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General Category => Unusual Microcar Discussion => Topic started by: Jonathan Poll on August 03, 2011, 09:54:26 PM
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Hello,
I need help for the RUMcars site...
We have a great idea for the Galery page, and I need you for it!
Can anyone here give me the list of countries that micros where produced in within Europe?
I can add every europe country, but then realise I done loads of work on pages that never had micros, so if anyone has the list, it may be easier!
It can be a list of all countries, since I will need it anyway.
Thanks in advance, JP
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I like the new photo. :) I did a lot of work on a list on Wikipedia some years back "Microcars by country of origin" which might help you to get started with a list of countries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_microcars_by_country_of_origin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_microcars_by_country_of_origin). But do you need to set up separate pages now on the new site or could you not add them as and when you have the images to fill them? You might have images of one or two cars from 3 or 4 countries which might work better on one page under "Europe others" or something similar rather than large pages with a small image or conversely, you might have 3 or 4 pages of images of cars from just one country.
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I like the new photo. :) I did a lot of work on a list on Wikipedia some years back "Microcars by country of origin" which might help you to get started with a list of countries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_microcars_by_country_of_origin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_microcars_by_country_of_origin). But do you need to set up separate pages now on the new site or could you not add them as and when you have the images to fill them? You might have images of one or two cars from 3 or 4 countries which might work better on one page under "Europe others" or something similar rather than large pages with a small image or conversely, you might have 3 or 4 pages of images of cars from just one country.
Hi,
I will make drop down menus on the tab "Gallery". They will be the continents, then there will be sub drop down menus, with the countries, then you choose which one you want, then it will bring you to a page with just the name of each car. Click on the name, and you will have photos and description.
JP
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When do we all get to see the new photo?
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When do we all get to see the new photo?
Ask Rusty Chrome, since I don't know how he saw it!
Well, I will ask Chris, I think it is finished.
JP
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There are better search engines than Google!
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Well I saw it on the LED screen of Chris's camara up a step ladder on Sunday but it would be nice to see the real image.
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There are better search engines than Google!
There, just removed the site from search engines, so no one can sneak peak ;)
I dont know when you saw it, since its version 3, you probably saw versipn 2.
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As for micro producing countries i know of UK, France, Holland, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Argentina, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Portugal (I think I recall a Potugoose), Yugoslavia (Fiat 500s and 600s under the Yugo and Zastava names), Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, Greece.
I do not know if any were made in Belgium, Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Andora, Malta, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania or Estonia.
Argentina has clearly gate-crashed the above list, and can drive off in its Dinarg, and Tango elsewhere.
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potugoose :D :D :D
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potugoose :D :D :D
Microcars in every country... Assica in Greece, Bumbi in Argentina, FeKeF in Sweden, Bumbino in Holland, Nob in UK, fu**amobil in German (Of course I masked the L and D ;) ), and more!
I can remove the comment if it is too rude, just couldnt resist!
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I can think of even ruder replys but they really would get the forum closed down. Come back and see me when you're 18 Jonathan.... ;)
But then again, nothing beats this thing below for naughty names. :)
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Might be better collecting scooters guys. You can have a Faka with your fav Sach engine or from the French, sponsored by the well known fuel company, the Total Bastert. Both a rare but I know for a few of each among the Microcar collectors worldwide don't you know?
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I can think of even ruder replys but they really would get the forum closed down. Come back and see me when you're 18 Jonathan.... ;)
But then again, nothing beats this thing below for naughty names. :)
Well, check out what I saw on my trip to Aland for the micro rally...
I also saw in the shops, a Lego Zundapp Janus! Doesnt look much like it, but remember the one you spottedin Disney Pixar's Cars II?
Here it is! http://www.lego.com/cars/en-us/Default.aspx?icmp=COFranchiseUSCars#307846
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Dear Jonathan
Is it me or is there nothing remotely funny about any of the four images that you have posted. They appear to have nothing to do with microcars. The Finnish Language is an ancient and noble language and I think that suggesting that it is in any way funny may be offensive to them. May I suggest that you look at the translation of signs into English.
Airline ticket office, Copenhagen :
WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
In a Bangkok temple :
IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN.
Cocktail lounge , Norway :
LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.
Doctors office, Rome :
SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.
Dry cleaners, Bangkok :
DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS.
In a Nairobi restaurant :
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER.
On the main road to Mombassa, leaving Nairobi :
TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.
On a poster at Kencom :
ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO WE CAN HELP.
In a City restaurant :
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS.
In a cemetery :
PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.
Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations :
GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.
On the menu of a Swiss restaurant :
OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.
In a Tokyo bar :
SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.
Hotel , Yugoslavia :
THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
Hotel , Japan :
YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox monastery :
YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET COMPOSERS, ARTISTS AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY EXCEPT THURSDAY.
A sign posted in Germany 's Black Forest :
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE.
Hotel, Zurich :
BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand :
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?
A laundry in Rome :
LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.
Chris Thomas
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Dear Jonathan
Is it me or is there nothing remotely funny about any of the four images that you have posted. They appear to have nothing to do with microcars. The Finnish Language is an ancient and noble language and I think that suggesting that it is in any way funny may be offensive to them. May I suggest that you look at the translation of signs into English.
Airline ticket office, Copenhagen :
WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
In a Bangkok temple :
IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN.
Cocktail lounge , Norway :
LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.
Doctors office, Rome :
SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.
Dry cleaners, Bangkok :
DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS.
In a Nairobi restaurant :
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER.
On the main road to Mombassa, leaving Nairobi :
TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.
On a poster at Kencom :
ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO WE CAN HELP.
In a City restaurant :
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS.
In a cemetery :
PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.
Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations :
GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.
On the menu of a Swiss restaurant :
OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.
In a Tokyo bar :
SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.
Hotel , Yugoslavia :
THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
Hotel , Japan :
YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox monastery :
YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET COMPOSERS, ARTISTS AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY EXCEPT THURSDAY.
A sign posted in Germany 's Black Forest :
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE.
Hotel, Zurich :
BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand :
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?
A laundry in Rome :
LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.
Chris Thomas
What you posted also has no relation to microcars ;)
Well, we laugh at them, and I'm sure they laugh at us, in there own language!
Just like the Goggomobil, doesnt mean anything in England, but it translates as "spaz chariott" in french! That is why they called the french goggo's Isards, if anyone wanted to know.
JP
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Whilst not rude it is very hard to get any uninformed person to take them seriously as the conversation goes something like;
'What sort of car is that?'
'A Goggomobil.'
'Never heard of it, its not a real car is it? Who made it?'
'Goggomobil did, part of the Glas group.'
'Where was that, then?'
'Dingolfing, Bavaria.'
'No. I do not believe you. Dingle thing indeed.' Walks off scoffing while you attempt to point out it is now a BMW factory. Its Egon Bach all over again!
That said I am not sure a Frisky Prince was the best marketing in San Fransisco unless you were of a certain persuasion! They still do it now. VW Toureg - no I do not want a vehicle named after what we believe are unreliable Arabian cut throats, for instance. VW Ponce sounds more likely.
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Alan's tale reminds me of the early days when on leaving Burford after the Rally each year, for those of us heading for London, our first port of call was a certain petrol station near Oxford. On this particular occasion the Sidcup Bubblers had turned out in force as was our want. There were about five or six bubble cars and a couple of back up cars with more trailed micros and me in an ordinary vehicle. The man at the pimps (I am talking 1980's here - no self service) was obvious new to the micro invasion and started chatting to me as he filled up my Triumph Vitesse. "I wonder what that red thing is ?" pointing at the Messerschmitt and I told him, Silence, then "Cor, that little one's got four wheells" as the Goggo started to pull back into the traffic "Whats that? A Goggomobil from Dingafling" I replied. "Oh yes and I'm Father Christmas" says he tasking my money "and where do you live Cloud Cuckooland!" Jean
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Coming out of Cheddar Gorge you pass the "Mendip Inn".
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Alan's tale reminds me of the early days when on leaving Burford after the Rally each year, for those of us heading for London, our first port of call was a certain petrol station near Oxford. On this particular occasion the Sidcup Bubblers had turned out in force as was our want. There were about five or six bubble cars and a couple of back up cars with more trailed micros and me in an ordinary vehicle. The man at the pimps (I am talking 1980's here - no self service) was obvious new to the micro invasion and started chatting to me as he filled up my Triumph Vitesse. "I wonder what that red thing is ?" pointing at the Messerschmitt and I told him, Silence, then "Cor, that little one's got four wheells" as the Goggo started to pull back into the traffic "Whats that? A Goggomobil from Dingafling" I replied. "Oh yes and I'm Father Christmas" says he tasking my money "and where do you live Cloud Cuckooland!" Jean
Love it! ;D "Pimp attendant?" What exactly is that, a bouncer at a brothel?
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Alan's tale reminds me of the early days when on leaving Burford after the Rally each year, for those of us heading for London, our first port of call was a certain petrol station near Oxford. On this particular occasion the Sidcup Bubblers had turned out in force as was our want. There were about five or six bubble cars and a couple of back up cars with more trailed micros and me in an ordinary vehicle. The man at the pimps (I am talking 1980's here - no self service) was obvious new to the micro invasion and started chatting to me as he filled up my Triumph Vitesse. "I wonder what that red thing is ?" pointing at the Messerschmitt and I told him, Silence, then "Cor, that little one's got four wheells" as the Goggo started to pull back into the traffic "Whats that? A Goggomobil from Dingafling" I replied. "Oh yes and I'm Father Christmas" says he tasking my money "and where do you live Cloud Cuckooland!" Jean
Love it! ;D "Pimp attendant?" What exactly is that, a bouncer at a brothel?
;D
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musnt forget of course that the company i work for manufacture the market leading brand of condom in the U.S. - TROJAN . now that would be a hard sell .... ooh er . i mean the biggest brand , praps thats why Trojans dont seem to have reached there. can we imagine a car with DUREX in large chrome script across the front door
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musnt forget of course that the company i work for manufacture the market leading brand of condom in the U.S. - TROJAN . now that would be a hard sell .... ooh er . i mean the biggest brand , praps thats why Trojans dont seem to have reached there. can we imagine a car with DUREX in large chrome script across the front door
They gave us 2 at school! 1 was Trojan, other was Manix (yes, I know...)
I gave one to a girl, and blew the other one up, and launched it at my mum!
JP
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I gave one to a girl
Dirty boy! :o That was a waste of a good balloon ya know....
The French education system must be somewhat more liberal than of here. All we had by the way of sex education was one chapter out of a book & a video on plant propagation believe it or not The rest was trial & error. Mostly error. :-[
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I gave one to a girl
Dirty boy! :o That was a waste of a good balloon ya know....
The French education system must be somewhat more liberal than of here. All we had by the way of sex education was one chapter out of a book & a video on plant propagation believe it or not The rest was trial & error. Mostly error. :-[
Nah, it was just in the bus, as kids do, you just show everyone you got a condom, and a girl wanted to see it, and didnt hand it back ;)
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i was of the age where we got NO sex education at all !!
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What are sex, are they for delivery coal in?
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The man at the pimps (I am talking 1980's here - no self service)
Jean
The damned spell check has let me down again!! And lowered the tone of this topic. Men!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jean
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boys :D
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Language Jean!! ;D Your the one who started talking about pimps not us!!!!!!!! ;D ;D
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I have my tea about sex. ;D
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Language Jean!! ;D Your the one who started talking about pimps not us!!!!!!!! ;D ;D
A Pimp is just a Stiletto, a sort of tarted up Hillman from Scotland. We could talk about a Gnoblin. Are they Pixies that do not believe in themselves?
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Boys, men, girls, women the most important thing to remember:
Growing old is compulsory.
Growing up is not ;D