Patrick -
Rejoice!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRMsvfrg2UE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrLkfJDJekk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cMzDocTzjQ
This new fangled technology called the "in-ter-net" has all sorts of
old crap on it!
Cheers,
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
On 1/17/07, Quinn, Patrick <Patrick.Quinn@det.nsw.edu.au> wrote:
> 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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