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Re: Stupid question about steam engines
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sat, 8 Apr 2000 18:32:43 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Simon Denscombe writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > Two quickies
> > Q:Why do the British drink warm beer?
> > A:Because they like it?
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> I was at the pub yesterday - it was nice and cold.
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> > Q:WRONG. It's because they have Lucas refrigerators.
Actually what you call beer, we call Lager (fizzy stuff for little boys who
usually drink shandy) and what we call 'real ale' beer is a dark coluor with
an 'aquired taste' Developed with Lucas refridgerators in mind, it's usually
drunk just below room temperature. This stuff ferments in the stomach at body
temperature too!
The torpedo story? Got to hear this (surely it's not the one about the manned
Kamikaze torpedos?)
Jon
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> What's a Lucas Refrigerator anyway? I thought Lucas made car batteries.
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> > Q:What's the motto of the Lucas Electric Works?
> > A:A good day's work and home BEFORE DARK!
> > Maybe later I'll tell the Torpedo Story
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> I don't get it.
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> Carbon 60
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Stupid question about steam engines
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| (...) Nope. Ping me in a week, it's rather a long one... oh heck. Seems that Lucas used to be in the defense electronics business. And one year, the Royal Navy let a bid for a new guided torpedo. This torpedo was to be smart, knowing where it was, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: Stupid question about steam engines
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| In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jonathan Reynolds writes: . (...) The reason Americans drink their beer iced cold is to numb the taste buds so they don't have to taste it. Most American (and Canadian) beers are lagers, but have so many "adjuncts" such as (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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