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Originally Posted by Claude
Dear Cass,
The query on my part was sincere. I subscribe to the 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars forum because I own one and value the information members give and find sometimes my knowledge is useful as well. When a question on a windscreen leak rambled off to what seems to be a private conversation on whiskey and Wille I first presumed it was spam, then reading the header, wondered if some intermediate BEEF emails had gone AWOL and I missed the link. Looking more carefully, I ended up baffled, so I asked.
It appears from your answer that indeed you are a member of the forum with a Dame Edna writing style and that perhaps you have read more into my correspondence than was written. I still seem to be missing the link between Geoffrey and Lou Lou but that's OK, it adds to the mystery of life.
In answer to your question, the idea of combining Bristol knowledge into a permanent archive seems to have been taken up by BODA, not from my proposal but rather their own frustration with the BOC not pursuing such an obvious club duty. I had proposed an actual printed book using print on demand that can be updated as knowledge is added, but there was insufficient enthusiasm to merit going further. Perhaps BODA might consider such a project.
What technical questions did you ask that remain unanswered? I find this forum has an excellent record of providing good answers. Perhaps you should re-ask.
Thank you for your good wishes in the New Year. It has begun glorious with warm, sunny days, and yesterday my wife decided we should celebrate with a classic down-under barbie, which is a slight problem since we don't have one. But we did have bored house guests and enough scrap steel in the workshop to fashion one in a couple of hours of cutting and welding, and the steaks, sausages and veggies were great. Now if only I can get the house guests interested in bolting back the crosslinks on the 411... but I digress.
As a geographical footnote, no marsupials here, mate. Wrong island, try Aussie, about 1,500 miles to the left as the petrel flies.
Claude
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Heavens to Betsy and great to hear from you Claude,
Not sure what Geoffrey has to do with Lou - Lou either - I thought he preferred Prince Charles? Anyhow, those BODA boys are really good eggs. Do you know Greg? he's the imposing chap with the beard that makes my Willie look a wimp. well, I digress but Greg has invited us both to join BODA and I think we will get on famously as he has also suggested that the Northern Bristol contingent support the Manchester Pride weekend by providing a Bristol cavalcade - simply super. I could never see the BOC matching that - such a closed group!
I must take you to task on the marsupial content of your lovely islands. If you go down to the woods today you may be in for a surprise - for although NZ has no indigenous marsupials, there are numerous populations of introduced wallabies living in the wild as well as millions of Common Brushtail Possums, which were introduced by enterprising islanders wanting to start a fur industry. My Willie would like a few possum fur cushion for the rear parcel shelf of the Brigand - providing they have been well screened for pediculus first.
Laters,
Cass x