2 Jan
2002
2 Jan
'02
12:14 a.m.
How about the Napier Deltic diesels and the BR Deltics that they built?
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Huw Davies wrote:
At 10:23 PM 1/01/2002 -0500, John Lawson wrote:
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
Having owned Jags, MGs, Triumphs, etc... I
always appreciated the
little bit of humour (yes, I know but it is English) that observed:
"The reason most Englishmen like warm beer is because they all have
Lucas refrigerators."
Well we had an English Electric 'fridge which worked fine (and long,
purchased in 1963 and still getting the beer cold). I guess English
Electric must have been a large conglomerate with 'fridges being a minor
sideline (high speed jet fighters and computers being other more
"interesting" things they built).
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