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From: Bruce Metcalf
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 00:00
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 00:00
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PM>BK> Actually, I am undaunted. I realize that under the carefully PM>BK> contrived prickly exterior (no doubt explained by a life of PM>BK> disappointments) Mr Moor is really a poppet. PM> [Watch yourself, Knight: my dictionary defines �poppet� as "a rising PM> and falling valve consisting of a disc at the end of a vertically PM> set stem, used in internal-combustion and steam engines" - dating PM> from 1300-1350 Middle English, as an earlier form of �puppet�] With respect, sir, you need to update your technical dictionary. Take it from this qualified steam locomotive engineer: poppet valves have, since the middle of this century, danced both up and down _and_ sideways. I'm sure that exercising Maxe requires no less. --- � OLX 2.1 TD � That one should really get him steamed! � RNET 2.10r: ILink: Freestyle � Chattanooga TN � (423) 624-1442 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet: bruce.metcalf@toadhall.com (Bruce Metcalf) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 10df74,b30b0829c9998159,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public From: bruce.metcalf@toadhall.com (Bruce Metcalf) Subject: ftp to Mt. Parnassus Date: 1996/08/17 Message-ID: <73.7141.882@toadhall.com> X-Deja-AN: 175109888 distribution: world organization: Toad Hall � High Octane BBS � 415-595-2427 newsgroups: ca.environment