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Offline pretzel

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World's fastest kettle.
« on: August 25, 2009, 07:36:32 pm »
I see that the British Steam Car project has achieved their goal of breaking the land speed record for this type of vehicle propulsion - news here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8209288.stm, and here: http://www.steamcar.co.uk/
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Re: World's fastest kettle.
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2009, 07:52:19 pm »
Good news.  Another shining example of backyard engineering expertise and determination.

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Re: World's fastest kettle.
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2009, 09:02:38 pm »
And so gloriously pointless!  :)
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Re: World's fastest kettle.
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2009, 10:44:52 pm »
Quote from: Andy Zarse on August 25, 2009, 09:02:38 pm
And so gloriously pointless!  :)

and very typically british... :)
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Re: World's fastest kettle.
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2009, 11:41:57 pm »
Pardon me for being picky but it does seem rather a poor result to spend all that money, time and effort to break a hundred year old record by a mere 12 mph. The BBC say American Fred Marriot held the record set in 1906 of 127mph (204km/h).  ??? At least Fred went into hotels after...

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