After being here many years, meeting many nationalities, in my opinion, we are all very different in attitude............
A couple of nationalities I try and avoid like the plague...........????
That was the reason for my question to the OP.....????
As you know, my chum rebuilds/restores vintage motorcycles, predominantly, Brough Superiors, now we worked together on stuff, and I can honestly say, oil never came into any conversation regarding these very expensive machines.....????
Yes you are right, though the "since 1924" on the Chinese rides, relates to MG, which was the performance side of William Morris, Morris Garages...Though the MG thing was created by Cecil Kimber...
The Union Jack on the back of Chinese MG rides is a bit of a cheek......????
A short read here...
https://www.paulrigbygroup.co.uk/mg/about-us/about-mg/#:~:text=MG is a British automotive,that made the marque famous.
Well it is a lot easier than a car if you are out at sea, you have lots of room to manoeuvrer and spend time messing about to work out how things work.
But, the bloke did the right thing calling for help, he would have time to mess about with the craft, just in case the BiB left it till the next day..........????
I like a hot dog with lashings of onions and mustard, but I thoroughly dislike dogs that have that outer coating you chew through, feels like plastic....
I have tried many, with not much like, or I forget the name of the OK ones...????
The Guardian, lefty dirt diggers, please keep The Guardian stuff away from me, as well as The Independent, they are for anti-Brit Brits to read.................Thank you.................????
Happy, you are talking to the wrong bloke, ol' chap, besides, I know what real poverty is about from my early days, we didn't even have a phone in the house, very few homes did, now everybody has one in their hand...............
So let's keep things in perspective, chummy........????