Paul Hunt wrote:
> Amen to that. In my youth apprenticeship and education was all about where
> technology came from, and understanding 'obsolete' technologies before you
> moved on to current, as well as 'classrooms' with lathes, forges, carpentry
> tools etc. It was a bit frustrating to spend several weeks learning a
> mathematical technique only to then be told "but we don't do it that way any
> more" but many of the things I learnt then have stayed with me. Sadly,
> today's youth aren't taught how anything works, much less how to make it.
> But the comments about oil dripping and Bugatti prompt me to mention that at
> one time Bugatti used a bleed off the exhaust to pressurise the fuel tank as
> an alternative to a hand pump.
A local company hired the Victor TF yesterday for a TV Commercial. The shoot
was in a hangar for a corporate jet. They had two Mercedes, a late 60's
Corvette, a Lexus hardtop and my Victor. Guess which car had a little black oil
puddle underneath? :)
-The Roxter
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