MG Quiz

:bust: I leave you alone and look what happens ..

Ted :welcome: back, hope you had a good trip. We've missed your input. :hugs:

Back to the infill question

BOBBY BLOOM
"Montego Bay"

First lines read;

Vernon'll meet me when the BOAC lands
Keys to the MG will be in his hands
Adjust to the driving 'n' I'm on my way
It's all on the right side in Montego Bay

What does this tell us;
Vernon met Bobby at the airport where the BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation, which four years later in 1974 merged with BEA to form British Airways) flights landed, which would be Palisadoes Airport as it was then called (Now known as Norman Manley International Airport ) , the airport serving Kingston in Jamaica.

It was Vernon who met Bobby at the airport with the keys to the MG. However, Bobby then gets the keys to the MG off Vernon and adjusts himself to the driving, which is on the left (Bobby, an American, is of course used to driving on the right) , it's all on the right (steering wheel, pedals) in Montego Bay. Then they're on their way.

So who was driving the MG, Bobby Bloom. Where did the car journey begin, Palisadoes Airport, Kingston. The lyrics tell us nothing of the whereabouts of the MG prior to Bobby getting the keys. The only journey mentioned is from the airport. It is Bobby returning to Montego Bay (we don't know for sure where the MG has been or even if Vernon ever drove the MG)

I have searched high and low, watched every video to do with Bobby Bloom's Montego Bay and can find no reference to what type of MG it was. MG is a very popular brand in Jamaica, so it could have been almost any of them. If you do know please post and put me out of my misery. :beer:

The point goes to alanrt54 :yesnod: and I think David deserves a point also for his astute observation, but he's not getting one because he made assumptions, so a point to him would just open a can of worms and we all know Ted likes a can of worms so we'll leave them to him.

The next question will be set by Hari (Tui), this Bobby Bloom question was only there to give you something to do while Hari got back in range of her wireless router.

:whistle: come on Hari, before they start revolting again.

Sulking now...

I like winning when I don't have to come up with another question!

There's always a bright side to losing.:yesnod:

...and Paul, I presumed, I didn't assume!: :rofl:

That was an interesting one!

Sorry for the delay in next question, but here goes...

What links the district of Addiscombe, London with MG?

You buy an MGF / TF :broon: ....

.... then you get the urge to make it 'better' :yesnod: ...

..... this results in you searching tinternet to find How To and the Best Modifications threads :help: ....

..... After :welcome: joining the T-Bar :hugs: you join the 'The Darkside' group which has Darth Vader as its logo....

... David Prowse, the bodybuilder and actor played the Green Cross Code man and ......although James Earl Jones, provided the voice for the character, David Prowse provided the physical form of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars....

David Prowse has a west country accent and was born in Bristol I hear you say..... Ahhhh yes, correct, but he now lives in ......

.......Addiscombe :bust:


How's that Hari MG to Addiscombe and it's all on the T-Bar

Nice try Paul, but not the connection Im looking for

David Aiketgate wrote: ...and Paul, I presumed, I didn't assume!: :rofl:

As you all know I'm a man of few words, usually.

In many contexts when the meaning is 'to suppose', the two words are interchangeable: e.g. I assume/presume you are coming to the party. But, as the Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage (Ed. Robert Allen. Oxford University Press, 1999) points out, 'Fowler (1926) maintained that there is a stronger element of postulation or hypothesis in assume and of a belief held on the basis of external evidence in presume.' The Oxford English Dictionary definitions are very similar. Assume is 'to take for granted as the basis of argument or action'; presume is 'to take for granted, to presuppose, to count upon'. There is a faint suggestion of presumptuousness about presume.

The New Oxford Dictionary of English which is based on recent usage evidence, provides these definitions:

assume suppose to be the case, without proof.
presume suppose that something is the case on the basis of "probability"; take for granted that something exists or is the case.

Assume has a variety of meanings. It basically means "to take up or on oneself," "to suppose or take for granted," "to pretend," or "to be taken up." The noun form is assumption.


Presume is related to and similar to assume, but it has the sense of doing it beforehand. It means "to dare or venture without prior knowledge," "to assume as believable without direct proof," "to take as a premise, subject to further proof," or "to behave arrogantly or overconfidently." The noun form is presumption.

Are you really still reading this?

A presumption is often taken up or assumed to be true until proven otherwise, as presumed innocent. Sometimes it has the sense of behaving in a superior manner, as in to presume upon someone. Presumption often has the sense of blind overconfidence, or going beyond the limits of proper manners. Presumptive means "based on reasonable grounds of evidence" as in presumptive heir. Presumptuous means "unusually confident or bold, often arrogant," or "foolhardy."

Interesting, you are. Give up now and save your self.

To assume suggest taking by one's own will or power for good or evil, right or wrong. If he assumes a position that is not rightfully his, he has arrogated or usurped it. A person can assume office either lawfully or unlawfully. When a debater assumes something, he or she may take it for granted without explaining it. If a person takes to himself character traits or a position he does not posses, he pretends to or affects the character he is assuming. A smooth talker often assumes something to be true that would be challenged if directly stated. When people claim something, they assert that they have a right to it. When they assume it, they take it.

Blimey you really are still reading all of this!

The adjective assumed means "taken for granted" or "fictitious." When used as an adjective, assuming means "arrogant," its opposite, unassuming is more common. Something that is assumable is something that can be taken, as an assumable loan.

In other words, you should not assume things when thinking or planning. You should check details and ask questions.

You can, therefore, use the word assume when speaking or writing because you are, in fact, checking. The person you are writing or speaking to is supposed to set you straight if your assumption is wrong.

I hope that helps :slapme: :bust:

tui wrote: ...Sorry for the delay in next question, but here goes...

What links the district of Addiscombe, London with MG?

Taking Abingdon to be the home of MG ....


71.9 miles of tarmac?



I think that it's not the answer you're looking for.

This is an interesting witch



I think you need to be looking in the opposite place to answer Hari's question :whistle:

Paul - I don't mean to appear rude but have you taken your medication. :beer:

Surely on the T-Bar its the distance from Longbridge to Addiscombe or 123 miles of Tarmac that counts

It actually has very very little to do with Longbridge or tarmac.

Ted, you're concerns are noted and you're quite right I haven't had any medication this week, think it's time for few Speckled Hens :beer:

When I say nothing to do with tarmac I mean distance



The congestion charge is new but this toll was there when the MG link was