Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 21:29:05 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 11:15:29 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

Its a perfectly adequate solution to their particular conditions.

 
Someone else was singing the praises of Carroll Shelby, a USian who
designed cars so good, they could almost be European.
 
Basically, he was a freak.

The US isn't Europe and it isn't New Zealand. We do what we do rather
well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World's_Fastest_Indian

Munro had to go to Bonneville to set world records and he was riding an
Indian built in Springfield Massachusetts. He also raced a Velocette but
could only squeeze 138 mph out of it, hardly a record outsize of NZ.