At 09:50 PM 9/17/98 -0400, Randy Potter elegantly explained the speedo's
workings thusly:
>>
>Neil - According to 1960's era learning theory, anticipation of the
>reduction of drive through the consummatory response of eating the raisin
>should cause Eric to run faster as the raisin gets closer, much as rats
>pull harder as they approach a goal box.
>
>As the Spitfire is of about the same era as this theory I would guess it
>applies.
See, I _told_ you guys that you didn't really want to know. :-)
By now, Neil's wife must suspect the truth, that Spitfires are fuelled by
bulls**t!
This has been a fun thread.
"Would that be the 5 minute argument, then, or the full 30 minutes?"
Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire FM96062 UO
(57 HP)
Succasunna, NJ USA
The One Immutable Rule of Automotive Satisfaction:
"It is more fun to drive a slow car fast than to drive a fast car slow"
- Cory Farley in Autoweek, 8/17/98
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