Sort of Half English, Mum was a War Bride, British Army. And, yes, I do drink tea, black tea, with sugar and milk. But I'm lazy and use those new fangled "tea bag" things.
However "English" is a rather large group, the Island having been invaded a few times. My ancestors were in the last sucessful group, the Normans in 1066. I'm Norman English rather than Saxon English. The Saxons had displaced the Celts who moved to Scotland and Wales.
While the Normans came over from Normandy, what is now France, they were not French. They were Vikings that had settled in the north of France. The Vikings pretty near went whereever they wished. Except Scotland.
Somewhere in the past a Scot joined the family, Clan Cameron. So I am also part Celtic. Growning up I was told that my slightly darker complexion was from a Spanish great-great; but sis says mum now denies any such.
Mum, on her 80th birthday:
It's a lot easier on my father's side, straight Ukrainian, Zaporozhian Cossack.
When you do "the Ton", are you talking English or American? The English use what we refer to as a long ton, 2240 pounds. Except I would guess that they're now using a tonne since they've gone metric, which is roughly 2205 pounds.
Assuming that by "the Ton" we're talking the long ton since that is where the phrase originated, we have:
The Ton, English ---- 100 mph
The Ton, Metric ----- 98.5 mph
The Ton, American -- 89.3 mph
If we really do go metric the ton should be 100 Kph, or about 62 mph -- as in when going really really fast you are "going like sixty."
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