Oldsmobile electric steam carriage (latest edition of ME)

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

Is it just me? I'm trying to work out where the steam comes in. Is it just when it overheats

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Are we having our legs pulled gently for April Fools' Day? In addition to the 'Electric Steam Carriage' the front cover also promotes 'A Wooden Traction Engine' and 'Perpetual Motion' – it's all a little suspicious!

[roy entwistleParticipant @royentwistle24699]

On reading the article, mention is made of a single cylinder internal combustion engine

Roy

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Maybe the graphics person doing the front cover could not fit "electric horseless carrage" in across the page

[Dave HalfordParticipant @davehalford22513]

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 28/03/2018 17:13:25:

Are we having our legs pulled gently for April Fools' Day? In addition to the 'Electric Steam Carriage' the front cover also promotes 'A Wooden Traction Engine' and 'Perpetual Motion' – it's all a little suspicious!

I still remember the B&W film of Italians getting in the spaghetti harvest shown by the BBC midlands news.

[nigel jones 5Participant @nigeljones5]

Posted by Dave Halford on 28/03/2018 20:56:51:

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 28/03/2018 17:13:25:

Are we having our legs pulled gently for April Fools' Day? In addition to the 'Electric Steam Carriage' the front cover also promotes 'A Wooden Traction Engine' and 'Perpetual Motion' – it's all a little suspicious!

I still remember the B&W film of Italians getting in the spaghetti harvest shown by the BBC midlands news.

My mum saw that, believed it and raised us thinking it grew on trees!!

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 28/03/2018 17:13:25:

Are we having our legs pulled gently for April Fools' Day? In addition to the 'Electric Steam Carriage' the front cover also promotes 'A Wooden Traction Engine' and 'Perpetual Motion' – it's all a little suspicious!

Wooden traction engine? Wooden work.

Electric steam? You get that when you boil Electric Kool-Aid. (All part of the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test process, for those not around in the '60s).

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

MEW this month had the Sky hook for reading in the bath.

Martin P

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

We used a reference book by ‘The Refigerateted Steam Company’ back in the 1970s. It was a superb little book. I can’t remember if that was the title, part of it, or if there was another actual title. It was a hard back about A4-ish and about 20mm thick.

I would love to find a copy, but am unable to unearth any referece to it on the net. It was obviously printed some time before I came across it. I can’t remember which specific information we used it for – possibly flue gas temperature and measurement for sampling gases from large ducts for dust testing.

Anyone help?

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Poor me. I expected the Wooden Traction Engine to be a joke and it's actually a fine model. Craftsmanship well out of my league.

Sad to say I fell for the MEW Sky Hook. I saw myself luxuriating in a hot perfumed bath with a glass of wine, surrounded by candles, sprinkled with rose petals, and reading a first edition Machinery's Handbook. Not sure I'll ever get over the disappointment…

Dave

[Tim StevensParticipant @timstevens64731]

I suggest that the term 'steam' has the same significance to the modern generation as 'vintage' – in other words it means 'old and so I don't understand it'

And my guess is that the cover is designed and written by a sub-editor. As in sub-standard.

Cheers, Tim

[larry PhelanParticipant @larryphelan54019]

Dave,forget your glass of wine [which can be good,bad,or indifferent ],forget also your 40 odd blends of Scotch and get yourself a bottle of real whiskey,such as Bushmills .Then,pour and relax ————-!

I might add,I have no connection with the company,except as a very,very,satisfied customer,many times over !!

All your disappointments will just melt away,for a while anyway !!

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