[Vhfcn-l] Monday musings

[Paul Bielecki]

Thanks Jerry, much appreciated 

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> On Mar 8, 2021, at 8:02 AM, Gary Thewlis via Vhfcn-l <vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org> wrote:
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> The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that
> cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong
> goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.
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> Douglas Adams
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> The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, and the
> young know everything.
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> Oscar Wilde
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> I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great
> ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
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> Winston Churchill
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> Who does vote for these dishonest shitheads?
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> Hunter S Thompson
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> Careful. If you think too much, they'll take you away.
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> George Carlin
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> Never answer an anonymous letter.
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> Yogi Berra
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> As pleased as Punch
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> 'As pleased as Punch' derives from the puppet character Mr. Punch. Punch's
> name itself derives from Polichinello (spelled various ways, including
> Punchinello), a puppet used in the 16th century Italian Commedia dell'arte.
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> Punch and Judy shows, the popular summer-time entertainments on British
> beaches, have been somewhat in decline from the latter half of the 20th
> century onward, due to them being seen as politically incorrect. That's
> hardly surprising as the main character Punch is a wife-beating serial
> killer.
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> In performance, the grotesque Punch character is depicted as self-satisfied
> and delighted with his evil deeds, squawking "That's the way to do it!"
> whenever he dispatches another victim. Nevertheless, there is still what
> might be called a folk affection for the old rogue in the UK and it would be
> a shame to see the tradition fade away completely.
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> The show had an Italian origin but has been much changed over the years. It
> began in Britain at the time of the restoration of the monarchy in the 17th
> century. The Diary of Samuel Pepys has an entry from 1666 that shows this
> early origin and also the popularity of the show even then:
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> I with my wife... by coach to Moorefields, and there saw 'Polichinello',
> which pleases me mightily.
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> The phrase 'as pleased as Punch' appears fairly late in the story. The
> earliest known record is from William Gifford's satires The Baviad, and
> Maeviad, 1797:
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> Oh! how my fingers itch to pull thy nose! As pleased as Punch, I'd hold it
> in my gripe.
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> 'As pleased as Punch' is now the most common form of the expression, but
> when the term was coined it was just as usual to say 'as proud as Punch'.
> Charles Dickens, for example used the two terms interchangeably in his
> novels; for example:
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> David Copperfield, 1850: I am as proud as Punch to think that I once had the
> honor of being connected with your family.
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> Hard Times, 1854: When Sissy got into the school here.. her father was as
> pleased as Punch.
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> Who designed the WW I plane, the Camel and co designed the Hurricane?
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> A:  Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith
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> What did Bartommelo Christofori invent?
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> A:  The Piano
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> What was invented by Henry D Perky  in 1893 in Denver Colorado?
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> A:  Shredded Wheat
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> James Dewer invented what in 1872?
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> A:  Vacuum or thermos flask
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> William Young invented what in 1800?
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> A:  Different shoes for the left and right feet
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> Lexico was a game that was invented in 1932. What was its name changed to?
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> A:  Scrabble
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> In 1953, what type of signal was first successfully transmitted in the
> United States?
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> A:  Color TV
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