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Heath Robinson

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Heath Robinson

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Postby redsturgeon » April 13th, 2018, 12:39 pm

These things never get old with me...this a a particularly good example of a H-R device.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... ever-video

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Re: Heath Robinson

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Postby AleisterCrowley » April 13th, 2018, 12:44 pm

That's brilliant!

(Pointless info- the US equivalent is a 'Rube Goldberg machine'...)

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Re: Heath Robinson

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Postby UncleEbenezer » April 13th, 2018, 12:58 pm

AleisterCrowley wrote:That's brilliant!

(Pointless info- the US equivalent is a 'Rube Goldberg machine'...)

Now that's an uncanny level of deja-vu: https://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/ ... #c_3483072

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Re: Heath Robinson

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Postby AleisterCrowley » April 13th, 2018, 1:01 pm

It wasn't me, I never post on t'Register!
I did work with a lot of Yanks , fine bunch all of 'em.

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Re: Heath Robinson

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Postby melonfool » April 13th, 2018, 3:54 pm

AleisterCrowley wrote:
(Pointless info- the US equivalent is a 'Rube Goldberg machine'...)


It actually says that in the link RS posted!

"The device, which is known as a Rube Goldberg machine after the man who first came up with the concept,"

Anyway, I saw this posted on Facebook earlier today and thought "just serve yourself the bloody cake!" - what if the baby had wandered off? No cake. Disaster! (cake looked dry to me, too much sitting around).

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Re: Heath Robinson

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Postby AleisterCrowley » April 13th, 2018, 4:10 pm

Ah, I just watched it, didn't read anything. Just triggered memories of explaining what a Heath Robinson solution was....
Reminds me of that dashed 'Mousetrap' game, popular in the 70s...

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Re: Heath Robinson

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Postby melonfool » April 13th, 2018, 5:03 pm

AleisterCrowley wrote:Ah, I just watched it, didn't read anything. Just triggered memories of explaining what a Heath Robinson solution was....
Reminds me of that dashed 'Mousetrap' game, popular in the 70s...


The one where every box they sold had a bit missing?

Yeah.....

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