Archive for the 'consumerism' Category

Cars in the UK vs Cars in the US

If you were to compare the two - UK born cars and US born cars - which do you think would be most likely to win - you may have to choose a range of playing fields to compare fairly - but say you had a “fastest”, a “most economic”, a “lightest car”, a “least [...]

Is Daewoo Dead?

Is it really so that we now just call used daewoo’s chevrolets? has it come to that point that we just associate one car produced wholy by one company as anothers - is this just us giving in to marketing and promotionals? Personally I have this picture of the sort of car Daewoo makes in [...]

Quads - fun or nescessity?

Are quads really that great? I reckon people just enjoy them a bit much - its like a guy who is in the office 9-5 spending 50 quid on an office toy.
I mean they must be useful for carrying 2 bags of feed or a sheep, and training kids about machines from young I suppose- [...]

Tea - a british staple diet

From the mechanic that fixes your volvo to the builder that lays your new concrete floor. British tradesmen love tea, almost unanimously.
And so they should, tea is a great drink, with caffiene to keep you awake, and a history behind it that is stirred away with semi-skimmed milk. Pirates, huge tea boats and crazy costumes [...]

Citrus beer - whats that about

Alchohol can be great. I don’t deny the fun I had as a youthy teen, plastering myself with random liquids and doing crazy funny stuff. It was great, from at school to in a park we had some amazing times. Hangovers were cured on monday morning with some home made distilled James Juice. Some good [...]