Why is a logbook called a logbook?
04 December 2009, 11:52 PM
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Why is a logbook called a logbook?
Surely calling a V5 a logbook is anachronistic beyond measure?
04 December 2009, 11:53 PM
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Always been logbook where i am.
04 December 2009, 11:56 PM
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It's just the vernacular. Like calling all vacuum cleaners a Hoover. Its name is the V5 document, isn't it?
05 December 2009, 12:02 AM
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They were a small book when I started driving ..... with every single owner listed - in their own handwriting - those were the days.
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Surely a throwback to the old 'ships-log'?
05 December 2009, 12:33 AM
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It's just the vernacular. Like calling all vacuum cleaners a Hoover. Its name is the V5 document, isn't it?
But to me it is a bit like calling a USB Drive a Floppy Disk.
Just because they have an analogous role, one cannot ignore the significant change in form, if not function.
05 December 2009, 10:05 AM
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But to me it is a bit like calling a USB Drive a Floppy Disk.
A USB drive is nothing like a floppy disk. You mean a floppy disk versus a 'floppy' disk
05 December 2009, 10:09 AM
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Swissy usb port=ships log book
05 December 2009, 10:14 AM
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USB port-port for a ship-ship log-logbook. Ah I see a pattern emerging
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As some one already said it was a small book which logged all the owners.
05 December 2009, 10:56 AM
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A USB drive is nothing like a floppy disk. You mean a floppy disk versus a 'floppy' disk
I would love to think you have missed the point; but sadly it is worse. I think you are trying to be 'funny'!!!
05 December 2009, 11:06 AM
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I would love to think you have missed the point; but sadly it is worse. I think you are trying to be 'funny'!!!
Sadly I actually posted on such pointless topic but at least I got some humour out of it
05 December 2009, 11:08 AM
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V5 is so old-fashioned, it is now a V5
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05 December 2009, 02:30 PM
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Surely calling a V5 a logbook is anachronistic beyond measure?
It is as Pete says. It is the deed of ownership of the vehicle and originally it held a complete list of the car's owners. This is how the name of "log" book came about in the first place. It was actually a folded card with all the relevant information included on it. Possession of that was always proof of the car's ownership unless it could be proved othrwise.
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05 December 2009, 03:12 PM
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I wasnt sure until I turned over the page, and was faced with this:-
05 December 2009, 03:38 PM
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Surely calling a V5 a logbook is anachronistic beyond measure?
Im younger (going by your picture
) and I do remember vehicles having their own log book.
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We have vehicle log books in our work cars - but they are for recording who was driving, how far, fuel or oil added and a signature (in case you are caught speeding).
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04 December 2009, 11:52 PM
Why is a logbook called a logbook?
