About 8 am (7 am our time) on the way to the factory. Garage and breakfast area with lever coffee machine and baristas. Vesuvius in the background. [URL=https://i.imgur.com/i9xF31M.jpg][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/i9xF31M.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Spending my first day at ACS. The storage and extra production equipment, is a equal sized area on the right of this one. [URL=https://i.imgur.com/EJiqCBh.jpg][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/EJiqCBh.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

You might have seen my Minima being packed up today and picked up by DHL. Some really machines in different states of being made.

@"DavecUK"#p28878 great to see the story of these great machines, look forward to seeing more of the journey 👍

@"Verion"#p28885 I saw two Minima machines wrapped up ready for collection today, and by 4pm they had gone. One was for David Kidd, the other for someone else I the UK I think, which must have been you.

@"DavecUK"#p28905 definitely me. Got my DHL import duty bill at 6pm. Hopefully delivered by 24th October but fingers crossed it’s earlier.

@"Verion"#p28907 I received pick up notification but I have not received my Import `Duty bill. That is normally issued when it lands in the UK before it clears customs. The delivered before is a nonsense. They say that to give them 7 days in which to deliver it in case you live in a remote area!

@"dfk41"#p28908 I live in NW London, so hopefully on a delivery van and a swift journey round the M25 soon after it lands.

@"Verion"#692 @"dfk41"#4 Congratulations!

View from Paolo's Balcony, it's 8:30 Saturday and Naples coming to life. No factory today (well I hope not) because it's Saturday, but we were building something yesterday, hoping it will now wait until Monday. [URL=https://i.imgur.com/YYAMNsM.jpg][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/YYAMNsM.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

@"DavecUK"#p28913 - you got to have mozzarella di bufala while you are there. I’m sure @"Paolo_Cortese"#90 can source some really good freshly made stuff. Just don’t have it with coffee. 🤣👌👍

@"MediumRoastSteam"#p28921 You are bit of a food connoisseur aren't you :) Also definitely try Neapolitan **🍕** **Enjoy your visit there!**

My time in Naples

DavecUK

Cuprajake i dont think we need to get into that stuff here, we cant go getting upset over stuff like this

I completely agree, hence why people can “silently” choose what they do and don’t want to buy if it’s simply based on a name, rather than functions, performance, specification or looks..

Amberale

I seem to recall a bunch of Brits on another platform ridiculing a Greek Mythological name for a prototype on the basis that is was used in the UK for a bargain chain.

When folks are thinking of names for their products they can’t always consider every niche concern.

MediumRoastSteam

Amberale - Exactly.

Specially when unfortunate things happen many years after naming it.

Example… The name of the River Thames as it flows through Oxford…. It became a bit “controversial” a few years ago.

DavecUK

Amberale I just had a Eureka moment and realised you were talking about the Argos lever. I could imagine reading your post on a Vectis transport bus in the Isle of white. Or a female commercial pilot called Elizabeth, considering airport minima before taking off for Elysium via Vesuvius. Perhaps even a Spaniard in Ukraine contemplating a rocket, before going back to his appartemento.

tompoland

Amberale case in point is the “knob” grinder.

Then was Chevrolet who wondered why the sales in Spain from the launch of their new Chevvy “Nova” (Spanish for “not going”) fell flat 🤔 🙄 😳

Amberale

MediumRoastSteam

Some very sensitive souls around.
Over here in Oz we are having a lot of name changes for parks/roads/suburbs etc as the truth of our colonial forebears is exposed. (slavers, massacres etc) and plain racist terminology in some cases.

My personal take is if a name offends a group of people then change it.
It is not a big enough issue to get worked up about.

Amberale

DavecUK
🤣🙃

CoyoteOldMan

tompoland I think the Mitsubishi Pajero had a few difficulties as well (it means ‘w a n k e r’)

Gagaryn

DavecUK

CoyoteOldMan Segaiolo….in Italian.😁

MediumRoastSteam

CoyoteOldMan - in Spanish speaking Latin America (e.g.: excluding Brazil) the aforementioned vehicle was renamed to Montero. I’m surprised marketing departments don’t think of the basics sometimes!

CoyoteOldMan

DavecUK Somehow, it doesn’t sound quite as nice. Though I can assure you that caffé Segafredo got its fair amount of sniggers from us kids.

CoyoteOldMan

MediumRoastSteam I think they did that in Spain too…

MediumRoastSteam

CoyoteOldMan - I bet they did! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was speaking from experience! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Inspector

Everytime I see these in European food stores makes me chuckle 🤭

PortafilterProcrastinator

Anyone want some salt liquorice flavoured spunk?

PortafilterProcrastinator

🤣 s.p.u.n.k is moderated 🤣

DavecUK

PortafilterProcrastinator I just downloaded a filter, clearly written by Barbara Castle 🏰

Rob666

Car names have been fraught with problems for many years. Hence the popularity of numbers accompanied by a single letter and the Japanese preference for very silly meaningless names. “Bongo Friendee” for example, or the Toppo BJ…

DavecUK

Set up of the ACS stand and Day one of the Triestespresso exhibition.

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