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From: user on 5 Oct 2009 20:16 John_H wrote: > atec 7 7 wrote: >>> user(a)domain.invalid wrote: >>>> There a lot not on the "list" and many you would not know of but looking >>>> at the real makers of things look as an example for the Robinson's and a >>>> lot of seemingly Eu names working on the bomb circa 1941/5 all from >>>> Unzud , even a couple of Au's there >> I never met the bloke but I did meet several Kiwis who worked on the >> secrete stuff during wwII including Heath Robinson apparently a many >> times removed rello who worked on the big banger >> Shame we didn't inherit the "smarts" gene ? > > You've got me there! > > W. Heath Robinson was a British cartoonist (born and bred). He never > made any of the contraptions he's associated with... he only drew > them. > > Are you thinking of some other Heath Robinson? > I am thinking of heath r not w heath r after all the name is not patent Granny always used to mention him being her cousin/relo remember there was a cast of thousand
From: Brad on 5 Oct 2009 18:45
"jonz" <fj40(a)diesel.com> wrote in message news:4ac9bbb7$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... Scotty wrote: > "John_H" <john4721(a)inbox.com> wrote in message > news:59cgc5pfquoj3imqqjm3pjnso6rgvnps3q(a)4ax.com... > : Jason James wrote: > : > > : >Is he the old guy who did time-trials at Bonneville with an old but > fast > : >bike, on the salt-flats or whatever they call them? > : > : Yep, and famous Kiwis are so few and far between he's probably the > : next most famous to Edmund Hillary... if you don't count Piggy > : Muldoon. :) > : > : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro > : > : -- > : John H > > Your thinking of Burt Munroe and the Bonniville Salt Flats in Utah. > > And dont forget......Possum Bourne, SIR Edmund Hillary, (Sir?) Peter > Blake, Rod and Scott Dixon, > Rachel Hunter, Sam Neil, Neil and Tim Finn, Anna Panquin (Spelling?), > Bruno Laurence, Peter Jackson, > Rita Angus, Zo� Bell, Michael Campbell, Jane Campion, Keisha > Castle-Hughes, Russell Crowe (Of > course), Dave Dobbyn, Roger Donaldson, Gareth Farr, Lucy Lawless, Ernest > Rutherford, Kiri Te > Kanawa, Sarah Ulmer, Keith Urban, Hayley Westenra, Jona Lomu, Nicole > Kidman, Lucy Lawless, Richard > Hadlee, Richard Pearse, Mark Todd, John Walker............... > > > The list just goes on and on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ onya Scotty.... > > -- jonz "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind - boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford,1992 Here there are almost as many Kiwis as there Ausies, they make up for their slight lack of numbers by being noisier louts. I do know a bloke that works at Lae Builders from Invercargill, interesting bloke. Les pointed out when I first met him that he came from the southern most outpost of the British empire. Coming from the same smallish city he knew of Bert and lived a couple of blocks from him (or so I was told) Les' parents were in the town from the early times. Heaven help the Aussie expat community here when those bloody All Blacks have a win. -- Brad Leyden 6� 43.5816' S 146� 59.3097' E WGS84 To mail spam is really hot but please reply to thread so all may benefit (or laugh at my mistakes) > > |