemed to have any idea what brown sauce was. You got malt vinegar or nothing. I thought brown sauce was strictly a Scottish thing.

Daddy's for me with a good fry up.

Tom D.

 

[Inkstainedwretch]

Hudson's Bay blankets have been made almost without change since at least 1780. They've stayed in production in all the years since, so the Hudson's Bay blankets you get now (if you can afford them) are not replicas or reproductions, they're the original goods. Some indigenous peoples of Canada value everything in blankets, so if you mess with the makeup of the HB blanket, you're messing with the currency.

 

[Stanley Doble]

Airstream trailers. They have evolved slowly since 1934 but you can still buy the iconic polished aluminum torpedo shaped RVs that were the Cadillac of trailers in the fifties.

 

[sheeplady]

Shuron glasses.

 

[green papaya]

Foods at the STATE FAIR "HAMBURGERS & HOT DOGS" (1945)

these pictures are from the movie "STATE FAIR" in color

notice the good old fashioned hamburger and hot dogs havent changed? they are still the same as always, these color photos from 1945 show the detail, and they are pretty much the same as now, and still just as popular.

 

[sheeplady]

Is that a pepper slice on that hamburger?

The only place I've seen pepper slices on hamburgers is Five Guys.

 

[LizzieMaine]

And celery, yet. Who puts celery on a hamburger?

 

[green papaya]

Is that a pepper slice on that hamburger?

The only place I've seen pepper slices on hamburgers is Five Guys.

yep, it sure looks like a thin slice of pepper / bell pepper?

 

[green papaya]

And celery, yet. Who puts celery on a hamburger?

I think thats a piece of lettuce? but it's curled up a little making it appear like celery?

 

[sheeplady]

Definitely celery.

Also, that's the core of the pepper right? Because it looks a bit like a cucumber. I'm pretty sure at this point including the core of the pepper would weird me out more than the cucumber... because the core is all spongy and... not good.

I think somebody got their hamburger confused with a Bloody Mary. I have, for the record, eaten a veggie burger with cucumbers and some greek-style dressing; it was delicious. But I love cucumbers... so... yeah.

 

[LizzieMaine]

That's the way I feel about sliced tomatoes on sandwiches. The outside part is fine, but that gloppy middle part with the seeds -- yech. Especially when it's all pale and greenish like you get with the usual Grade B restaurant tomatoes.

A really really good hamburger doesn't need fixings or condiments of any kind. The quality of the meat alone is enough.

Those look like quality hot dogs on the grill, though -- the real natural-casing kind such as you get at all self-respecting hot dog stands. Skinless weenies were introduced in the 1930s, and became popular at ballparks and dirty-water pushcarts because they were cheaper than the natural-casing kind, but the frankfurter cognocenti scorned them, then and now.

 

[vitanola]

So one can presume "Annie's Cousin Fanny" didn't get much BBC airplay....

I checked Rust, and note that "Annie's Cousin Fanny" did not appear in the Parlophone New Rhythm Style Series, as did so many other contemporary Dorsey Brothers' recordings. I can't think why.