[Land-speed] British Steam effort 139.843mph

drmayf drmayf at mayfco.com
Thu Sep 3 10:45:04 MDT 2009


We would all still be hunter-gathers. Improvement is what drives the 
human race. Doing it better, cheaper, faster, inventing what  hasn't 
been made before...

what's going on down there in your neck of the woods?

we are just farkling around here..

mayf
Ed Van Scoy wrote:

>Whatever happened to the concept "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" ?
>Ed
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Wester Potter [mailto:wester6935 at comcast.net]
>Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2009 08:50 AM
>To: 'Jon Wennerberg'
>Cc: 'Kirkwood', 'land-speed'
>Subject: Re: [Land-speed] British Steam effort 139.843mph
>
>I think the answer to this whole flap is that if there is a better system out
>there that: 1- Is affordable 2- is as accurate 3- Is reliable for not missing
>ANY times Everyone would use it, USFRA, SCTA/BNI and Rice Bros. When you have
>invested as much time in searching and testing as Gary Wilkinson has ...
>you'll know why we use what we have now. Wes On Sep 3, 2009, at 7:44 AM, Jon
>Wennerberg wrote: > On Sep 2, 2009, at 10:14 PM, dan warner wrote: > >> So,
>what does everyone who is dissatisfied with current timing >> system propose
>to do with previous records? Toss 'em because the >> older methods were not as
>accurate as the current or future methods? >> >> >> DW > > > Dan -- > > I hope
>you're not including me in the group of folks "...dissatisfied > with current
>timing system...". There is absolutely no way that I > have ever either stated
>- or even implied any dissatisfaction with the > current system.


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