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Re: GNU

From Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, alt.usage.english
Subject Re: GNU
Date 2026-04-02 20:29 +0100
Message-ID <87o6k1rwi3.fsf@parhasard.net> (permalink)
References (16 earlier) <6540amxagd.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10qk61b$kajl$2@dont-email.me> <10qlh1c$vs6q$11@dont-email.me> <1rsy082.1sgvinr126mz1hN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <1775156110-12588@newsgrouper.org>

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 Ar an dara lá de mí Aibreán, scríobh athel: 

 > snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) posted:
 > 
 > > [...] I remember seeing steamrollers working in my postwar early
 > > childhood.
 >
 > We certainly had machines we called *steamrollers* in the same period of
 > mine. But I don't think that they were powered by steam engines.

My memory was that actual steamrollers were used very late compared to other
steam-powered vehicles, and Wikipedia suggests this is true:

  “In the UK, a number of companies owned fleets of steam rollers and
  contracted them out to local authorities. Many were still in use into the
  1960s, and part of the M1 motorway was made using steam rollers.[13] A few
  steam rollers were being used for road maintenance in the early 1970s, and
  this may go some way to explaining why diesel-powered rollers are still
  colloquially known as steam rollers today.”

-- 
‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)

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                Re: GNU The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-03 11:16 +0100
                Re: GNU snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-04-04 00:19 +0100
                Re: GNU rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-02 05:34 +0000
                Re: GNU The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-02 11:58 +0100
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                Re: GNU The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-02 14:59 +0100
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                Re: GNU "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-03 13:43 +0200
                Re: GNU rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-03 23:49 +0000
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                Re: OT Train travel The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-03 11:31 +0100
                Re: OT Train travel "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-03 13:47 +0200
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                Re: GNU athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-04-02 18:55 +0000
                Re: GNU Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2026-04-02 20:29 +0100
                Steamrollers (was Re: GNU) John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-04-02 14:27 -0700
                Re: Steamrollers (was Re: GNU) Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-04-03 08:15 +0200
                Re: Steamrollers (was Re: GNU) The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-03 11:21 +0100
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                Re: GNU "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-02 23:56 +0200
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                Re: School stories Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-04-03 07:16 +0200
                Re: School stories The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-03 10:45 +0100
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                Re: School stories Janet <nobody@home.com> - 2026-04-04 18:56 +0100
                Re: School stories Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-04-04 13:19 -0700
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                Re: School stories Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-04 08:52 +0100
                Re: School stories "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-04 13:50 +0200
                Re: School stories Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-04-04 13:28 -0700
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                Re: GNU rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-02 04:56 +0000
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