Nominate an Engineering Hero

You're so crafty Yuval. I could rattle on here , but I just glimpsed a modern one I like. Marc whatevers bubbling bass is cool (I prefer more late 60s type stuff generally - John Martyn excepted). Anyway , you enable me to mention rhythm and little things that please my mind.

Ah , the penny drops .Some Goblins are more pretty than others.

A Tea Steamer... Nice... This must be a nineteen-fifties paraphernalia. I love such stuff. It reminds me of the childhood I never had.

It reminds me of the childhood I never had

Aww.

Goblin Tea maid's were the butt of many jokes when I was a kid - unrepeatable word play on the name.. The hight of fashion in their time though. Now a bit like the flared trousers I keep quiet about.

Wouldn't it be interesting to know what everybody played with as a child. My favourites were the simplest , you can let the imagination take you anywhere with them. One of my early favourites (as you will have seen in a pic I posted ) was domino's which I used to stack up/ sort into different patterns and so on. Anything that could be used for a purpose other than intended really. Strange how young children always like the boxes. My wife is still speechless when I give her an empty box every year. Bless .

Grrrr....

It REMINDS me of the childhood I NEVER had.

Poke you in the ribs with my elbow? Eh? eh? Eh?

Ah , such fun I had. Happy memories. The golden days of childhood . Halcyon days of old as they say . You kn.... Oh. Woops

Relax yoursef.

Enough...This is way off-topic. If you want to continue in this vein, I invite you to use the internal message system.

I apologize to all . There is no excuse.

Kris,

Could there be a diSTINKtion between structures that are SEEN rather than can be SMELLED.

Relax HydroScot , I know where you're coming from. And yup , you do have some brilliant bridges and light-houses.I also know that Scottish engineers have more claim than most to having built the world. Where is that brilliant canal lift (the rotating one) ? - I honestly can't remember. It's got to be worth a picture or link.

Kris,

The Falkirk Wheel........I will try to find a link and forward!

try this!

www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk/content/TFW_SubSection/index.asp?ID

Or this.

Enough Guys ! It's an absolute beauty ! Falkirk is cool ! (UFOs excepted - see it on another thread) . We should have let Wallace win ! It wasn't my fault ! c'mon ! I'm running out of exclamations ! mercy !

You should see the power plant for this monster - 3kWh/ rotation.

It's a perfection of balance , and it looks really cool as well . Apparently the 'eye' in London can be pulled round by 2 blokes and a rope . I give the Falkirk lift better marks for appearance and function though.

I got reminded of this guy last night -Trevor Baylis. Using 'garden shed 'skills he gave the world a great device . So much was achieved by simply applying a bit of knowledge and ingenuity.

Quite a guy, I saw him interviewed a while ago. The interview was at his home & his workshop and garden were full of part finished projects including a car he was building from scratch.

The web site you linked to is fascinating, it seems to be aimed at school children but has a mass of great links.

.... that's precisely why he's 'great' and worthy of mention. Glad you liked.