Maybe that's my problem.... my knuckles are all scraped from trying to hunt &
gather. ( with little luck). Still hotter than hell here Mayf, and that
hurricane has the dew point in the 60's...... Saps your energy and desire to
work on the car.
Ed
-----Original Message-----
From: drmayf [mailto:drmayf@mayfco.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2009 09:45 AM
To: 'Ed Van Scoy'
Cc: 'Wester Potter', 'Jon Wennerberg', 'land-speed', 'Kirkwood'
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] British Steam effort 139.843mph
We would all still be hunter-gathers. Improvement is what drives the human
race. Doing it better, cheaper, faster, inventing what hasn't been made
before... what's going on down there in your neck of the woods? we are just
farkling around here.. mayf Ed Van Scoy wrote: >Whatever happened to the
concept "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" ? >Ed >-----Original Message-----
>From: Wester Potter [mailto:wester6935@comcast.net] >Sent: Thursday,
September 3, 2009 08:50 AM >To: 'Jon Wennerberg' >Cc: 'Kirkwood', 'land-speed'
>Subject: Re: [Land-speed] British Steam effort 139.843mph > >I think the
answer to this whole flap is that if there is a better system out >there that:
1- Is affordable 2- is as accurate 3- Is reliable for not missing >ANY times
Everyone would use it, USFRA, SCTA/BNI and Rice Bros. When you have >invested
as much time in searching and testing as Gary Wilkinson has ... >you'll know
why we use what we have now. Wes On Sep 3, 2009, at 7:44 AM, Jon >Wennerberg
wrote: > On Sep 2, 2009, at 10:14 PM, dan warner wrote: > >> So, >what does
everyone who is dissatisfied with current timing >> system propose >to do with
previous records? Toss 'em because the >> older methods were not as >accurate
as the current or future methods? >> >> >> DW > > > Dan -- > > I hope >you're
not including me in the group of folks "...dissatisfied > with current >timing
system...". There is absolutely no way that I > have ever either stated >- or
even implied any dissatisfaction with the > current system. > >
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