[TR] A BBC researcher screws up

[Frank Fisher]

Terryi have a story that always seem to keep conversation going with non car people.3 or 4 years ago i turned wrenches on a land speed record attempt at Bonneville.my friends son ran a 50cc supercharged motorcycle with side car running fuel.could never get the supercharger to work properly so while it was installed and therefore met the rules for having a supercharger, it never gave any boost.truth is there was an open category and all we had to do was make 2 passes and we were world land speed record holders.we made 2 passes.official team statement says "while we did set the world land speed record we failed to make the 200mph we had hoped for".
even the least educated on cars can keep up with this fun story.
Frank


      From: "terryrs at comcast.net" <terryrs at comcast.net>
 To: Hoyt Duff <hoytduff at gmail.com> 
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
 Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 3:12 PM
 Subject: Re: [TR] A BBC researcher screws up
   
This Monday at a day long meeting we had a lunch break where I found myself sharing awkward silence with a high-powered state government official, a very nice man, I should add.  To fill it, I happily started briefly talking about sandblasting wire wheels on my vintage Triumph this weekend.

After a moment of him looking blankly befuddled, I realized I'd better change the topic, since clearly the hobby of antique cars is not universal, nor even necessarily of vague interest.  I've embarrassed myself in better and more significant ways over the years, but I'm particularly fond of this one.  Still, I hope to do better on my next attempt at humiliation, since apparently I'm fond if it.

So I wonder about journalists too.  They leapfrog from topic to topic--today it's welfare reform, tomorrow it's the project to bring electricity from Canada through the White Mountain National Forest.  Have to wonder how they get any of it straight.  

I do love hearing the stories of people on this List.  It's a place in New Hampshire where, apart from thumbs up from strangers on the road at my TR3A, I comprehend my company.

Terry Smith, '59 TR3A  TS 58667
New Hampshire

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hoyt Duff" <hoytduff at gmail.com>
To: "John Macartney" <john.macartney at ukpips.org.uk>
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 5:17:35 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] A BBC researcher screws up

On 2/24/16, John Macartney <john.macartney at ukpips.org.uk> wrote:
<Snip>
>  for a knock-down price:) but clearly the Beeb doesn't know the difference
> between the two.
>
> Jonmac

I have found that rarely are journalists experts -- or even
dilettantes -- on any subject.

-- 
Hoyt

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