As an engineer myself, I admire Lucas's design ability. It's easy to
design something that works all the time, or something that never works.
But it's really hard to design something that works only part of the time.
:-)
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
'66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY"
'63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 ("Resting" the last 10 years)
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool,
than to speak, and remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain
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> From: Philip <mgworld@chp.ltd.uk>
> To: MG digest submit <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Slagging off the English
> Date: Tuesday, August 26, 1997 3:35 AM
>
> > Anyone from the 60's knows Paul is dead and if you have a Lucas CD
> >player, let it play it's self backwards and you'll know too! By the way
> >does anyone out there know why the Brits don't make computers?
> >They can't figure out how to make them leak oil :)
> Hang on, we've got a very healthy computer industry. Not sure you guys
> have though, my new all-American Apple is made in Korea ;-)
> In fact, Paul is dead, it's an English made computer impersonating him
> and writing all those daft songs.
>
> While I'm at it, what's all this about Lucas? I've owned English cars
> since I was a teenager and had no problems with the electrics, neither
> have any of my friends. What could be simpler than the wiring in an MGB I
> ask you?
>
> Maybe it's just not compatible with US electricity :-))
>
>
> Philip Raby
> Editor, MG World
> PO Box 163, Bicester OX6 3YS, UK
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