On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 13:06:26 UTC, Harry Krause
wrote:

Chris Lasdauskas wrote:
AUSTRALIAN?
Oh the shame .....

Chris


If you're from there, you must know of her...

well, sure isn't she J Smith's brother? (Australia is slightly bigger
than a small town!)

she claims to be the
inventor and manufacturer of a diesel outboard motor with the brand name
of Taipan. The only photo anyone has ever seen of such an outboard makes
it appear as if someone bolted an old. small Japanese truck diesel to a
homemade lower unit and covered both in rusty steel painted white.

Never heard of it. But it may exist.

Naturally, when I found out the "brand name," I thought of Clavell's
novel, but it turns out a taipan is a particularly nasty Australian
snake. Seems to fit, eh?

No comment. Taipan's are one of the 3 or 4 most deadly snakes on the
planet, and one of the few aggressive enough to actually chase a
person to bite them.

Chris

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