Podcast 124 - The fast Ford tax
Added 2022-09-04 17:00:06 +0000 UTCJonny and Richard discuss an extreme example of spawty Fawds going for crazy money. Also in this episode, what the boss of Mercedes design hated about the ‘90s S-Class, hidden taxes in American shops, listeners’ messages about their local no-name full suspension mountain bike guys, deceased spec versus OAP spec, Woollarding versus rock guitaring, the joy of an outdoor shower, a listener recounts an embarrassing accident on an East German scooter, more info on Robert Plant’s cars, having two Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglios on the drive, and are BMW M3s any good any more?
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Haha, poo view. 😉
TD
2022-09-11 09:25:36 +0000 UTCI reckon Diana's RS Turbo came from Fawlds discreet vehicle operation, they supplied the Gran Torino used by undercover cops Starsky & Hutch.
John Hammond
2022-09-06 08:14:03 +0000 UTCI'd have said 1st September 1997.
John Hammond
2022-09-05 19:45:57 +0000 UTCI think the other reason is possibly the need for nationwide pricing (of a pair of trousers, for example) which is then sold in 50 states all with their own taxes. Otherwise you’d need price stickers for every state, which would be time consuming and difficult to get stock across state lines without a lot of crossing out.
Ed Storer
2022-09-05 19:43:24 +0000 UTCI am very keen to know when that particular gag was no longer considered ‘too soon.’
Ed Storer
2022-09-05 19:40:51 +0000 UTCThere has been many times I have indulged in a piss vista, but only once did I poo view, when working for the Securicor Omega parcel delivery company back in the late 90's. While driving through the outskirts of Luton, I required very quickly after a night of bunged up ness. A very large log, which had to be exited right there. So parked up in a slight wooded area, where the door was opened and used to shield my bare arse while I watched and admired the view of the back of the airport.
Rufus Harbud
2022-09-05 18:17:43 +0000 UTCAs to musicians putting feet on monitors - I can only vouch for guitarists, but it's 'on trend' to wear your guitar low, making the lowest notes (i.e. riffs/chords) easy to reach, but to play any hard, technical solos, you can stick a foot on monitor to raise the guitar up to more of a 'classical' position, making it much easier to play the shreddy little notes high up. The guitarist from Dream Theater had some boxes made specifically to put his foot on when the band started using in-ear monitors, because without his foot up, he couldn't do the proper widdly widdle stuff. There were lots of conspiracy theories at the time on the band's forum, but he revealed in a live DVD commentary that it was simply so he could actually play the stuff he'd recorded on the album, sat down in a studio
Kevin Bishop
2022-09-05 18:01:46 +0000 UTCThe arm out the window, hanging on to the gutter - this is rarely seen now I think because it's far less comfortable - have you tried hanging your right arm out the window? The distance between armpit and door sill is much bigger than the 80's/90s, and the bottom of the window much higher, so it's now really impractical.
Kevin Bishop
2022-09-05 17:58:38 +0000 UTCI think Jonny needs to stop perpetuating this Destiny's Child Survivor myth. He stands by his assertion so strongly I actually forced myself to go a listen to the song. This is time I won't get back, but they don't sing "Keep on Survivor" (which I believe the rest of the world already knows to be true). One of them regularly sings "Ohh" just as the line "Keep on Survivin' " is sung. We can probably blame the producer or sound engineer for the lack of clarity and Jonny's misunderstanding. Also, I'm not sure there are any g's in that song, it sounds like they have all been replaced with apostrophes.
Dibz
2022-09-05 13:59:50 +0000 UTCI remember after the tunnel crash; hearing that the hospital surgeons had been calling up retired Austin mechanics for advice. Apparently they knew the best way to get the engine out of a Princess…..
John Hammond
2022-09-05 12:43:23 +0000 UTCTHE ELECTRIC SCARECROW!!! On a slight tangent to “Hollow cheeked no name mountain bike man” I bring you a “The Big Smoke” variant. Glasgow’s “Electric Scarecrow” who both haunted my school commute and my dreams in the late 90’s https://localheroes.fandom.com/wiki/Electric_Scarecrow
David Carss
2022-09-05 08:23:29 +0000 UTCFirst time listening to the patreon version Why? As the dog needed a wee at half 5 and Richard hasn't got the podcast up on the apps yet
Thinfourth
2022-09-05 06:04:49 +0000 UTCAustralia, England and New Zealand all have value added tax l. Most things include the pre tax price, but it is less prominent as its less useful.
Jono
2022-09-05 02:42:23 +0000 UTCIn the small Devon town where I live, there's a couple of 'prominent' local people. One is known as 'Chris 6' he rides a mobility scooter with a numberplate saying the same thing, he constantly causes havoc around town with how he rides, the rumour is that he's been run over 6 times. The second person is a guy known simply as 'Pottsy', he is usually seen wondering at pace round town, or on a mountain bike absolutely ragging it and nearly running over pedestrians. He's quite old and I assume has some sort of mental disability.
Julian Hale
2022-09-04 20:56:28 +0000 UTCIt warms my heart to hear a Team America quote in 2022, everyone I know has forgotten about it (or in some cases are too young to know about it) but I still think it's brilliant and sorely needs a 4K re-release.
Matt Tester
2022-09-04 20:33:13 +0000 UTCSome Americans want to know how much they are paying in taxes and what the actual cost of the product is. California sales tax isn't even the highest Tennessee actually has the highest at 9.55%
Bill
2022-09-04 20:28:00 +0000 UTCThank you for the shout out of the metro picture, I thought you might like this. As for The queen of hearts escort, that didn’t really excite me , but I’d absolutely love for her cavalier gsi to come up for sale. I wonder if it’s still around and thank you Richard for getting my name right ! In 30 years this must be the first time someone has got my name right who didn’t know me.
Joe Brudenell
2022-09-04 19:18:25 +0000 UTCPerhaps the sticker was placed there by ‘The Travolta’, a well-known Smith n Sniff fan, on one of his many flying visits to pick up a bucket of crab?
Peter Heamon
2022-09-04 19:06:59 +0000 UTCShe might have survived if she had worn the seatbelt. As I understand it the bodyguard did. And did. The others didn’t. And didn’t.
jon honeyball
2022-09-04 18:39:10 +0000 UTCWe have an office Woollarder, although his corporate version has become known as the lunge. Very senior head office guy, comes to visit our smaller office every few weeks and he goes to town with the lunging when he does his round of attempted casual chat with the proles. Is there such a thing as power-lunging? Well there is now. If there's a chair involved it's very much standard Woollarding but if there's not one handy he just casually freeform lunges like he's warming up for a bit of exercise. To give him some credit, the chair lunge requires some skill as they're all wheeled office chairs he uses. Also, as our office no longer has a dress code he sometimes lunges in his shorts, luckily no Alan Partridge short shorts as yet.
Spartacus Mills
2022-09-04 18:35:50 +0000 UTCIf the Princess Diana spec S-Class was an armoured limousine, it would probably have been a V140 (denoting the long wheelbase variant), as opposed to the standard length W140.
Richard Fitton-Perkins
2022-09-04 17:48:33 +0000 UTC
