Jon, you have to remember that the average Brit has nothing better to do than pick up "pebbles" while their beer warms up to room temperature.
Most of them spend their time throwing darts or eating Kidney Pie, and other than Ironing their flags for the Queen's next celebration (Royal Crocheteing Championships I believe is next), their biggest worry is that the average Canadian might be watching a rerun of the Classic Movie: Canadian Bacon" and banning Candy Stripers from active duty in Hospitals across the path of the Canadian Railway.
Other than that, it's all about sealing out water from their cars leaking seals, drying out the typical Lucas electrics, and plotting a future war against Germany for "stealing the Rolls Royce and Bentley from the "Tea and Crumpet" crowd.
That being said, I still salute Richard Noble and Andy Green for what they accomplished.
No matter how many millions private British industryry kicked in, by God they did it, and for that I salute them.............. better than the Chineese getting to the SOS first.
As clairvoient as ever, One Run.................out.
