> Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 18:36:28 -0800 (PST)
> From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> Subject: Re: Aargh...It never ends..
> Reply-to: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
> <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, der Mouse wrote:
>
> > >> But it's the sort of thing he might well have done at need - he had
> > >> a real gift for things mechanical, and he did tend to end up in
> > >> places like Poland after the war, or rural India, where you can't
> > >> just pop down to the corner store and pick up an arc-welding helmet.
> > > Your dad wouldn't happened to be named MacGyver by any chance?
> >
> > No, none of his names were anything like that. Malcolm Warren Parker.
>
> Hint: joke :) There was a TV show by that name where the main character
> carried around an encyclopedic knowledge of all things and could
> manufacture whatever he needed from elements in his immediate environment
> in order to escape out of whatever predicament his secret agent lifestyle
> got him in to.
>
> MacGyver Homepage
> http://www.uplinktech.net/macgyver/
>
> (I'm amazed that there are fan pages for this show.)
Hmm, that date me, had A-team (thought it was ok but in the end
AWFUL), MacGyver, Hulk, Night Kright, etc. All from early to
mid 80's.
Cheers,
Wizard
Received on Sat Feb 21 2004 - 16:28:39 GMT