On (27 Jul 94) Bill Grimsley wrote to Keith Richardson...



 BG> Keith, at 19:24 on Mon, Jul 25 1994, you wrote to Bill Grimsley ...



 BL> Thank you for the unhelpful reply, Rod.



 KR> dont hassle the guy, hes only doing what he is good at (-8



 BL> . The problem with being an engineer is that we *solve*

 BL> problems, and expect other people to do the same.



 BG> Oh, I'm sorry, I though engineers drove trains.  ;-)



 KR> are you a bloody yank or something?   (-8



 BG> Que?  I thought that engineer was an English term for a train-driver, not

 BG> American.  Unlike Rod, I neither speak nor spell American at all.  ;-)



iie, the pomms call them train drivers, or engine driver



 KR> actually the us post office put out a special stamp to 

 KR> commemorate national engineer's week once - with a picture of 

 KR> kasey jones on it (-8



 BG> Two pertinent questions immediately come to mind:  (1) Was Casey Jones a

 BG> real person, and (2) did they really spell it with a "K" ??



(1) i dont know

(2) what they do is immaterial, i do (i've been taking lessons from you

    know who)  (-8



 BG> BTW, I've heard no howls of protest to date, so can I safely assume that

 BG> your HiFi Akai is still functioning after I got amongst it while I was in

 BG> Sydney in June ??  If so, will wonders never cease!  ;-)



yes, i must apologise for not thanking you. it has performed perfectly

except for one tape (u2 zoo tv) which plays without any problem at the

local video shop, but the akai looses lock every 30 secs or so, just as

if it is loosing tracking then it comes back in. 'spose it could be one

of the copy protection schemes screwing it up. plays everything else ok

though. i've been copying some of the hi-8 stuff onto it, god it looks

rough compared to the original, i'm glad i didn't buy a vhs-c.



                        Keith



... I'm a modemer & I'm OK, I post all night & I work all day(yawn)



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