This must be a major embarrassment for the security services in
Britain. The sheer size of this thing, I mean. And the fact that it
appears to have been designed about 60 years ago and runs off dozens
of penlight cells. Hardly state-of-the-art!
BTW, for anyone that hasn't seen pictures of Gerry Adams looking very
cross standing next to this heap of junk; it's about 6 feet long by
4"X8" and not exactly easily hidden (which is probably why it was
discovered :-))
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"What is now proved was once only imagin'd." - William Blake, 1793.

Paul Burridge wrote:

This must be a major embarrassment for the security services in
Britain.

Did it have "if found please return to MI5" stamped on it? You don't know
who made or installed it.

The sheer size of this thing, I mean. And the fact that it
appears to have been designed about 60 years ago and runs off dozens
of penlight cells. Hardly state-of-the-art!

"Party chairman Mitchel McLaughlin said it was a highly sophisticated
device with a large battery pack and the party had no idea how long it had
been in place."

He and you apparently have no idea when it was installed so you have no
idea what the state of the art was when it was made.

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 11:13:00 +0100, nospam
wrote:

Paul Burridge wrote:

This must be a major embarrassment for the security services in
Britain.

Did it have "if found please return to MI5" stamped on it?

No, but probably "Property of HMG" which is near enough the same
thing. :-)

You don't know
who made or installed it.

A one-eyed apprentice carpenter, by the look of it. Get those big,
wobbly numbers in marker pen: 1,2,3,4,5,6 so they'd remember which
order the blocks were supposed to be connected up. :-)

"Party chairman Mitchel McLaughlin said it was a highly sophisticated
device with a large battery pack and the party had no idea how long it had
been in place."

Yeah, well he's Irish, isn't he, and probably thinks the electric
light bulb is "highly sophisticated." ;-

He and you apparently have no idea when it was installed so you have no
idea what the state of the art was when it was made.

The date stamp on the batteries ought to provide some clue. "Best
before January 1946" would be my guess. :-)
--

"What is now proved was once only imagin'd." - William Blake, 1793.

"Paul Burridge" wrote in message
...
This must be a major embarrassment for the security services in
Britain. The sheer size of this thing, I mean. And the fact that it
appears to have been designed about 60 years ago and runs off dozens
of penlight cells. Hardly state-of-the-art!
BTW, for anyone that hasn't seen pictures of Gerry Adams looking very
cross standing next to this heap of junk; it's about 6 feet long by
4"X8" and not exactly easily hidden (which is probably why it was
discovered :-))
--

"What is now proved was once only imagin'd." - William Blake, 1793.

Perhaps you'd like to question why 'Terrorist' Gerry Adams didn't spot such
a big thing being installed in the first place and only now chooses to have
his picture taken next door to it whilst looking annoyed.

Perhaps you'd also like to question your own inability to recognise that you
are in fact a sad ******.

Unfortunately both you and Gerry Adams, and I'm sure he'll be dismayed to be
mentioned in the same sentence as your good self, suffer from the same lack
of competance when it comes to self analysis.

Gerry Adams does it by choice and still believes, you do it because you
can't 'think' any better.

You're both still ******s.

DNA

DNA

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 14:08:54 GMT, "Genome" wrote:

[snip]

You're both still ******s.

Thanks for sharing. BTW, isn't it about time you put me back in your
killfile?
--

"What is now proved was once only imagin'd." - William Blake, 1793.

Paul Burridge wrote:
This must be a major embarrassment for the security services in
Britain. The sheer size of this thing, I mean. And the fact that it
appears to have been designed about 60 years ago and runs off dozens
of penlight cells. Hardly state-of-the-art!
BTW, for anyone that hasn't seen pictures of Gerry Adams looking very
cross standing next to this heap of junk; it's about 6 feet long by
4"X8" and not exactly easily hidden (which is probably why it was
discovered :-))

Looks like they originally intended it to be disguised as a desk- but
then the thing consumed so much power, it would lose credibility because
it was getting so warm.