Lucas History

[Old smart]

Lesson 1. Joseph Lucas- the Father of the Intermittent Windscreen Wiper.

[tbranca]

Originally Posted by fishrdnc

Lesson 1. Joseph Lucas- the Father of the Intermittent Windscreen Wiper.

An whats this have to do with the price of rice in china ?

[Old smart]

If you don't like what goes on in "The Car Lounge," don't go in there.

[SmartShanna]

I think it's "price of tea..."

[lhoboy]

Question: Why do Brits drink warm beer?
Answer: You'd drink warm beer too if you had to rely on Lucas refrigeration.


Joke might not make much sense unless you were driving British Leyland products awhile back.

[Old smart]

While we are hanging out in the Lounge,

Lesson 2. It's not true that Lucas, in 1947, tried to get Parliament to repeal Ohm's Law. They withdrew their efforts when they met too much resistance.

[jwight]

They don't refer to Lucas as "The Prince of Darkness" for nothing.

[lhoboy]

Originally Posted by fishrdnc

While we are hanging out in the Lounge,

Lesson 2. It's not true that Lucas, in 1947, tried to get Parliament to repeal Ohm's Law. They withdrew their efforts when they met too much resistance.

[jwight]

Don't encourage him; there are a million of those Lucas jokes out there.

PS - changed my avatar to match this thread

[Old smart]

Yeah. But while I'm finishing off this last warm beer, we'll have lesson three.

Lesson 3. The Lucas Electric motto: "Get home before dark."