tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post7915540008250544401..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Wikiwander.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20933036695776417132009-01-28T11:05:00.000-05:002009-01-28T11:05:00.000-05:00Roy--Then you understand why mechanics call Lucas ...Roy--<BR/><BR/>Then you understand why mechanics call Lucas the "Prince of Darkness"...;)<BR/><BR/>Old SquidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74089921938883391052009-01-28T07:14:00.000-05:002009-01-28T07:14:00.000-05:00DirtCrashr-Do you know why the British drink warm ...DirtCrashr-<BR/><BR/>Do you know why the British drink warm beer? Lucas makes refrigeration!<BR/><BR/>(Yes, I've owned Triumphs.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-10788184215075943602009-01-27T17:15:00.000-05:002009-01-27T17:15:00.000-05:00I betcha they didn't call it that within her heari...I betcha they didn't call it that within her hearing. :-)<BR/><BR/>She sounds like she would have (metaphorically) happily ripped out their still beating hearts in a most english and polite way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50229041653023206232009-01-27T16:17:00.000-05:002009-01-27T16:17:00.000-05:00After reading this and being a linker to your site...After reading this and being a linker to your site there can be no question why.<BR/>I've gone to Indy for Open Fields - and I will sometime for a blogmeet. (Sorry, the laff-tears are still flowing.)<BR/>"There are more things, Horatio,...The Old Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09854776544931267722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11996049782091063012009-01-27T14:48:00.000-05:002009-01-27T14:48:00.000-05:00Damn clever woman. Thanks for sharing.Damn clever woman. Thanks for sharing.Ride Fasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01665658134264970252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47032515360938928062009-01-27T14:15:00.000-05:002009-01-27T14:15:00.000-05:00I caught the reference when I read it, and I can't...I caught the reference when I read it, and I can't help but giggle a bit regardless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74692604311177027402009-01-27T12:12:00.000-05:002009-01-27T12:12:00.000-05:00She raced motorcycles at Brooklands in the 1930's?...She raced motorcycles at Brooklands in the 1930's? She is lucky to have survived that.<BR/><BR/>WV: hamatic, n., a fanatic radio amateur.Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17643382632287832212009-01-27T11:24:00.000-05:002009-01-27T11:24:00.000-05:00OMG - they ran Stromberg SU's on Merlin engines???...OMG - they ran Stromberg SU's on Merlin engines??? Jeezus, did they have Lucas electrics too?? OMG <A HREF="http://chinn.blogspot.com/2008/05/more-lucas-pi-info-some-pearls-of.html" REL="nofollow">apparently they did</A>, later on, sorta...<BR/><BR/>word: fritig - twas fritig in the slithy toves, did stumble and gymble in the manifolds...NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-62571820863970020742009-01-27T10:14:00.000-05:002009-01-27T10:14:00.000-05:00Oh shame on you Tammy! I followed the Wiki on her ...Oh shame on you Tammy!<BR/> I followed the Wiki on her to the Norton site, and was painfully reminded that the greatest disappointment of my life is that I don't own a Norton 850S Commando.<BR/> Oh the pain, the emptiness!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-55079611507613410552009-01-27T10:02:00.000-05:002009-01-27T10:02:00.000-05:00Dag, I knew they had the problem, I didn't know ho...Dag, I knew they had the problem, I didn't know how they fixed it. <BR/> My old man would never have given his big air cooled radials away for anything, they were just too rugged, damn near bulletproof.<BR/> But he did have a twinkle in his eye once when he mentioned a night in Manila, just after the Japs had been pushed out, as he listened to a flight of Mustangs coming back from a patrol. He called those Merlins the sweetest sounding engines in the world. High praise indeed from a Navy airedale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-34783261724134282752009-01-27T10:00:00.000-05:002009-01-27T10:00:00.000-05:00So, reading the entry it would appear that Miss Sh...So, reading the entry it would appear that Miss Shilling's Orifice was a ... ummm ... <I>stopgap</I> measure?<BR/><BR/>It's only 9 and I'm blushing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com