What have done towards your prep?

[Mortblanc]

You just reminded me of the Texan visiting the UK MB ..........gee your roads are so narrow over here ...and you only have one lane in each direction, hell in America we have four even six lanes in each direction.....English guy says oh yeah.....Yep that's why you brits make such small automobiles with 998 cc engines .....hell in America i could fit one of your mini's in the trunk of my car along with twenty six packs of Budd , a tent and a barbecue 50 burgers 100 hot dogs ketchup mustard .....English guy says oh yeah.....Hell what ship is that ! English guy looks at the QE2 that's sailing by....lifts up his megaphone and facing the ship...... hails..... boat number 2 please come in....your time is up!

You might think that is a real joke but in 1955 my father bought a Buick Roadmaster, 4 door sedan, that was 18 feet long and 6 1/2 feet wide. The Austin Mini was 10 feet long and 4 feet wide and it would actually fit in the bed of a full sized American 3/4 ton pickup truck with the tailgate left down and would not exceed the load limit.

And strangely enough, we sell more of those full sized pickup trucks than all other vehicle types combined. Just the Ford company sells a PU truck every 30 seconds, and there is also the GM, Chevy, Dodge and Toyota brands to add to that number.

But we do still have our share of narrow windy roads over here. On my own lane two vehicles can not pass, and most of our rural roads are just wide enough to allow vehicles not to brush their sides as they pass.