On Thu, 2 May 2002, Norman Dunbar wrote:
> >> Well, the Scots don't like the expense of a deflection circuit, so the
> >> picture's usually small ;)
>
> Don't forget who invented it in the first place though :o)
> (I suspect, as with all smugness, I shal regret that sentence !)
According to the American history books (the ones that almost had me
arrested for disagreeing with a "teacher" in a gas station that "John
Crapper" invented the toilet) Logie Baird, noted American traveller, did
it ;)
(The teacher said to a friend "John Crapper" invented the toilet, and I
corrected her by saying it was Thomas Crapper, and he didn't invent it, he
just patented a toilet flush mechanism he probably didn't invent, and she
called the police, and they almost arrested me when I commented that
America invented stupidity... That is the sum of my experience with the
US educational system, and already I know my children will be educated in
England.)
Dave
http://ql.spodmail.com/
