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Old 31st March 2008, 14:24   #28 (permalink)
DerAlte
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  • Yamraj on a buffalo and @b&t on a cow (with piped refreshments) - good mythological imagery!!!
  • Perhaps @b&t could install a GGP and become eligible for the next Nobel prize after Al Gore
  • Wonder where he will fit his hand-made subs?
  • We will have to define a new category - OCE (On Cow Entertainment).
B's 'complete damping' reminds me of Russian engineering (no sir, I am not ridiculing your work): best risk mitigation by over-engineering everything by a factor of 4. One of my earliest refurb jobs was to replace a Russian mag amp + relays control system (for turbo-generators): the cabinet was 5mm steel sheet, hermetically sealed! Had to use a TIG welder to cut the blooming thing open to see the innards!

Navin: did you upgrade the engine of your Conti? With the equivalent of 1 extra person's weight, that tin can would have sunk to the ground and refused to move.
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Stone - Pebles & 'Khadi' [used in construction called 'metal']
Origin of the phrase describing most new Indian roads: "metalled roads"!!!
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