Practically Classics Forum

and your first name may be the same as a formula 1 driver?

No current F1 driver shares my forename but a team principal from the north east does, he wrote, giving it away.

Awwww I 'm miles off , i was thinking Lewis Brandt

However , i did uncover a fascinating invention ...

1991 – Buffalo fly trap – In 1991 the CSIRO developed a low-tech translucent plastic tent with a dark inner tunnel lined with brushes. When a cow walks through, the brushed flies fly upwards toward the light and become trapped in the solar-heated plastic dome where they quickly die from desiccation (drying out) and fall to the ground, where ants eat them.

Amazing! Must get me one of those.

C'mon then, which famous dead Australian inventor - called Frank - am I?

JPB wrote:Australian inventor

I didn't think the Australians had invented anything

Oh but they did! Australians invented cars that combined big V8s with right hand drive and even if there's nothing else, that is reason enough for celebration.

Are you Peter Brock.

Phil P wrote:Are you Peter Brock.

Nope, and his name isn't Frank.

I wrote:Amazing! Must get me one of those.

C'mon then, which famous dead Australian inventor - called Frank - am I?

I predict that the very next reply will contain the correct answer. Please.

Frank Thingamibobb am i close?

Half way there, so not wrong per se. However the surname would be required for the win.