History Channel Special: Engines

In article <[email protected]>,
WillR <[email protected]> wrote:
>Larry Jaques wrote:
>> Looks interesting. Wednesday, April 27, 2005
>>
>> 8-9pm (EDT, I think) -- One Time Only - Engines.
>> Story of the development of engines and motors, with
>> particular emphasis on the ones that have profoundly
>> changed society. Beginning with the steam engine, we
>> see how it was created, how it works, and how it led
>> to the Industrial Revolution.
>
>That was a Canadian invention you know.

Pavel Chekov insists it was a Russian!

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:57:08 GMT, Charles Krug <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:09:48 -0000, Robert Bonomi
><[email protected]> wrote:
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> WillR <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>Larry Jaques wrote:
>>>> Looks interesting. Wednesday, April 27, 2005
>>>>
>>>> 8-9pm (EDT, I think) -- One Time Only - Engines.
>>>> Story of the development of engines and motors, with
>>>> particular emphasis on the ones that have profoundly
>>>> changed society. Beginning with the steam engine, we
>>>> see how it was created, how it works, and how it led
>>>> to the Industrial Revolution.
>>>
>>>That was a Canadian invention you know.
>>
>> Pavel Chekov insists it was a Russian!
>
> And Scotch was inwented by a little old lady from Leningrad . .

Hey now, you're treading on sacred ground there.

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:47:53 -0400, WillR <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dave Hinz wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:57:08 GMT, Charles Krug <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>And Scotch was inwented by a little old lady from Leningrad . .
>>
>> Hey now, you're treading on sacred ground there.
>
> Settle down!

Hmmmpf.

> He meant the Vodka Brad of Scotch - as Invented by Pavel
> your friendly Ruski street corner marketer -- the one with the genuine
> plastic imitation Rolex watches.

Well, if it's not from Scotland, you can't call it Scotch. (someone
tell the Japanese please). Nothing like a nice single-malt in the
evening. Snifter pour, of course.

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:41:12 -0400, WillR <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dave Hinz wrote:
>>
>> Well, if it's not from Scotland, you can't call it Scotch. (someone
>> tell the Japanese please). Nothing like a nice single-malt in the
>> evening. Snifter pour, of course.
>
> I humbly stand before you and accept my admonishment.
> Never again shall I say such an uncouth thing.

Great, well that's settled.

> I prefer Don Pedro -- neat -- in a snifter.

No jabla Don Pedro, but you drink that, I'll have, let's see...the
Balvenie I think.

Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:42:32 -0400, the inscrutable WillR
> <[email protected]> spake:
>
>
>>Larry Jaques wrote:
>>
>>>Looks interesting. Wednesday, April 27, 2005
>>>
>>>8-9pm (EDT, I think) -- One Time Only - Engines.
>>>Story of the development of engines and motors, with
>>>particular emphasis on the ones that have profoundly
>>>changed society. Beginning with the steam engine, we
>>>see how it was created, how it works, and how it led
>>>to the Industrial Revolution.
>>
>>That was a Canadian invention you know.
>
>
> Oh, sure. Where could he possibly have found steam in the
> Great White North? ;)
>
>

Federal Parliament building in Ottawa -- it is full of hot moist air.

OK so maybe we didn't invent it -- but our politicians perfected the
steam-making process.


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Will
Occasional Techno-geek

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 23:12:30 -0400, the inscrutable Robatoy
<[email protected]> spake:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> WillR <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I prefer Don Pedro -- neat -- in a snifter.
>
>errrr.. Will... what pound/cut of Pedro are you drinking? g,d & r

Don't ask, don't tell?


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On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:09:48 -0000, Robert Bonomi
<[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> WillR <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Larry Jaques wrote:
>>> Looks interesting. Wednesday, April 27, 2005
>>>
>>> 8-9pm (EDT, I think) -- One Time Only - Engines.
>>> Story of the development of engines and motors, with
>>> particular emphasis on the ones that have profoundly
>>> changed society. Beginning with the steam engine, we
>>> see how it was created, how it works, and how it led
>>> to the Industrial Revolution.
>>
>>That was a Canadian invention you know.
>
> Pavel Chekov insists it was a Russian!
>

And Scotch was inwented by a little old lady from Leningrad . .

Larry Jaques wrote:
> Looks interesting. Wednesday, April 27, 2005
>
> 8-9pm (EDT, I think) -- One Time Only - Engines.
> Story of the development of engines and motors, with
> particular emphasis on the ones that have profoundly
> changed society. Beginning with the steam engine, we
> see how it was created, how it works, and how it led
> to the Industrial Revolution.

That was a Canadian invention you know.

> We review the electric
> motor, internal combustion engine, jet engine, and
> rocket engine, and conclude with a look at futuristic
> engine technologies, including hydrogen-powered cars
> and microtechnology engines so small that they fit on
> the tip of a finger.
>
>
> ----------------------------------
> VIRTUE...is its own punishment
> http://www.diversify.com Website Applications
> ==================================================


<g>

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Occasional Techno-geek

In article <[email protected]>,
WillR <[email protected]> wrote:

> I prefer Don Pedro -- neat -- in a snifter.

errrr.. Will... what pound/cut of Pedro are you drinking? g,d & r

Dave Hinz wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:47:53 -0400, WillR <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Dave Hinz wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:57:08 GMT, Charles Krug <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>And Scotch was inwented by a little old lady from Leningrad . .
>>>
>>>
>>>Hey now, you're treading on sacred ground there.
>>
>>Settle down!
>
>
> Hmmmpf.
>
>
>>He meant the Vodka Brad of Scotch - as Invented by Pavel
>>your friendly Ruski street corner marketer -- the one with the genuine
>>plastic imitation Rolex watches.
>
>
> Well, if it's not from Scotland, you can't call it Scotch. (someone
> tell the Japanese please). Nothing like a nice single-malt in the
> evening. Snifter pour, of course.
>
>

I humbly stand before you and accept my admonishment.

Never again shall I say such an uncouth thing.

I prefer Don Pedro -- neat -- in a snifter.

--
Will
Occasional Techno-geek

Robatoy wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> WillR <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>I prefer Don Pedro -- neat -- in a snifter.
>
>
> errrr.. Will... what pound/cut of Pedro are you drinking? g,d & r

trente ocho por ciento senor. 38% by vol.

The Balvenie (single malt) beside it -- which I had forgotten about --
is 40%. (I thought I had the Spanish keyboard turned on ... oh well.)

So we know which of us is the lush. :-)

Sitting back with a coffee and a snifter of either one and watching the
sunset is a religious experience -- kinda like sunrise on Haleakela or
watching the sunset above Desolation sound, or maybe a nice sunset in
Winter Cove off Saturna Island. Or a morning walk in Nayarit just above
PV.... or ...

Of course a nice cigar kinda completes the picture I think...

--
Will
Occasional Techno-geek
http://woodwork.pmccl.com

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:42:32 -0400, the inscrutable WillR
<[email protected]> spake:

>Larry Jaques wrote:
>> Looks interesting. Wednesday, April 27, 2005
>>
>> 8-9pm (EDT, I think) -- One Time Only - Engines.
>> Story of the development of engines and motors, with
>> particular emphasis on the ones that have profoundly
>> changed society. Beginning with the steam engine, we
>> see how it was created, how it works, and how it led
>> to the Industrial Revolution.
>
>That was a Canadian invention you know.

Oh, sure. Where could he possibly have found steam in the
Great White North? ;)


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Dave Hinz wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:57:08 GMT, Charles Krug <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:09:48 -0000, Robert Bonomi
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>In article <[email protected]>,
>>>WillR <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Larry Jaques wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Looks interesting. Wednesday, April 27, 2005
>>>>>
>>>>>8-9pm (EDT, I think) -- One Time Only - Engines.
>>>>>Story of the development of engines and motors, with
>>>>>particular emphasis on the ones that have profoundly
>>>>>changed society. Beginning with the steam engine, we
>>>>>see how it was created, how it works, and how it led
>>>>>to the Industrial Revolution.
>>>>
>>>>That was a Canadian invention you know.
>>>
>>>Pavel Chekov insists it was a Russian!
>>
>>And Scotch was inwented by a little old lady from Leningrad . .
>
>
> Hey now, you're treading on sacred ground there.
>

Settle down! He meant the Vodka Brad of Scotch - as Invented by Pavel
your friendly Ruski street corner marketer -- the one with the genuine
plastic imitation Rolex watches.


--
Will
Occasional Techno-geek

WillR wrote:
> Larry Jaques wrote:
>
>> Looks interesting. Wednesday, April 27, 2005
>>
>> 8-9pm (EDT, I think) -- One Time Only - Engines.
>> Story of the development of engines and motors, with
>> particular emphasis on the ones that have profoundly
>> changed society. Beginning with the steam engine, we
>> see how it was created, how it works, and how it led
>> to the Industrial Revolution.
>
>
> That was a Canadian invention you know.
>
[snip]
The Industrial Revolution was a Canadian Invention? Blame Canada!!
spasm,
jo4hn