[Amps] Threads - was idiocy - perhaps it still is

[Will Matney]

Ian,

We Americans ought not poke fun as I've seen many a Chevrolet and Ford leaking on driveways and parking lots. Out of the vehicles I've owned, and that's more than I can remember a number, I've had my share of leakers. Most leaks are caused by over-tightening bolts and rupturing gaskets, or gaskets drying out and cracking. Over-tightening causes the most by far in my opinion. Heck, I've seen a lot of oil filled capacitors and transformers leak like a sieve.

Best,

Will

PS: I have to say this. If there's any movie fans out there, do yourself a favor and rent or by American Pie1, 2, and American Wedding, or the whole 3 DVD set (3 movies). I laughed until I about busted on all three. If a movie was ever a 10, I'd give it to all three.

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On 3/14/06 at 7:16 PM Ian White GM3SEK wrote:

>Gary Smith wrote:
>>The nickname in many years past was "Royal Oilfield" due to the amount 
>>of drippings that was left on the ground whenever they were (and this 
>>was often) parked.
>
>A few months ago, I had the pleasure of touring the Bletchley Park 
>ENIGMA station with Roy Lewallen, W7EL. They have all kinds of related 
>exhibits there, including a fine display of old communications receivers 
>(British, American and German) and a fully restored dispatch rider's 
>motorbike.
>
>Roy was making the usual American jokes about "Bet it drips oil" and... 
>well, let's just say it really was authentic in every detail.
>
>Next on display was the "BOMBE" which was a mechanical computer for 
>grinding through code combinations. We walked round the back... and sure 
>enough, the whole base of the thing was one big drip tray! Made an 
>American's day.
>
>
>-- 
>73 from Ian GM3SEK
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