Re: More on the police censorship mentioned previously.

On 24 Mar, 21:54, %ste...@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Steve Firth) wrote:
Tony Dragon <tony.dra...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There's little that I miss from that era. The only thing worthwhile was
the "white heat of technology" and I do miss the confidence and talent
of those days before the lentil munchers took over.

You mean computers the size of houses & calculators that used cog wheels.

No I mean jets that shook the earth and the soul.

LIke the English Electric Lightning? Never seen one in operation, but
my old man raves about them, having seen them demonstrated at air
shows. I understand that its ability to climb to 30,000 ft in 30 s is
respectable even in comparison to today's fighters.
.

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