Hmmmm! Funnel!... Must be nice.
Bill Lawrence
>From: "Quinn, Patrick" <Patrick.Quinn@det.nsw.edu.au>
>Reply-To: "Quinn, Patrick" <Patrick.Quinn@det.nsw.edu.au>
>To: "John Sims" <ahbn6@optonline.net>, "Steve B. Gerow"
><steveg@abrazosdata.com>, "Healeys Newsgroup" <healeys@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: [Off] Interesting tool trivia
>Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:29:10 +1100
>
> G'day Tool Fans
>
>I was going to mention that we drive all year round in Australia too but
>have decided against it.
>
>However tool trivia does remind me of a BBC comedy series that was on TV
>during the 1970s. It was called Ripping Yarns and written by Michael
>Palin and Terry Jones not long after their Monty Python days.
>
>It was set around a number of tall tales but true that kids of the '50s
>would have read in boys annuals and the like. Some of the names were
>Escape from Stalag Luft 112B, Murder at Moorstones Manor, Across the
>Andes by Frog and The Curse of the Claw.
>
>They all appealed to my slightly perverse sense of humour but the one I
>liked the most The Testing of Eric Olthwaite. It was set in a mining
>town is darkest Yorkshire and featured Palin as the world's most boring
>person Eric who in his early '40s still lived at home with his parents.
>
>Eric's life took on a new direction when he bought a new shovel. So now
>in addition to his favourite subject of precipitation he also talked non
>stop about his shovel. In fact he talked about it so much that his
>parents ran away from home so he went to his neighbours and told them
>about his new shovel.
>
>It really is boring trivia.
>
>Hoo Roo
>
>Patrick Quinn
>Sydney, Australia
>
>Ps. Have I told you about the new funnel I was given for Christmas?
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]
>On Behalf Of John Sims
>Sent: Wednesday, 17 January 2007 8:29 AM
>To: 'Steve B. Gerow'; 'Healeys Newsgroup'
>Subject: RE: [Off] Interesting tool trivia
>
>OK. I can fully understand this type detailed work in the frozen North
>where would to this to keep from going bonkers while watching the snow
>get deeper.
>But, in sunny Pasadena where you can drive your Healey 365 days,
>shouldn't you be out enjoying the good life and then sending us emails
>rubbing it in?
>
>John Sims, BN6
>Aberdeen, NJ
>
>www.healey6.com
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-healeys@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-healeys@Autox.Team.Net]
>On Behalf Of Steve B. Gerow
>Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 3:46 PM
>To: Healeys Newsgroup
>Subject: [Off] Interesting tool trivia
>
>This is only peripherally relevant but after inventorying the 2
>adjustable wrenches (Crescent Wrenches, Adjustable Spanners) I already
>had plus the 4 more just bought from Harbor Freight...
>
>The number on the side of the wrench which indicates length in inches
>also indicates how far the wrench opens in eighths of an inch. Thus a 12
>inch wrench opens 12/8 of an inch, or 1.5 inches. Proved true of all my
>wrenches.
>--
>Steve Gerow
>Pasadena CA
>59 BN6
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