Posts by Riddley Walker

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  • Hard News: The Civility Code,

    Clean as you go

    yes but that really is going to extremes, it's like Reverse Howard Hughs Syndrome.

    yeah those XU1s were pretty and fast but drove and ran like crap.
    i wore a grey and baby pink shirt in the early 80s. i'm afraid it was not remotely manly.

    a name is sacred and can evoke things

    true. and from hence Old Nick and Jeepers Creepers.
    Bruce Chatwin's Songlines made for a nice study of the point.

    AKL • Since Feb 2007 • 890 posts Report

  • Southerly: Public Address Science…,

    my understanding is that the big practical problem with larger pulse units is the enormous amount of heat they generate, which in turn produces significant problems when it come to connecting it to the vehicle.
    you can run them as an outboard pod, as with the V1, but that's no good for supersonic flight, were for aerodynamic purposes the engine has to be either inside the fuselage or nestled under the wings.
    maybe pulse denotation runs cooler (although i can't think why it would). a smaller unit incorporated in a turbofan might well improve efficiency but it still wouln't be any use for supersonic flight.

    AKL • Since Feb 2007 • 890 posts Report

  • Stories: Life in Books,

    my dad was in a german labour camp when the thousand bomber raids went over. he reckoned the buildings shook so much they were all afraid they'd collapse.
    what happended in Dreseden was disgraceful. Curtis Lee May and Bomber Harris should have been tried as war criminals.

    AKL • Since Feb 2007 • 890 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Civility Code,

    the nameless

    Hobby Hose Enthusiast or Dud4Jaundice?

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  • Hard News: The Civility Code,

    I see some people still blanch at the blue arm

    what, they had you unblocking toilets? that doesn't sound incident-free.

    So the affair between Sam Loover and Lady Penelope was just a rumour

    yeah, that was just a smoke screen for the Joe 90 thing, which as merc alludes to, was not without its difficulties.

    Lady Penelope is beyond reproach

    i agree, although while i think a six wheeled Roller (or was it a Daimler) looks good in pink i'm not so sure about that colour on an XU1.

    AKL • Since Feb 2007 • 890 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Civility Code,

    I think Gordon may have been a bit dim, because you know, the puppet gene pool didn't stretch that far in the Thunderbirds... but GWB2 got the part

    well now it's funny you say that because David Hartnell told me that Gordon was the love child of Flash Gordon and Barbara Bush. Apparently it was Barbara who pulled the strings. They also childed Lady Penelope who in turn had an illicit affair with Joe 90, from whence Paris was born (although she was abandoned as a child in some hotel apparently because she was just too plastic and they figured she'd damage the show's credibility).
    Starting to add up now?

    BarkinBoyChops surely is a good moniker, but don't dematerialize just yet m, it'll be ok. have a cocoa and an early night.

    AKL • Since Feb 2007 • 890 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Civility Code,

    it was like, a rock lobster - that came out of a short fat green B52

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  • Hard News: The Civility Code,

    yeah me too. and if only i'd started seeing tree frogs before those PJs i might've still had a chance.

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  • Hard News: The Civility Code,

    Order your precaution today

    OMG!
    Everyone, IT'S ARRIVED... The Rapture is here!

    AKL • Since Feb 2007 • 890 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Civility Code,

    one needs to take precautions against fanatics

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