Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Neil, I think the word pulchritude is appropriate. Webster's New World Dictionary defines pulchritude as a synonym for beautiful. It means possessing physical beauty. The Flying Scotsman is neither the biggest nor the most powerful nor even the fastest steam locomotive, but it is one of the most beautiful. And it is certainly mechanical. Larry Z Neil writes: "mechanical pulchritude" Pulchritude. If ever a word was more ill suited to its purpose... -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+neil.beddoe=mbamfunds.com at leica-users.org [mailto: lug-bounces+neil.beddoe <lug-bounces%2Bneil.beddoe>=mbamfunds.com@ leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Lawrence Zeitlin Sent: 19 August 2009 15:47 To: lug at leica-users.org Subject: Re: [Leica] The Flying Scotsman Beautiful picture, Doug. Did you know that the Flying Scotsman is older than the UR Leica or that it was the first steam locomotive to exceed 100 mph on a regularly scheduled run? Wikipedia has a very interesting piece on this example of mechanical pulchritude. Think of all you can learn by reading the LUG. Larry Z