Thread: The term "Rangie"

Originally Posted by p38arover

Actually, we've had 2 bottles of Grange (one for my 60th birthday and, I think, one for our 50th wedding anniversary) and weren't impressed by either bottle.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT! You actually drank it? OMFG! I don't think that is the idea at all, certainly it seems to be an Ego thing just to flash it when your mate's call around & kept on the shelf for all to see & ponder over. But to drink an overpriced bottle of red? OMFG! But I know you ain't into that ****.

You may have had better success with a nice Yellowtail Cab Sav. $8 ----- 12 a bottle, & it is nice drinking. Ah well your next 50th then.

We won one bottle.

The other we got when Mac's Liquor (Woolworths before BWS) had it on special, 20% off. They also had another special, buy 6 bottles of wine and get 20% off. We asked if the Grange could be the 6th bottle and would the extra 20% off still apply. It did, so we effectively got 36% off the Grange. It wasn't one of the ultra-high priced vintages.

We didn't keep them on the shelf. They were in our wine fridge.

Even worse than Vogue vs Vouge I've heard people call a Land Cruiser a Landy!

Originally Posted by p38arover

We won one bottle.

The other we got when Mac's Liquor (Woolworths before BWS) had it on special, 20% off. They also had another special, buy 6 bottles of wine and get 20% off. We asked if the Grange could be the 6th bottle and would the extra 20% off still apply. It did, so we effectively got 36% off the Grange. It wasn't one of the ultra-high priced vintages.

We didn't keep them on the shelf. They were in our wine fridge.

Did you take them out well before you popped the cork? The experts say Room Temperature but I dunno. My BiL called around one day with a Bottle that been on his back seat in his car in the sun. The warmth seemed to really smooth out & enhance the contents & any alcohol taste spikes were absent & it became a very enjoyable smooth drink & I would never have believed that could happen, but it did.


Cheers.

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

Even worse than Vogue vs Vouge I've heard people call a Land Cruiser a Landy!

........as well as a Series a Friggin Jeep.


I recall reading a paperback a couple of years ago when a Woman went out to the South Pacific to manage a Coconut Plantation during WW2. Don't ask.


The only thing that ****ed me off was her frequent reference to her Land Rover she drove around in.

The thing was, LR was only available Post War .Of course she meant a JEEP

A well researched book. Not.

Originally Posted by DieselLSE

Trucks? Another annoying Americanism that has infiltrated our lexicon. Trucks are those big things with heaps of wheels that carry goods and stuff. Like DaveD2 drives. We drive cars or Landies or Rangies but we're not driving trucks. So there! That's my grump for the day!
Happy New Year everyone.

Oooh, I've just discovered this thread! My chance for a hearty "Hear hear!" or a grump of my own.

Yeah, this "truck" business. It has to be stopped at once. Somebody write a letter to The Times.

I also want to congratulate you on using correct plurals ("Hear hear!! I say). It's "Landies". Not Landys.

Don't even get me started on "Landy's" (God, it was hard to make myself write that; I think it's given me a nosebleed).

Now..... I probably should go back to the start of this thread and discover what it's actually about.


​Though, before I do, I think I noticed somebody using the term "fora" correctly. Man, this is the thread for me.....

Originally Posted by p38arover

I've been seeing, on a number of fora, more and more RR owners referring to them as a "Range".

Are you sure that they weren't saying that with a silent "G"? They may have been referring to their payload.

Originally Posted by goingbush

........and a Series as "Serie"

Maybe they were French?