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In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons writes:
> > Nice to know there'll be coal at Port Block. We'll have to
> > visit sometime. ;)
>
> Sorry old man, not really an interiors kind of guy me. I had four different
> goes at paddle gear and wasn't happy with any of them, before I realised that
> none of my efforts could be seen through the fairing and grille around the
> wheel. Now, look ma, no wheels!
> And there is a steam engine-ish lump in about the right place, but its not a
> patch on the engines you've put together. Just a red glow in the right place
> and a governor-y looking attachment on the top up the other end from the smoke
> stack.
> And at this stage we're mainly burning wood. Bring some coal with you when
> you come ;-)
Wouldn't that be like sending coal to Newcastle?
James (who fondly recalls the sight of the Enterprise stuck on a sandbank...)
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| (...) Hey, the RN used to send fuel oil to Aden until the Second World War, so anything is possible. ("In a bureaucracy, anything is possible contra logic") I think it has more to do with economies of scale, in that sending anthracite from Britain (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Sorry old man, not really an interiors kind of guy me. I had four different goes at paddle gear and wasn't happy with any of them, before I realised that none of my efforts could be seen through the fairing and grille around the wheel. Now, (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
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