By the way, the chauffeur is impeccable!
On 1/17/07, Alan Seigrist Blue 100 <healey.nut@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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