Hi Bill Thanks for the history lesson, makes a lot of sense and I guess the Japanese kept their swords in same place. If you do go to the cemetery you could check in and get a spelling lesson with your English language teacher because I think you must be straight! Cheers Roger
And here is a bit more info on the subject if your interested http://www.2pass.co.uk/goodluck.htm#.VOw8mPmsV8E and if your not then store it away with your CNC machines for when they become obsolete! Do we drive on the Left ? About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that do are mostly old British colonies. Japan also drive on the left. This strange quirk perplexes the rest of the world; however, there is a perfectly goodreason. Up to the late 1700's, everybody travelled on the left side of the road because it's the sensible option for feudal, violent societies of mostly right-handed people. Jousting knights with their lances under their right arm naturally passed on each other's right, and if you passed a stranger on the road you walked on the left to ensure that your protective sword arm was between yourself and him. Revolutionary France, however, overturned this practice as part of its sweeping social rethink. A change was carried out all over continental Europe by Napoleon.The reason it changed under Napoleon was because he was left handed his armies had to march on the right so he could keep his sword arm between him and any opponent. >From then on, any part of the world which was at some time part of the British >Empire was thus left hand and any part colonised by the French was right hand. In America, the French colonised the southern states (Louisiana for instance) and the Canadian east coast (Quebec). The Dutch colonised New York (or New Amsterdam). The Spanish and Portugese colonised the southern Americas. So The British were a minority in shaping the 'traffic'. The drive-on-the-right policy was adopted by the USA, which was anxious to cast off all remaining links with its British colonial past. Once America drove on the right, left-side driving was ultimately doomed. If you wanted a good reliable vehicle, you bought American, for a period they only manufactured right-hand-drive cars. >From then on many countries changed out of necessity. Today, the EC would like Britain to fall into line with the rest of Europe, but this is no longer possible. It would cost billions of pounds to change everything round. The last European country to convert to driving on the right was Sweden in 1967. While everyone was getting used to the new system, they paid more attention and took more care, resulting in a reduction of the number of road accident casualties. Since September 2009 Samoa drives on the left instead of the right. The main reason for this is that they want to use right-hand-drive cars, for instance from Japan and New Zealand, which both drive on the left. Countries that drive on the LEFT include:- Anguilla Antigua & Barbuda Australia Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Bermuda Bhutan Botswana British Virgin Islands Brunei Cayman Islands Channel Islands Cyprus Dominica Eire-Ireland England Falkland Islands Fiji Grenada Guyana Hong Kong India Indonesia Isle of Man Jamaica Japan Kenya Lesotho Macau Malawi Malaysia Malta Mauritius Montserrat Mozambique Namibia Nepal New Zealand Northern Ireland Pakistan Papua New Guinea Samoa Seychelles Scotland Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka St Kitts & Nevis St. Helena St. Lucia Surinam Swaziland Tanzania Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Uganda US Virgin Islands Zambia Zimbabwe St. Vincent & Grenadines Wales From: Bill Bulkeley Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 5:59 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Locals Yes 240V not sure of the cycles I have a 240v to 110v step down transformer which allows me to be able to use tools from the US when the shipping was cheaper and the dollar was closer to ours, it was cheaper to by from you guys than here and you can’t always get everything here. Now when I was a school many years ago I was taught driving on the left side of the road dates many hundreds of years back long before cars and started in Europe when men walked the roads and walked to the left to keep their right hand their sword hand to the middle of the road to defend from others coming towards you from the opposite direction because you didn’t know if they were friend or foe in those days. so it just progressed to horse then horse and cart then finally cars which by then the swords were gone but the habit of always keeping to the left stayed. As to why America changed this I don’t have a clue maybe they were just so pissed at England back in the independence days they just did it to despite them I don’t know.. Well that’s my history lesson for today if I’m wrong I will have to go find my history teacher at whatever cemetery she is in and set her strait, Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of MWF Sent: Tuesday, 24 February 2015 10:38 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Locals Roger (and Bill & others), Of course I know that their motors run like ours do (other than a possible voltage and cycle difference). I was just kidding with him. Bill: Is "standard" electricity in a home 220v. @ 50 cycles/Hertz? (US is 120v. @ 60 cycles) I would one day love to travel Down Under and see both Australia and New Zealand. As I "speak" - our daughter and her hubby are down there visiting friends from college. Lucky them - since it is about 20° F. here in Virginia and 85° F. where they are in Australia. As for autos - perhaps they were "invented" in Europe - but I do have to wonder how "The Empire" managed to decide to drive on the opposite side of the road from the rest of the world. (And I guess the US Ed. System was remiss - because I don't remember ever having the "why that is" taught to us.) Can/will you enlighten us? At the risk of being off-topic; Tim may flag you! As for beer: You won't find me defending the taste/quality of the mass-produced US beer (Bud, Millers, Coors, etc.). We do have MANY GREAT microbreweries that produce some GREAT products. However, when it comes to beer from across the Atlantic - I LOVE the brews from Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Denmark. I'm not a fan of the Stouts from "The Isles" (U.K. of GB & NI) but I did enjoy the few visits I had to some Pubs there. Mac -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Roger P Sent: Feb 23, 2015 5:52 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Locals Hi Mac I think you will find that quite a few countries drive on the wrong side as you put it and given that the motor car was invented in Europe I would suggest you guys got it wrong. Now if you believe that their saws and routers go the wrong way it does not say much for the US education system. You might not be able to buy any tools at advantageous prices but at least you could buy that golden amber liquid they pass off as beer because it is far superior to Bud & Coors, even then it is not as good as English or Scottish beer! Yes your shows are worth attending but the voltage on the equipment is all wrong. I think I would head down under and I might find the first lady I fell in love with when I was 10 years old. No quick rethink, maybe not as she would be close on 100. Even so I think I would like to go take a look at the country and then go on to New Zealand. Cheers Roger From: MWF Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 10:31 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Locals We would Bill - except that since you folks drive on the "wrong" side of the road from most of the rest of the world, we understand that all your saws and routers turn in the "opposite direction" from ours up here in the Northern Hemisphere. (like the water going down the drain story we hear) Therefore, we would be unable to purchase any of the power tools and take them home - because they would cause us problems. ;-) We do extend to you an invite to come to America and attend one of the many Woodworking or related shows conducted throughout the year. Cheers! Mac ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: Bill Bulkeley Sent: Feb 23, 2015 4:16 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Locals Great idea max I think we should all meet here in Australia our woodwork show is in October J Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of MAX LATHAM Sent: Tuesday, 24 February 2015 5:59 AM To: legacy Subject: Locals Does the group ever idintify local individuals to share, visit etc? I know I intended to visit Art and failed. I think there are folks in the Dallas/Ft Worth area having Legacy mill interests. Any interest in gathering? Perhaps next woodworking show? I would appreciate the opportunity to do so. Curious, max No virus found in this message. 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