Re: Tangaras are crap

["Thomas Fothergill" <s370507@student.uq.edu.au>]

Dave Malcolm <keithm@commslab.gov.au> wrote in message
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> In article <8E84AE392telstraNews@vic.news.telstra.net> Michael
<mk@netstra.com.au> writes:
> >Subject: Re: Tangaras are crap
> >From: Michael <mk@netstra.com.au>
> >Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 06:00:44 GMT
>
> >And so are the G/N/A/B/E classes :-)
>
> >They all have a cab at both ends, and all run from electricity. Except,
> >that all (besides the E) generate their electricity on the fly (i.e. with
a
> >diesel generator). :-) <g,d,r,ef!>
>
> >But, if we pedanticise[1] it down a little more, a train can be defined
as
> >consisting of two cars or more, in which case, we can call the push/pull
> >Bacchus Marsh, Sunbury trains, EMU's because of the P's at both ends. :-)
>
> >Regards
> >Michael
>
> >[1] is there such a word?
>
> There is now.

i think there is.. but certain septics have a tendancy to spell it with a z
.... grrrr!