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by **GeoffSmith** » Fri 24.08.2007, 15:28

At a Wiki near you.

by **Elanlover** » Tue 04.09.2007, 18:04

Great read Geoff. A typo that could be corrected though under the "Brakes" section...............

so the 16" Wilwood upgrade was born in May 1992.

Probably meant to say 2002 I'll bet.

by **abmunro** » Tue 04.09.2007, 18:20

Very Eloquent , Interesting and a good read

by **GeoffSmith** » Tue 04.09.2007, 19:43

Well spotted Blair. Good to see someone is paying attention, but you could have changed it yourself :poke:

I'm still waiting for John Wham to tell me about the deliberate mistake though.

by **John_W** » Tue 04.09.2007, 19:59

geoffsmith wrote:I'm still waiting for John Wham to tell me about the deliberate mistake though.

That'll be this one then...

geologits

I was maintaining a dignified silence.

I will merely refer you to this scholarly work.

The Great Geologist-Engineer Controversy
Geologists, secure in their vague estimates have forever conflicted with engineers and their need for a definitive, quantifiable answer since the building of the pyramids. ...

Geology, being an art as much as a science, has always baffled and worried engineers, hence the engineers' defensive weapons of pocket protectors, slide rules, black socks, and eventually computers. But these have been no match for the geologist's rock hammer, hand lens, and Brunton compass ...

While geologists have provided mankind with massive sources of energy such as coal, gas, and flatulence, engineers have been relegated to merely designing tanks to hold these natural resources.

John

by **nitroman** » Tue 04.09.2007, 21:43

John_W wrote:While geologists have provided mankind with massive sources of energy such as coal, gas, and flatulence, engineers have been relegated to merely designing tanks to hold these natural resources.

That's hilarious. I'll send it to my cousin who is an engineer for Lockheed/Martin (aerospace). He says the fun part of the job is that they often get to work on new projects which explode, when they weren't supposed to!

by **muley** » Tue 04.09.2007, 23:29

John,

Good find - I'll pass it on to my (geologist) son ...

Cheers

Jim

by **surfboardfiller** » Thu 20.09.2007, 16:43

nitroman wrote:
That's hilarious. I'll send it to my cousin who is an engineer for Lockheed/Martin (aerospace). He says the fun part of the job is that they often get to work on new projects which explode, when they weren't supposed to!

Or don't fly when they are supposed to, that's hilarious! :wink:

by **Joe** » Mon 09.06.2008, 20:47

nitroman wrote:That's hilarious. I'll send it to my cousin who is an engineer for Lockheed/Martin (aerospace). He says the fun part of the job is that they often get to work on new projects which explode, when they weren't supposed to!

Us Geophysicists get to go an look for the bits of the projects that exploded without permission (after some very special training!!). Even though there will be bits that should have exploded but didn't in amongst the remains. Makes you bloody careful

by **markv** » Mon 09.06.2008, 21:06

GeoffSmith wrote:At a Wiki near you....

Doug used to coordinate meetings where the local Elanoraks would gather in Santa Monica for a blast around the hills and canyons behind Malibu, followed by lunch at Duke's in Malibu, and show and tell Elan time......and recorded and photographed for posterity.

So is this a shot of Stripey in his pre-Stripey days?

Which one's Doug - the one in the hat??? :smt044

by **Doug** » Mon 09.06.2008, 21:52

pre-stripey is the BRG on the right

I am not in the picture or the one taking it

that is the day Peter Stevens "dropped in" and said hi -- so we were chatting with him a bit

by **GeoffSmith** » Mon 09.06.2008, 22:05

markv wrote:Which one's Doug - the one in the hat???

I like to think that's Brian. :twisted:

by **Doug** » Mon 09.06.2008, 22:14

didn't have a paint pen on me and no time to buy one, but it would have been cool to have P.S. signature on the dash . . .

by **F1 LOTUS** » Tue 10.06.2008, 00:21

GeoffSmith wrote:
markv wrote:Which one's Doug - the one in the hat???

I like to think that's Brian.

If you look at the length of the shadows it's obviously way too early for me to be up and about!

by **muley** » Tue 10.06.2008, 07:11

Doug wrote:didn't have a paint pen on me and no time to buy one, but it would have been cool to have P.S. signature on the dash . . .

Seconded. That would have been a really nice thing to have!

JB

by **Sy V** » Tue 10.06.2008, 08:39

If (and it's a really big if because I'm not convinced) Doug's in any of those photos, it's this one:

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1057391 ... 0766vXpKBl

by **Doug** » Tue 10.06.2008, 16:54

Sy V wrote:If (and it's a really big if because I'm not convinced) Doug's in any of those photos, it's this one:

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1057391 ... 0766vXpKBl

looks like me talking to Bill Sun there . . . :-D

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