Who opted for fabric seats?

[pt888]

And Fosters is definitely not our proudest moment.

 

[Krabby]

And Fosters is definitely not our proudest moment.

It’s Australian for beer, right?

 

[globalgregors]

It pays the bills and buys the Grenadiers

I’m not saying we shouldn’t do it, it is clearly essential. I have worked in the industry and celebrate Australian innovation in it.
It simply holds less space for individual expression than the industries that turn those raw materials into complex products, where ideas are made manifest into ‘objects’ not ‘volumes’.
So when it comes to synchronising profession and identity, like an artisan or a product manufacturer might, it’s pretty tough.
Australians find their own equilibrium with a concept of ‘work/life balance’ and ‘working for the weekend’, as stated above.
Just some thoughts on how/why that might differ from Northern European conceptions of work, having lived and worked in both.

 

[DaveB]

I’m not saying we shouldn’t do it, it is clearly essential. I have worked in the industry and celebrate Australian innovation in it.
It simply holds less space for individual expression than the industries that turn those raw materials into complex products.
So when it comes to synchronising profession and identity, like an artisan or a product manufacturer might, it’s pretty tough.
Australians find their own equilibrium with a concept of ‘work/life balance’ and ‘working for the weekend’, as stated above.
Just some thoughts on how/why that might differ from Northern European conceptions of work, having lived and worked in both.

we certainly learned a lot during COVID that we need to become a lot more self sufficient and manufacture more here.
Also create more value add employment.
We now have a thriving manufacturing industry making medicines and vaccines which were mostly imported.
Shipping dirt overseas has a finite life to it and doesn't employ higher skill levels
Most of our inventions were sold or given to overseas companies.

 

[DaveB]

It’s Australian for beer, right?

After it has been through the kidneys

 

[Tazzieman]

And Fosters is definitely not our proudest moment.

No., most certainly not
The proudest moment was when a Tasmanian worked out how to split the beer atom and thus put the bubbles into beer.

 

[Krabby]

A quality Yahoo Serious reference!

 

[stickshifter]

You have the nationality right but they lived in Sydney In 2003 Lars and Jens Rasmussen through their Sydney company, Where 2 Technologies developed software that was acquired by Google to become Google Maps.
Ute: The ubiquitous ute was designed in 1934 by Lewis Bandt at Ford in Geelong, the ideal vehicle for the farmer or tradesman.
All 100% accurate and there are a buttload more.

Timeline of Australian inventions - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

1922 Ford Model T Pickup Truck:


But apparently, Gottlieb Daimler developed a pickup truck in 1896: https://mercedesblog.com/gottlieb-daimler-built-the-worlds-first-truck-in-1896-how-did-it-look/

Maybe that Wikipedia entry on Australian inventions was written by an Australian All in good fun!

 

[stickshifter]

And Fosters is definitely not our proudest moment.

Just having a laugh - not trying to be snarky! There is both good and bad beer in every country!

 

[Tazzieman]

Just having a laugh - not trying to be snarky! There is both good and bad beer in every country!

Fosters is however an abomination, the Oz equivalent of Budweiser

 

[Krabby]

It’s that bad?!

 

[Tazzieman]

It's something we inflict upon foreigners.
Now , back to the fabric seats for a moment.
1. Do they repel beer?
2. I presume the cupholders accept the company glasses

 

[stickshifter]

It's something we inflict upon foreigners.
Now , back to the fabric seats for a moment.
1. Do they repel beer?
2. I presume the cupholders accept the company glasses
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They repel Fosters, which is - apparently - not actually beer. They will also repel Budweiser, Bud Lite, Coors, Coors Lite, Red White and Blue, and Pabst. They will not repel microbrew, which is real beer, and capable of permeating any and all seat fabric.

 

[Tazzieman]

They repel Fosters, which is - apparently - not actually beer. They will also repel Budweiser, Bud Lite, Coors, Coors Lite, Red White and Blue, and Pabst. They will not repel microbrew, which is real beer, and capable of permeating any and all seat fabric.

Excellent news! I love a car with a beery taint! Far better than some synthetic gene altering scented thingy attached to the rearview mirror.

 

[Tazzieman]

My wife's just bought a pair of utilitarian sheepskin items that can be used on the seats and on camp chairs , for when it gets chilly (even in the desert)
They seem well made and are padded.
We do not want something permanent , and why pay to have the whole seat covered when it's only your back and arse that matter?

sheep fur

 

[Guru]

Agreed…… I used to be a bush pilot in the Aussie outback/PNG and Aussie LAMB skin cover is the best…. Hot or cold all year round.
Now using the exact same cover in freezing NJ.

 

[pt888]

My wife's just bought a pair of utilitarian sheepskin items that can be used on the seats and on camp chairs , for when it gets chilly (even in the desert)
They seem well made and are padded.
We do not want something permanent , and why pay to have the whole seat covered when it's only your back and arse that matter?

sheep fur

Just bought a pair. Thanks for the post

 

[grenadierboy]

Excellent news! I love a car with a beery taint! Far better than some synthetic gene altering scented thingy attached to the rearview mirror.

young family members have this in their car - it's all the rage with the surfer set but smells shocking & I refuse to be a passenger.

 

[Tazzieman]

They wouldn't want one that said Bees Wax would they?
Sex sells...

 

[Krabby]

young family members have this in their car - it's all the rage with the surfer set but smells shocking & I refuse to be a passenger.

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I remember the first time I saw that logo back as a kid in the 80s. Smart marketing there.