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Thread Author: CGNorwich Replies: 5
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 Mon 21 Nov 11 23:00 
 Inventions that didn't catch on - CGNorwich
I give you the steam cycle.
www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=10410

The British Pathe site is truly amazing.
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 Tue 22 Nov 11 00:11 
 Inventions that didn't catch on - Londoner
It would be very manoeuverable if it takes after a steam locomotive. I mean, those things corner like they are on rails.
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 Tue 22 Nov 11 08:23 
 Inventions that didn't catch on - Crankcase
That's a great little film - thanks CG.

It was made in 1936. There's someone in it who puts their hands on their hips as they watch - interesting body language that of course hasn't changed. I wonder if the Romans put their hands on their hips to communicate the same kind of "now what have we here" type of feeling. Or the Greeks? Or Homo Ergaster? When did it start? How do we know what it means? Do all cultures do it today?

I think I need my morning coffee and a perusal of British Pathe.
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 Tue 22 Nov 11 16:16 
 Inventions that didn't catch on - Mike Hannon
Sounds a bit like the Enfield India I was always going to buy just to fetch the croissants from the village in the mornings.
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 Tue 22 Nov 11 16:31 
 Inventions that didn't catch on - R.P.
Don't do it Mike. Horrible things. (Enfields not the croissants !)
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 Tue 22 Nov 11 19:20 
 Inventions that didn't catch on - bathtub tom
A guy round the corner from me's got an original Bullet. I can tell when he rides past from the 'twang' in the exhaust note.

I think the silencer may have less contents than designed. ;>)
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