I recall a guy named Mongo who hit the Wreck many years ago. IIRC, he
and his brother were eccentric, supposedly very wealthy, and were
wanting to build a wooden airplance much like Howard Hughes. Does
anyone remember him and has anyone heard whether or not he did it?
(or was he using David Eisen's Makita to make spam sausage?) LOL!
Jummy Minwax Mac
On Jan 2, 10:28=A0pm, JohnD <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> By any chance, are you from Canada?
Give the winner here a banana!
On Jan 2, 9:58=A0am, Jimmy Mac <[email protected]> wrote:
> I recall a guy named Mongo who hit the Wreck many years ago. =A0IIRC, he
> and his brother were eccentric, supposedly very wealthy, and were
> wanting to build a wooden airplance much like Howard Hughes. =A0Does
> anyone remember him and has anyone heard whether or not he did it?
> (or was he using David Eisen's Makita to make spam sausage?) =A0 LOL!
>
> Jummy Minwax Mac
Whenever anyone mentions the Spruce Goose, the discussion often ends
up with the Mosquito RAF bomber. AKA as 'The Timber Terror' or 'The
Wooden Wonder'.
One of my all-time favourite aircraft and one of the reasons wood is
my blood. (Those and the Morgan cars.) What you can't do with timber,
ply, and canvas.
Angela bought me a nice coffee-table book all about Ford's history of
'Woody's'
This one, although a Plymouth, is one of my favourite:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o290/Robatoy/1949PlymouthWoodness.jpg
Anyway, I digress. The Mosquito, equipped with 57 mm cannons , towards
the end of the war, would even take out submarines.
IMHO, de Havilland's best work (aside of course from the AVRO
Arrow...damned politics...)
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> I'm not and I agree. In "True North" the dog was named Diefenbaker.
> Terrible name for a dog.
Entirely wrong kind of dog for that name.
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/pix/diefenbaker_cp_4738336.jpg
On Jan 3, 6:55=A0pm, "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote:
> phorbin wrote:
> > In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> > says...
>
> >> I'm not and I agree. =A0In "True North" the dog was named
> >> Diefenbaker.
> >> Terrible name for a dog.
>
> > Entirely wrong kind of dog for that name.
>
> >http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/pix/diefenbaker_cp_4738336.jpg
>
> Geez, I may print that one out and use it for a Halloween mask.
>
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> --John
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http://sonofbillbrasky.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/bush_monkey.jpg
Gerald Ross wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
>> Jimmy Mac wrote:
>>> I recall a guy named Mongo who hit the Wreck many years ago.
>>
>> "Cosmo Lengro". His brother was Mongo. One had the impression that
>> his other brothers were Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo.
>>
>>> IIRC, he
>>> and his brother were eccentric, supposedly very wealthy, and were
>>> wanting to build a wooden airplance much like Howard Hughes. Does
>>> anyone remember him and has anyone heard whether or not he did it?
>>> (or was he using David Eisen's Makita to make spam sausage?) LOL!
>>>
>>> Jummy Minwax Mac
>>
> All I know is what I find with Google. Search google groups finds a
> lot of messages ending in 1999. Doubt the Spruce Goose 2 ever flew.
>
Spruce Goose 1 barely flew.
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On Jan 2, 3:00=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jan 2, 9:58=A0am, Jimmy Mac <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I recall a guy named Mongo who hit the Wreck many years ago. =A0IIRC, h=
e
> > and his brother were eccentric, supposedly very wealthy, and were
> > wanting to build a wooden airplance much like Howard Hughes. =A0Does
> > anyone remember him and has anyone heard whether or not he did it?
> > (or was he using David Eisen's Makita to make spam sausage?) =A0 LOL!
>
> > Jummy Minwax Mac
>
> Whenever anyone mentions the Spruce Goose, the discussion often ends
> up with the Mosquito RAF bomber. AKA as =A0'The Timber Terror' or 'The
> Wooden Wonder'.
> One of my all-time favourite aircraft and one of the reasons wood is
> my blood. (Those and the Morgan cars.) What you can't do with timber,
> ply, and canvas.
>
> Angela bought me a nice coffee-table book all about Ford's history of
> 'Woody's'
> This one, although a Plymouth, is one of my favourite:http://i123.photobu=
cket.com/albums/o290/Robatoy/1949PlymouthWoodness.jpg
>
> Anyway, I digress. The Mosquito, equipped with 57 mm cannons , towards
> the end of the war, would even take out submarines.
> IMHO, de Havilland's best work (aside of course from the AVRO
> Arrow...damned politics...)
By any chance, are you from Canada?
Jimmy Mac wrote:
> I recall a guy named Mongo who hit the Wreck many years ago.
"Cosmo Lengro". His brother was Mongo. One had the impression that
his other brothers were Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo.
> IIRC, he
> and his brother were eccentric, supposedly very wealthy, and were
> wanting to build a wooden airplance much like Howard Hughes. Does
> anyone remember him and has anyone heard whether or not he did it?
> (or was he using David Eisen's Makita to make spam sausage?) LOL!
>
> Jummy Minwax Mac
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--John
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JohnD wrote:
> On Jan 2, 3:00 pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Jan 2, 9:58 am, Jimmy Mac <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I recall a guy named Mongo who hit the Wreck many years ago. IIRC,
>>> he and his brother were eccentric, supposedly very wealthy, and
>>> were
>>> wanting to build a wooden airplance much like Howard Hughes. Does
>>> anyone remember him and has anyone heard whether or not he did it?
>>> (or was he using David Eisen's Makita to make spam sausage?) LOL!
>>
>>> Jummy Minwax Mac
>>
>> Whenever anyone mentions the Spruce Goose, the discussion often
>> ends
>> up with the Mosquito RAF bomber. AKA as 'The Timber Terror' or 'The
>> Wooden Wonder'.
>> One of my all-time favourite aircraft and one of the reasons wood
>> is
>> my blood. (Those and the Morgan cars.) What you can't do with
>> timber,
>> ply, and canvas.
>>
>> Angela bought me a nice coffee-table book all about Ford's history
>> of
>> 'Woody's'
>> This one, although a Plymouth, is one of my
>> favourite:http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o290/Robatoy/1949PlymouthWoodness.jpg
>>
>> Anyway, I digress. The Mosquito, equipped with 57 mm cannons ,
>> towards
>> the end of the war, would even take out submarines.
>> IMHO, de Havilland's best work (aside of course from the AVRO
>> Arrow...damned politics...)
>
> By any chance, are you from Canada?
I'm not and I agree. In "True North" the dog was named Diefenbaker.
Terrible name for a dog.
But the Arrow was from Avro, not the DeHavilland. Not that it
matters, they're all gone now.
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J. Clarke <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm not and I agree. In "True North" the dog was named Diefenbaker.
> Terrible name for a dog.
Ah, I believe you mean "Due South"
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Frank Stutzman
Frank Stutzman wrote:
> J. Clarke <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I'm not and I agree. In "True North" the dog was named
>> Diefenbaker.
>> Terrible name for a dog.
>
> Ah, I believe you mean "Due South"
You're right. At least I remembered that there was a direction in the
title.
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B A R R Y wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
>> I'm not and I agree. In "True North" the dog was named
>> Diefenbaker.
>> Terrible name for a dog.
>
> I loved that show, but wasn't it called "Due South"?
At least I didn't confuse it with "Northern Exposure".
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phorbin wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> says...
>
>> I'm not and I agree. In "True North" the dog was named
>> Diefenbaker.
>> Terrible name for a dog.
>
> Entirely wrong kind of dog for that name.
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/pix/diefenbaker_cp_4738336.jpg
Geez, I may print that one out and use it for a Halloween mask.
--
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
J. Clarke wrote:
> Jimmy Mac wrote:
>> I recall a guy named Mongo who hit the Wreck many years ago.
>
> "Cosmo Lengro". His brother was Mongo. One had the impression that
> his other brothers were Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo.
>
>> IIRC, he
>> and his brother were eccentric, supposedly very wealthy, and were
>> wanting to build a wooden airplance much like Howard Hughes. Does
>> anyone remember him and has anyone heard whether or not he did it?
>> (or was he using David Eisen's Makita to make spam sausage?) LOL!
>>
>> Jummy Minwax Mac
>
All I know is what I find with Google. Search google groups finds a
lot of messages ending in 1999. Doubt the Spruce Goose 2 ever flew.
--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA
Social Security: World's biggest Ponzi Scheme.