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Submitted: Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 08:51

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Willem Kempen

Seeing as there are so many questions and answers about tyres..................
Who invented the pneumatic tyre?

Cheers,

Willie

Wat vas is, skud los
Wat los is, val af !

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Reply By: Stevo - Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 09:06

Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 09:06

An English gentleman by the name of Mr Thompson, in the mid 19th century.

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Reply By: Member - Des Lexik(SA) - Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 10:01

Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 10:01

Willie, your a boer!
I give up. Vat u talkin bout?ne cede malis

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Follow Up By: Willem - Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 12:17

Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 12:17

Yep, a boer I am.... or was. Now I am a new immigrant of 35 years standing. Do I qualify for being a local?

I figured if some of you could spruik Latin I would do a bit in Afrikaans.

I fell victim to the new rules of EO this morning which told me I could not use the screenname Willie any longer. So I have reverted back to my real name.

Translated my motto reads:

Things that are fastened shake loose
Things that are loose fall off!

This all with reference to driving over endless corrugations and rough country.

See ya,
Willem

Wat vas is, skud los
Wat los is, val af !

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Follow Up By: Member -BJ (Sydney) - Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 17:55

Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 17:55

Strange your post has full title Willem Kemper but your followup is just Willem. I thought you were the only Willie? Regards Bob
Where to next

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Follow Up By: Willem - Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 19:52

Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 19:52

G'day Bob,

Yeah, I could not figure that out either and in the end I made an error and that is why my full name came up. Anyway I have changed everything back to Willem. I set out to compete with the Latin lovers to put in a bit of sillyness and in the process I messed things up. Oh well, doesn't matter.

Cheers,
Willem

Wat vas is, skud los
Wat los is, val af !

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Reply By: Andrew - Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 10:29

Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 10:29

Dunlop ?

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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 11:46

Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 11:46

Pneumatic Tyre (Tire)
John Boyd Dunlop (1840-1921) was a Scottish veterinarian and the recognized inventor of the first practical pneumatic or inflatable tyre/tire. His patent was for a bicycle tire, granted in 1888. However, Robert William Thomson (1822 - 1873) invented the actual first vulcanised rubber pneumatic tire. Thomson patented his pneumatic tire in 1845, his invention worked well but was to costly to catch on. Dunlop's tire patented in 1888 did, and so he received the most recognition. William Thomson also patented a fountain pen (1849) and a steam traction engine (1867).

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Follow Up By: Willem - Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 12:41

Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 12:41

Very good Truckster, you are on the money(as opposed to in the money).

Where did you copy that information from as the grammar is far too sophisticated by your standards LOL

Cheers,
Willem

Wat vas is, skud los
Wat los is, val af !

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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 13:11

Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 13:11

Willie... Im offended, that was right off the top of my head.. :)~~~~~

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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 21:16

Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 21:16

wend ewe go to skool T-Man?Laterally Literal
Seriously Cerebral

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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 21:39

Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 21:39

in the sutho shire in the early 80's I left...

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Reply By: ExplorOz Team - David - Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 12:15

Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 12:15

Wasn't it:

Mr B.F.G. A.T. S.T. M.T. D.6.9.3. Cooper Bridgestone Dunlop Goodridge
Regards
ExplorOz Team - David
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Always working, not enough travelling ;-)

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Reply By: bruce.h (WA) - Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 16:33

Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 16:33

it was somebody with an inflated image of tyres that wre available at that time

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Reply By: diamond(bendigo) - Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 17:58

Thursday, Oct 23, 2003 at 17:58

the original tire was invented by bfgoodrich.
then improved on by all other tire manufacturers.
then perfected by cooper lolol.back by popular demand
:-)

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