BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[briantrumpet]

Ignorance comes at a price.

 

[Dorset Boy]

Not good news Brian, especially as certain ethnic groups have not bothered to have their kids vaccinated.

 

[Pblakeney]

Ignorance comes at a price.

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I'm not so sure it is pure ignorance, more likely a conscious choice made after reading socials and t'internet.
Muppets.

 

[briantrumpet]

Haha. Just in case anyone had forgotten.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

I am not sure the takeover was the problem. I can't recall the specifics, but one of the founders has repeatedly been feisty in the wrong way for any business on social media

James Watt. A fair few controversies, a lot of his ex employees have made allegations about him, I think there was a BBC doc about it a while back.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

Do you remember the BBC 'Troubleshooter' series where Sir John Harvey-Jones went round various companies advising them how to grow (or at least improve) their businesses? The funniest one was on the Morgan Motor Company: he identified things like long waiting lists and their keeping a lot of handmade production processes as holding them back, and they basically said "But that's what we do and why people buy from us", and completely ignored his recommendations. They are still in business, making about 630 cars a year.

I was a mere child but I remember 'Troubleshooter'. Morgan used to be a customer of ours many years ago, my Dad always used to say "anyone that buys a Morgan needs their head tested, they're made out of bloody wood". I googled and they still make the frame out of ash today!

 

[Pblakeney]

I was a mere child but I remember 'Troubleshooter'. Morgan used to be a customer of ours many years ago, my Dad always used to say "anyone that buys a Morgan needs their head tested, they're made out of bloody wood". I googled and they still make the frame out of ash today!

Guaranteed those Morgan’s will still be on the road long after a similar age BMW.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

Guaranteed those Morgan’s will still be on the road long after a similar age BMW.

Quite probably! Assuming no termites 😂

 

[Dorset Boy]

Guaranteed those Morgan’s will still be on the road long after a similar age BMW.

But after the same amount of mileage? Morgans live in dry garages, not on the roads like most cars. They only go out in the dry, not all year in all conditions.
Chalk and cheese comparison.

 

[briantrumpet]

I was a mere child but I remember 'Troubleshooter'. Morgan used to be a customer of ours many years ago, my Dad always used to say "anyone that buys a Morgan needs their head tested, they're made out of bloody wood". I googled and they still make the frame out of ash today!

It's kind of their USP, and why they ignored the advice pretty much 100%, IIRC.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

It's kind of their USP, and why they ignored the advice pretty much 100%, IIRC.

It certainly is, but my Dad was an "expert" in many fields (like many father's of a certain generation 😉). He always felt it was "bloody daft" 😂

 

[briantrumpet]

Not good news Brian, especially as certain ethnic groups have not bothered to have their kids vaccinated.

It's one of the things I just can't wrap my head around - just why (for instance) would Andrew Wakefield go the the US to target certain ethnic groups for his lies, knowing they'll catch measles as a result?

 

[BoldonLad]

Guaranteed those Morgan’s will still be on the road long after a similar age BMW.

One of my best pals had a Morgan, way back in the 1970s (from distant memeory0.

It had a V8 Engine. As a passenger, I can honestly say it was exciting, but, hardly comfortable, the acceleration was such that it was painful.

He used it as an "everyday car" commuting etc. It was very expensive to maintain, he is deceased now, so, I cannot check with him (except via a medium), but, if I recall correctly it was mainly suspension components having to be replaced frequently.

 

[Ian H]

One of my best pals had a Morgan, way back in the 1970s (from distant memeory0.

It had a V8 Engine. As a passenger, I can honestly say it was exciting, but, hardly comfortable, the acceleration was such that it was painful.

He used it as an "everyday car" commuting etc. It was very expensive to maintain, he is deceased now, so, I cannot check with him (except via a medium), but, if I recall correctly it was mainly suspension components having to be replaced frequently.

Reminds me of a fellow who had the factory next to ours. He built his business until finally he could afford a Porsche. A month later he was suffering severe buyer's remorse - the car was noisy, cramped, uncomfortable, and the instant, huge depreciation once he'd driven it off the forecourt meant he couldn't afford to trade it in.

 

[CXRAndy]

Ignorance comes at a price.

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Thats because most of the population is foreign in cities