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Posted by James Waldby on August 14, 2008, 1:13 pm
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:58:04 -0400, Wild_Bill wrote:
> Mobile tea kettle, touring tea kettle, cordless portable tea kettle,
> etc.
>
> I didn't see or hear a dollar figure for the 18 year project, but I did
> hear the discussion about the need to have various parts fabricated in
> several other countries.
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The telegraph.co.uk article says 2.9 million pounds, another site
says 3 million. Around 5.7 million dollars US.
-jiw
>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:39:37 -0400, Wild_Bill wrote:
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>>> Definitely impressive, but I wonder what the spigot/valve beside the
>>> engineer's seat is for.. hot water for tea maybe? Seems like something
>>> those
>>> Goofy brits would insist on having nearby.
>>>
>> Geez, Bill, are you saying that "Tornado" is nothing more than the
>> world's most expensive Windemere tea kettle? Mike in BC
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> The bummer is that it couldn't all be made in the UK - many skills and
> equipment gone forever?
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7537462.stm
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> Mike in BC