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Jason


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Joined: 19 Apr 2008
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Location: Drumnadrochit
PostPosted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
A big Highland Welcome to the forum, you have all ready bought the one engine, theres no stopping it now, steam fever is highly contagious!
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Wallace


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Joined: 19 Jul 2006
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Location: New South Wales, Australia
PostPosted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Big welcome to the forums mate  
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metalhead100


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Joined: 27 Dec 2008
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Location: Indiana USA
PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Welcome again from Indiana USA......better clear off some shelf space ....these things multiply when you get them wet.....hahhaha

Jim
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Lozza1


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Joined: 21 Jan 2009
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Location: Australia
PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
logoman wrote:
welcome from London Lozza. what was it about this Renown that promted your first steam purchase?


er um it was shiny?

Nah I'm a farm-boy and ex-earthmoving operator. so I have an empathy (if that is the right word) for machinery. I liked the simplicity of the Renown. It has a real solid honesty about it.

I also liked the idea that I could play with a machine that I wasn't dependent on. If there is a problem with it, I can take my time nutting out a solution. I don't have to hurry because I need it to get me some-where or do something for me.

It is also a fascinating window into history. The use of chemistry, structure and physics that paved the way to the industrial revolution and hurlled us into an ever more complex world.

It may also be a window into our future. We have used machines like this to harness simple energy into a pulse and convert that pulse into a useable momentum. When looking at such a simple machine it is easy to believe we may yet be able to use natural pulses, such as the waves or the tides, to do much of the work we have delegated to coal and oil.

I think it was Aristotle who said that- to think, man needs lesure. Tinkering is a great way to employ the fingers while the mind roams.

Lots of reasons, including "It was there" and polished brass is real shiny

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Larry
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welcome from NZ
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Massive welcome to the forum - Aussies are complete LEGENDS (especially Wallace)    
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Lozza1


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you all for such a warm welcome!!!

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MooseMan


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Welcome mate - we've got lots of Aussies here, room for one more!
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hello and welcome to the forum.  
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kusuchi


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Joined: 23 Jan 2008
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Location: St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi Larry,

A warm welcome from Richard and Andrew in the US Virgin Islands.



Love your explanation of what prompted you to buy the Renown.  

Eloquent, insightful and pertinent.
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