Re: Music- in your car.
Originally Posted by
Pumicestone
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Obviously Tpin has had some contact with Australians.
He realizes that, by comparison, Poms have much smaller 'budgies' to smuggle - hence the tiny size numbers.
Originally Posted by
Tpin
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You are correct...the smaller numbers are inches not cm.
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The foundations for expansion were laid in 1951 when Speedo Knitting Mills (Holdings) Ltd was incorporated and became a publicly traded company on the Sydney Stock exchange."
https://speedo.com.au/page/history
Clearly, the
Australian Speedo company retained a standard sizing policy as they began to export around the world -
and even when they licensed 'foreign' countries to manufacture.
The marketing need became obvious - that larger 'pouch' capacity was needed for the Australian domestic product.
One needs only to check out the Men's Olympic swim teams.
It is interesting to note howver, that Tpin has studied this matter in such
intimate detail