- 121. Advise on acids (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 17:39:20 -0000
- Many thanks for all the replies about mixing acid and water. I think to sum up 'DO WHAT YOU OUGHTA - ADD ACID TO WATER is an excellent rule of thumb. It's amazing how much knowledge we can access bet
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00035.html (6,988 bytes)
- 122. Dangerous 'mixes' (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 12:34:59 -0000
- One of my father's greatest friends was a wonderfully eccentric and marvelous man called Rupert Instone M.B.E. who was dearly loved by everyone who knew him. 'Roop,' as we called him, owned a well re
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00038.html (8,836 bytes)
- 123. Jack and Joe in Las Vegas (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 06:58:09 -0000
- Hey Jack and Joe When you get to Las Vegas don't take any notice of any blonde ladies with big ear rings etc. that say things like "Wanna come back to my place to try some of my home made country coo
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00048.html (7,410 bytes)
- 124. Fw: Jack and Joe in Las Vegas (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 20:58:00 -0000
- women Jim - forget the 5' 10'' tell us more about the 100lbs !! Paul
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00051.html (7,228 bytes)
- 125. Re Question from Sue Hensley (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 21:40:49 -0000
- with try strangers, There's Cockerels Sue The truth is I went straight to Reno airport and caught the next plane home to my little sweetheart back in England. - I remember that trip well because when
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00059.html (7,803 bytes)
- 126. Bombing of Coventry (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 10:47:07 -0000
- the was The Bombing of Coventry was very heavy and one of the heaviest raids was on Nov 14 1940 when the cathedral was reduced to rubble all but the 303ft high steeple and a few outer walls. There wa
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00064.html (12,846 bytes)
- 127. Johnmacs observations (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:37:11 -0000
- It's also worth mentioning that had it not been for As most FOTers will know, John took up the torch and wrote an article in the Triumph 2000 magazine hauling up Mr Robson on may points including ins
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00065.html (8,933 bytes)
- 128. NUMBER 51 (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 10:26:48 -0000
- 'Y all' seem to like some of my stories, so here's another one (by the time my book's published, whenever that might be, the Fot group will have most of it). You will remember 'Roop' from one of my r
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00078.html (11,161 bytes)
- 129. Spitfires in WW2 (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 09:46:29 -0000
- An amusing story about the Merline engine, that my father Ken often related, concerns a combat problem with the Merlin engine in Spitfire application. If the Spit was put into a fast dive to avoid an
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00095.html (8,348 bytes)
- 130. A reply for MR O'Driscoll (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 18:58:15 -0000
- Kevin O'Driscoll opines that my WW2 anecdote on the anti G fuel metering valve invented by Mrs Tilly Shilling smacks of an 'antiquated attitude.' I put it on the FOT list because I thought members wo
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00099.html (10,121 bytes)
- 131. Mr O'Driscoll and FOTers all (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 13:56:08 -0000
- I did not want to protract this controversy any further, but as you have finally arrived at the point of your annoyance, I will re -address it. Firstly, I would never insult the memory of such a Lady
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00106.html (10,942 bytes)
- 132. Fw: Has anyone had Spotted Dick? (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 08:19:05 -0000
- -John M said of spotted dick older) it takes over from sex - COMPLETELY. John, my dear boy, I'm begining to worry about you. I think when you make your SD you must either be putting the currants in u
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00127.html (6,817 bytes)
- 133. Thoughts before dinner (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 12:17:52 -0000
- As I sat at my office desk upstairs in my home, I decided to finish work early and pack up PC work (DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT 'PC' OVER HERE IS AN ABBREVIATION FOR 'PERSONAL COMPUTER'). As I switche
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00128.html (8,928 bytes)
- 134. Questions on WW2 (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 08:40:59 -0000
- I've been asked many questions on WW2 since the first one on car/war production. I've put some of the answers together in this anecdote which, I hope, will answer most of them. DUNKIRK was a disaste
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00155.html (8,863 bytes)
- 135. Mosquito questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 11:24:35 -0000
- Hope the following answers questions about the Mosquito fighter bomber. The De Havilland Aircraft company produced the wooden airframe and wings on the Mosquito for several important reasons. The D.H
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00163.html (9,639 bytes)
- 136. Fw: Mosquito questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:02:29 -0000
- flight. Hi Richard Sorry guys for not mentioning speed, but your quote Richard is a little shy of the maximum speed of a Mossy. Many pilots claimed speeds of over 500 MPH in level flight. The highes
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00180.html (7,495 bytes)
- 137. Fw: Proposed new member - seconder needed (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 20:29:54 -0000
- Hi gang. I'd like to second Chris Holbrook's nomination to the FOT. - You didn't tell me he'd been over John, is he still smoking that bloody great pipe? - I haven't seen the old bugger for 30 years.
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00189.html (8,894 bytes)
- 138. True Endeavor (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 09:05:16 +0100
- Hi Gang For a couple of years now I've been pondering trimming two thirty foot high Conifer trees in my back garden. I've watched them grow all through summer and dreaded the thought of the 'autumn t
- /html/fot/1999-10/msg00011.html (9,238 bytes)
- 139. BONFIRE NIGHT (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 17:07:01 +0100
- Several of my American 'cousins' have asked for more details about 'Bonfire night' or as others call it 'Guy Fawkes' night. It was in 1604 that several conspirators got together to blow up the Houses
- /html/fot/1999-10/msg00014.html (7,843 bytes)
- 140. GRANDPA DONE REAL GOOD (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 20:17:10 +0100
- Hi Troopers One of my spies in the States (who works for the Triumph International Trophy Symposium) tells me that with his latest class win with the Thunderbolt at IRP old Dentinger has gone and won
- /html/fot/1999-10/msg00053.html (8,095 bytes)
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