On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 17:24:08 -0600, "Jim Stewart"
<stewart@ceet.niu.edu> wrote:

>> >>>>>And they say the British Class structure is dead.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>Who says that?
>> >>>
>> >>>Foreigners, I would imagine. And poor people.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>>A popular, but unsubstantiated myth - have no truck
>> >>>>with it. That's my advice.
>> >>>
>> >>>Trucks are too frightfully proletarian for this thread, Jeff. Landaus,
>> >>>broughams and coupes de ville, those are the sorts of transport for a
>> >>>pukka British chap.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> One has Jaguars.
>> >
>> >Jaguars are too frightfully proletarian also, having been taken over by
>> >the dreadful Ford chappie.  Best stick to Rolls Royce or Bentley - oops,
>> >they're now German aren't they?  How about Aston Martin and Lotus?
>>
>> Had the Asters out to 130mph last week, but that was just on one's
>> driveway, so it's not a true indication.
>>
>So it was you I passed in my 72 Crown Vic. I thought it was the Geiko
>Lizard.
>
Was I wearing a cravat and sporting a pipe?

JJD