Mornington Crescent, anyone?

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TerryG
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Re: Mornington Crescent, anyone?

#2411 Post by TerryG »

Did you work in Russia?
If not, did your father?

I was Brunel a few pages back so it would be cheating for someone to pick him again :P
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Re: Mornington Crescent, anyone?

#2412 Post by arceye »

Fraid not mate

To be kind I'm going to admit that not that much is known about me, but I invented two things, which, most if not all of us will have used.
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Re: Mornington Crescent, anyone?

#2413 Post by TerryG »

Well as you died before 1900 I'll assume you didn't invent the mobile phone ;)

Just to narrow it down a little bit, did you die in the 19th century?
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Re: Mornington Crescent, anyone?

#2414 Post by arceye »

I did die in the 19th century
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Re: Mornington Crescent, anyone?

#2415 Post by JPB »

Were you known for starting brawls in brothels, then sneaking out without paying when everyone was wrapped up in trying to stop the fight?
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Re: Mornington Crescent, anyone?

#2416 Post by arceye »

Well.... not that I'm aware of.
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Re: Mornington Crescent, anyone?

#2417 Post by Phil P »

Are you James Brindley the canal engineer. He is the man that was dismissed from his job designing the Birmingham canal network because the City Fathers said he was spending too much time on other canal jobs mainly Coventry. Now when you go to Birmnigham there are lots of places named after him and quite a few schools have a house named after him. Not bad for being sacked!!
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Re: Mornington Crescent, anyone?

#2418 Post by Phil P »

Oh sod it! I just read back and realised you didn't have a transport connection. :?
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Re: Mornington Crescent, anyone?

#2419 Post by arceye »

:D
No, as you rightly surmise my good P I am not he.

Just to be fair though, my main invention has been adapted / improved over the years by others, meaning that there have also been horse / pony drawn, steam, electric and internal combustion engined versions, some capable of propelling under there own power and some whilst carrying a person, so there is a vague if tenuous transport connection.


That might just be too much info :oops:
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Re: Mornington Crescent, anyone?

#2420 Post by zipgun »

Edwin Beard Budding
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