Jack grabbed the old Mamod out of the spare room and said "What's this, 
daddy?"
Well, it hadn't run for about 20 years, but it still works!
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In article ,
Carlton Miniott   wrote:
>Jack grabbed the old Mamod out of the spare room and said "What's this, 
>daddy?"
>Well, it hadn't run for about 20 years, but it still works!

Splendid! Ah, that smell of meths etc etc.

"Carl LHS Williams"  wrote in message 
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> In article ,
> Carlton Miniott   wrote:
>>Jack grabbed the old Mamod out of the spare room and said "What's this,
>>daddy?"
>>Well, it hadn't run for about 20 years, but it still works!
>
> Splendid! Ah, that smell of meths etc etc.
>

I have a circa 60 year old one still working perfectly and for some reason 
parents seemed to be less paranoid about little Johnny setting fire to the 
living room carpet with his meths or chemistry set!

Carl LHS Williams said:
> In article ,
> Carlton Miniott   wrote:
>>Jack grabbed the old Mamod out of the spare room and said "What's this, 
>>daddy?"
>>Well, it hadn't run for about 20 years, but it still works!
>
> Splendid! Ah, that smell of meths etc etc.

IRTA "the smell of maths"


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"Carlton Miniott"  wrote in message 
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> Jack grabbed the old Mamod out of the spare room and said "What's this,
> daddy?"
> Well, it hadn't run for about 20 years, but it still works!
>
I hope you called in the elfen safety bods to inspect it and do pressure 
tests before issuing fireproof clothing and goggles and a fire clearance 
certiffycate before retiring to a concrete bunker to initiate the thing?

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concinnatur!

Carlton Miniott  wrote in 
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> Jack grabbed the old Mamod out of the spare room and said "What's this, 
> daddy?"
> Well, it hadn't run for about 20 years, but it still works!

I remember taking mine in to primary school one day (I think it was 
relevant to something we were doing at the time). I couldn't find the 
burner, so grabbed a long thin metal tray from the kitchen and used that 
instead. The teacher was rather concerned when I poured meths in to this 
and stopped me just before I lit the puddle. Teachers. No sense of 
adventure.

-- 
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Costing the net hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Cerumen said:
> 
> "Carlton Miniott"  wrote in message 
> news:MPG.234866acb54bb42498a63e@News.individual.net...
> > Jack grabbed the old Mamod out of the spare room and said "What's this,
> > daddy?"
> > Well, it hadn't run for about 20 years, but it still works!
> >
> I hope you called in the elfen safety bods to inspect it and do pressure 
> tests before issuing fireproof clothing and goggles and a fire clearance 
> certiffycate before retiring to a concrete bunker to initiate the thing?
> 
> 
Well, I did it outside and had it up to pressure for a couple of minutes 
before letting the others come and watch, will that do?
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"Carlton Miniott"  wrote in message 
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> Costing the net hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Cerumen said:
>>
>> "Carlton Miniott"  wrote in message
>> news:MPG.234866acb54bb42498a63e@News.individual.net...
>> > Jack grabbed the old Mamod out of the spare room and said "What's this,
>> > daddy?"
>> > Well, it hadn't run for about 20 years, but it still works!
>> >
>> I hope you called in the elfen safety bods to inspect it and do pressure
>> tests before issuing fireproof clothing and goggles and a fire clearance
>> certiffycate before retiring to a concrete bunker to initiate the thing?
>>
>>
> Well, I did it outside and had it up to pressure for a couple of minutes
> before letting the others come and watch, will that do?
>
For any sane sensible person yes I'm sure it would, for elfen safety peeps 
though I dunno.

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concinnatur!

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> > Splendid! Ah, that smell of meths etc etc.

> IRTA "the smell of maths"

Chalk and leather elbow-patches?

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> Well, I did it outside and had it up to pressure for a couple of minutes 
> before letting the others come and watch, will that do?

I took this completely out of context, but I did use Frank's Glarses

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from Carl LHS Williams  contains these words:
> In article ,
> Carlton Miniott   wrote:

> >Jack grabbed the old Mamod out of the spare room and said "What's this, 
> >daddy?"
> >Well, it hadn't run for about 20 years, but it still works!

> Splendid! Ah, that smell of meths etc etc.

And a touch of soluble oil in the water molishes it almost authentic...

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Rusty Hinge 2 wrote:
> The message <gbmap9$p93$1@registered.motzarella.org>
> from Carl LHS Williams  contains these
> words:
>> In article ,
>> Carlton Miniott   wrote:
>
>>> Jack grabbed the old Mamod out of the spare room and said "What's
>>> this, daddy?"
>>> Well, it hadn't run for about 20 years, but it still works!
>
>> Splendid! Ah, that smell of meths etc etc.
>
> And a touch of soluble oil in the water molishes it almost
> authentic...

But what does it do to the taste?

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> Rusty Hinge 2 wrote:
> > The message <gbmap9$p93$1@registered.motzarella.org>
> > from Carl LHS Williams  contains these
> > words:
> >> In article ,
> >> Carlton Miniott   wrote:
> >
> >>> Jack grabbed the old Mamod out of the spare room and said "What's
> >>> this, daddy?"
> >>> Well, it hadn't run for about 20 years, but it still works!
> >
> >> Splendid! Ah, that smell of meths etc etc.
> >
> > And a touch of soluble oil in the water molishes it almost
> > authentic...

> But what does it do to the taste?

Creamy, with a mystical touch of disincentive.

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