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From: krw on 3 Aug 2006 22:11 In article <8tn4d2l88sn7dmhuntdoo2phjelh1ukot9(a)4ax.com>, jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com says... > On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:58:43 +0100, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > >Don Bowey wrote: > > > >> On 8/2/06 10:08 PM, in article 44D184CF.F95B86DF(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com, > >> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> >> Is your education really that bad in England? They got lots of brand > >> >> new airplanes that the Russian pilots flew from Ladd Air Force Base in > >> >> Alaska, across the Bering Straight into Russia to fight the Germans. > >> >> they were built near the west coast, and flown to Alaska by some of the > >> >> first women pilots in the US. They were not allowed to fly in war > >> >> zones, so they were trained to fly transport missions to move war > >> >> materials and planes. > >> > > >> > That was after war was declared and us Brits *paid* for our airplanes I'll > >> > have you know ! > >> > > >> > Graham > >> > >> Sure. And the tooth fairy gave you the money. > >> > >> Some times you are really funny. > > > >Do you know who commisioned and paid for the famous P51 Mustang ? The British ! > > > >When it underperformed with its miserable US Allison engine, who had the bright > >idea of putting a *British* Rolls Royce Merlin in instead ? The *British* RAF ! > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P51 > > > >Graham > > This rah-rah nationalism is getting crazy. It's exactly the emotion > that starts wars. The war has already started (perhaps two decades ago), just some are quite slow to recognize simple facts. -- Keith
From: krw on 3 Aug 2006 22:13 In article <44D2630E.4FF087AA(a)earthlink.net>, mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net says... > Jim Thompson wrote: > > > > On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:42:59 -0700, John Larkin > > <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > > > > >On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:58:43 +0100, Eeyore > > ><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> > > >>Don Bowey wrote: > > >> > > >>> On 8/2/06 10:08 PM, in article 44D184CF.F95B86DF(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com, > > >>> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> >> Is your education really that bad in England? They got lots of brand > > >>> >> new airplanes that the Russian pilots flew from Ladd Air Force Base in > > >>> >> Alaska, across the Bering Straight into Russia to fight the Germans. > > >>> >> they were built near the west coast, and flown to Alaska by some of the > > >>> >> first women pilots in the US. They were not allowed to fly in war > > >>> >> zones, so they were trained to fly transport missions to move war > > >>> >> materials and planes. > > >>> > > > >>> > That was after war was declared and us Brits *paid* for our airplanes I'll > > >>> > have you know ! > > >>> > > > >>> > Graham > > >>> > > >>> Sure. And the tooth fairy gave you the money. > > >>> > > >>> Some times you are really funny. > > >> > > >>Do you know who commisioned and paid for the famous P51 Mustang ? The British ! > > >> > > >>When it underperformed with its miserable US Allison engine, who had the bright > > >>idea of putting a *British* Rolls Royce Merlin in instead ? The *British* RAF ! > > >> > > >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P51 > > >> > > >>Graham > > > > > >This rah-rah nationalism is getting crazy. It's exactly the emotion > > >that starts wars. > > > > > >John > > > > Yep. Time to attack "England" ;-) > > > > Jim Thompson > > > > Shouldn't be too hard. The last time we had it out with them they > were whipped by a bunch of farmers with squirrel guns. Get real. They were simple hicks from Kentucky. Imagine what would happen if they had real weapons. -- Keith
From: krw on 3 Aug 2006 22:14 In article <7bt4d296revtun51pj1idsc0rnvkkm8h0d(a)4ax.com>, jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com says... > On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:49:04 -0700, Jim Thompson > <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: > > >On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:42:59 -0700, John Larkin > ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > > > >>On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:58:43 +0100, Eeyore > >><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >>>Don Bowey wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 8/2/06 10:08 PM, in article 44D184CF.F95B86DF(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com, > >>>> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> >> Is your education really that bad in England? They got lots of brand > >>>> >> new airplanes that the Russian pilots flew from Ladd Air Force Base in > >>>> >> Alaska, across the Bering Straight into Russia to fight the Germans. > >>>> >> they were built near the west coast, and flown to Alaska by some of the > >>>> >> first women pilots in the US. They were not allowed to fly in war > >>>> >> zones, so they were trained to fly transport missions to move war > >>>> >> materials and planes. > >>>> > > >>>> > That was after war was declared and us Brits *paid* for our airplanes I'll > >>>> > have you know ! > >>>> > > >>>> > Graham > >>>> > >>>> Sure. And the tooth fairy gave you the money. > >>>> > >>>> Some times you are really funny. > >>> > >>>Do you know who commisioned and paid for the famous P51 Mustang ? The British ! > >>> > >>>When it underperformed with its miserable US Allison engine, who had the bright > >>>idea of putting a *British* Rolls Royce Merlin in instead ? The *British* RAF ! > >>> > >>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P51 > >>> > >>>Graham > >> > >>This rah-rah nationalism is getting crazy. It's exactly the emotion > >>that starts wars. > >> > >>John > > > >Yep. Time to attack "England" ;-) > > > > If we can find it. Just don't look for the "New" part on the map. ...yet. -- Keith
From: krw on 3 Aug 2006 22:23 In article <b4m4d2lrotcq9b3rru725gdv2u5f21381q(a)4ax.com>, jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... > On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:39:36 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax > <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >Ken Smith wrote: > >> In article <4je8poF7hvjbU3(a)individual.net>, > >> Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> [....] > >>> It is quite possible to build a nuke with as little as 1kg of Pu > >>> There have been suggestions (ie word of mouth, unpublished) that it > >>> might be done with as little as 200g > >>> > >>> A lot depends on compression and neutron reflection. > >> > >> ...and the current price of Beryllium. > >> > >Just crack open a few old power transistors. > > --- > That's beryllia in there, (beryllium oxide) not beryllium. Years ago (20ish) our chemical safety people came down on us for some HP pulse generators that had beryllium content (actually, I raised the issue as a counterpoint to some stupid regulations). HP was all over themselves trying to prove that it would never come in contact with the users of their equipment. I was laughing all the way, but such sillyness has become sick these days. -- Keith
From: Michael A. Terrell on 3 Aug 2006 22:34
krw wrote: > > In article <44D2630E.4FF087AA(a)earthlink.net>, > mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net says... > > Jim Thompson wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:42:59 -0700, John Larkin > > > <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > > > > > > >On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:58:43 +0100, Eeyore > > > ><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>Don Bowey wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> On 8/2/06 10:08 PM, in article 44D184CF.F95B86DF(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com, > > > >>> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> >> Is your education really that bad in England? They got lots of brand > > > >>> >> new airplanes that the Russian pilots flew from Ladd Air Force Base in > > > >>> >> Alaska, across the Bering Straight into Russia to fight the Germans. > > > >>> >> they were built near the west coast, and flown to Alaska by some of the > > > >>> >> first women pilots in the US. They were not allowed to fly in war > > > >>> >> zones, so they were trained to fly transport missions to move war > > > >>> >> materials and planes. > > > >>> > > > > >>> > That was after war was declared and us Brits *paid* for our airplanes I'll > > > >>> > have you know ! > > > >>> > > > > >>> > Graham > > > >>> > > > >>> Sure. And the tooth fairy gave you the money. > > > >>> > > > >>> Some times you are really funny. > > > >> > > > >>Do you know who commisioned and paid for the famous P51 Mustang ? The British ! > > > >> > > > >>When it underperformed with its miserable US Allison engine, who had the bright > > > >>idea of putting a *British* Rolls Royce Merlin in instead ? The *British* RAF ! > > > >> > > > >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P51 > > > >> > > > >>Graham > > > > > > > >This rah-rah nationalism is getting crazy. It's exactly the emotion > > > >that starts wars. > > > > > > > >John > > > > > > Yep. Time to attack "England" ;-) > > > > > > Jim Thompson > > > > > > > > Shouldn't be too hard. The last time we had it out with them they > > were whipped by a bunch of farmers with squirrel guns. > > Get real. They were simple hicks from Kentucky. Imagine what > would happen if they had real weapons. > > -- > Keith Two problems with that argument: There was no Kentucky at the time, and I was born in Kentucky. They were New York hicks, and a few hayseeds for good measure. ;-) -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |