[BITList] shine

[CT's]

yo hugh

obsessively shiny and cleanliness is a way of life in the far east (been there-done that)

the bed plate shine is from the machining (note it has been sprayed white inside), same with the crankshaft sans paint.

and their hard hats and clothing seem to always stay clean. did you notice the clean covers over their boots?

white cotton gloves was always de rigueur........................................worn by everyone.

first photograph not taken in the far east,

ct




From: HUGH 
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:55 AM
To: bitlist at lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com 
Subject: Re: [BITList] Don't tell me - big marine engine


John, I agree with you - it is, indeed, a big marine engine.  As you know, all marine engines were big, even before the media discovered them and said, "Wow, that's a big engine ! Gawd almighty, that's bigger than a car engine !"  I fell off one, so I should know. Even the engine shown briefly in films about the Titanic was a big engine. Where have these people been for the past 1.5 centuries?  Having said all that, some bits look obsessively shiny to my eye, eg, the top of the bedplate, the boiler suits, the hard hats, the crankshaft. None of this rings a bell with me. The effort put into that could have been more usefully employed.  Old Neilly Bell in Kincaids would have had something to say about such frippery.

Hugh.


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