French versus Italian:
As reported in an issue of Bicycling magazine published around 1975 or 1976, a Bicycling writer was allowed to wander around the mechanics' stations before a Tour de France stage. He picked up the front wheel from the bike of Bernard Thevenet, the yellow jersey wearer, and gave the wheel a spin. The hub felt startlingly grindy. He pointed that out to the head mechanic, who said, "Doesn't slow him down."
Salvatore D'Amato, the 84-year-old owner of the famed Sally's Apizza restaurant in Pizza Row in New Haven, Connecticut, when asked if he was thinking about retiring and turning over the running of the restaurant to his sons, both in their '40s, both having worked in the restaurant since their early years, said, "Well, the older boy is starting to get a feel for when to take the pizza out of the oven."