old man emu

apparently, one sock is all they are offering!

Yeah, it's a windsock.

 

 

Job done!

 

 

Youse is all wimps!

 

When I was 12, my mate's dad had an earth-moving company. We blew up Coke cans with electric detonators.

 

Then we got a box of matches and scrapped the phosphorus off the heads. We got two thick bolts and one nut. Partially screwed the bolt onto one nut, and filled the space above it with the phosphorus. Then we screwed the other bolt in and compressed the phosphorus. Thrown against a brick wall, the ensuing explosion sent the bolts God knows where.

 

You either survive adolescence, or get killed on the journey through it.

 

 

Does anyone on this site have any contact details for Volker Heydecke? After some info on his H 16.

Try him through here:

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/volker-heydecke-04464026/?ppe=1

 

 

Ha! Ha! Got ya!

 

 

 

:off topic:I think that the biggest trolls on this forum are the ones that keep trying to bring threads back to topic!

This post has been reported to a Moderator - trolling

 

 

Thanks Phil,... BUT "soddit" is not a real word. I couldn't find reference to it in my old Oxford dictionary.

Geez, nomad, your unedjucated, or went to the wrong university. The more modern university provides this definition of "sod" sod Meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary

 

The less than gentile meaning of "sod" arises from its offensive sexual connotation stemming from the carryings on in the biblical city of Sodom. In that context, a sod is one of Nature's bachelors. "Sod's Law" would appear to be the equal of "Murhpy's Law" - if something can fail, it will do so at the most inconvenient moment. "Soddit" appears to be the British dialectic equivalent of the Australian "fvck it".

 

 

"Boiler stick" ... Now theirs proof positive of ancient history. I wonder how many Gen-X people would even know what a boiler stick was, and what it was used for.

 

What sort of boiler did Beatrice May have? Was it wood or coal fired? My mum was a Thoroughly Modern Millie. Hers was electrically heated, and she used it until the late 1960s when she did my Grandfather's washing. The poor old bloke lived in a convalescent home because he never recovered from the damage an explosion during the Second Battle of Krithia cause to his lungs. In the 1930s the only people with experience in treating chest illnesses were at Tuberculosis Sanitaria, he spent some time in one. This gave rise to the falsehood that he had TB, hence my mother's insistence on boiling his clothes, rather than putting them in the washing machine.

 

On an interesting not, I was listening to a podiatrist speak of microbial infections of the feet and toe-nails. He said that one of the preventative measures is to boil one's sox for an hour to kill fungal spores. Oh for mum's electric copper now!

 

OME

 

Someone might like to troll through my post to see how many types of troll I have been.

 

 

If we are now getting into LED lighting, I suppose we could throw in a 2-stroke engine as a fog machine. Disco never died!

 

 

I wish you blokes would throw your Gillette razors away and use Okham's.

 

Dew point 11C; OAT 12C. You wouldn't have to go very high to get into icing conditions. That's the simplest reason for the power loss, and therefore the best.

 

 

BMI is a quick yardstick for AvMed, only useful if they listen to your health carer's assessment the best is personal assessment by a qualified professional.

KABOOM!

 

Hit the nail right on the head. Unfortunately, one has to fit this "personal assessment" into the hierarchy of the doctor's needs. The first item in this hierarchy is the doctor's Professional Liability. They won't do anything that might in any way give rise to a liability claim. Their knowledge of their patient comes way down the decision making criteria list.

 

 

 

If a government authority sets a limit, then anything outside that limit will cause your doctor to issue an automatic fail. It does not matter if the doctor has been providing professional advice and treatment to you for years and years, and thus has monitored and recorded your health over a long time. Professional Liability over-rules personal experience every time.

 

 

 

OME

 

 

OOPs, I made a mistake. Using Trefethen's formula doesn't bring about the massive change in BMI number that I incorrectly calculated. His formula reduced my BMI by one unit, not 10.

 

Herein is a calculator that you can use to work out your more reasonable BMI

 

New BMI (New Body Mass Index)

 

 

see that there are major differences in the composition of the bodies of men and women. Yes, I notice as often as I can.

The aim of the game is to get those differences together as often as possible.

 

 

Because emus can't fly, CASA's pseudo-science does not affect me, but I've been put into a difficult position work-wise by BMI stupidity.

 

Recently I underwent my annual medical to retain my Bus Driver Authority. My blood pressure was recorded as 122/84, pulse 64, all other neurological, eyesight and clinical (blood, flexibility etc) were "Normal". However, at 118 Kg and 178 cms, my BMI calculated at 37.2, which is above the cut-off point of 35. So, my medical clearance is not available until I see a sleep apnoea specialist. According to my wife, who unfortunately has insomnia, I don't have the symptoms of sleep apnoea when I am asleep. I don't express the symptoms of narcolepsy. I'm as good as many younger blokes in putting in a full day's physical labour.

 

However, 37.2 is more than 35, so, according to the Authorities, I must be suffering from a debilitating condition.

 

But what is this magical Index?

 

BMI is a calculated number, and it is used to describe the body mass of a person in terms of the body mass values of a population. The body mass index is calculated based on the following formula:

 

Bodyweight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared

 

or

 

BMI = x KG / (y M * y M)

 

Where: x=bodyweight in KG y=height in m

 

The body mass index (BMI) is a statistic developed by Adolphe Quetelet in the 1900’s for evaluating body mass. It is not related to gender and age. It uses the same formula for men as for women and children. There is it's first fault. Blind Freddy could see that there are major differences in the composition of the bodies of men, women and children, so a 'one formula fits all' approach is questionable.

 

The values used to determine "health" of an individual are:

 

Risk of co-morbidities

 

 

Underweight <18.50 Low (but risk of other clinical problems increased)

 

Normal range 18.50 - 24.99 Average

 

Overweight: >25.00

 

Preobese 25.00 - 29.99 Increased

 

Obese class 1 30.00 - 34.99 Moderate

 

Obese class 2 35.00 - 39.99 Severe

 

Obese class 3 >40.00 Very severe

 

For me to be at the top end of the BMI range for a healthy weight, I would have to weigh 79.3 kg. Using a term from my dad's army service, at 79.3 kg (12 stone 7 lbs), I'd be as thin as a .303 pull-through.

 

Who was this Adolphe Quetelet anyway?

 

Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874) was a Belgian mathematician, astronomer and statistician, who developed a passionate interest in probability calculus that he applied to study human physical characteristics and social aptitudes. He had no medical qualification, such as they were in the first quarter of the 19th Century when he published is principal work, 'A Treatise of Man and the development of his faculties' in 1835. For those of you who would like to know exactly what he was saying, here's a link: A treatise on man and the development of his faculties : M. A. Quetelet : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

 

The calculation formula itself is said to be flawed. Nick Trefethen, Professor of Numerical Analysis at Oxford University's Mathematical Institute, in a letter to The Economist explained that BMI leads to confusion and misinformation. Trefethen explained that during Quetelet's time there were no calculators, computers or electronic devices - which is probably why he opted for a super-simple system. Trefethen wonders why institutions today on both sides of the Atlantic continue using the same flawed-BMI formula. Trefethen believes a better calculation than the present {weight/height^2} for BMI would be {weight/height^2.5}. "Certainly if you plot typical weights of people against their heights, the result comes out closer to height^2.5 than height^2."

 

Using Trefethen's new formula, my BMI calculates as

 

118/178^2.5

 

= 118 / 4.227

 

= 27.91

 

Which is well under the magic number 35.

 

So which formula is correct? The one determined using a first quarter 19th Century population and simplified for easier calculation, or the one based on a 21st Century population using more accurate calculating tools?

 

Old Man Emu

 

 

The water from coastal rivers is not wasted. It carries into the ocean the nutrients which feed our coastal fisheries. Dams on rivers always have unintended consequences- often creating more problems than they solve.

My proposal is based on flood mitigation, and would not cause the fresh water to stop entering the coastal rivers. It would be a means to preventing flooding in those rivers by diverting the excess from storms away from them. I am fully aware of the huge economic importance of those coastal rivers for agriculture, aquaculture, lifestyle and tourism. However, think of the millions of dollars that could be saved if we didn't have to spend it on recovery of infrastructure from flood damage.

 

OME

 

 

Sorry to hear that Spacey. The RFS can't seem to win; if they don't do hazard reduction burns they are blamed for disastrous fires. I don't have a solution, other than removing all homes from near bush land.

Therein lies the problem. Several millions of Sydneysiders have to put up with increased air pollution and an inability to see clear blue skies because a few hundred thousand want to live in bushfire prone areas. Councils won't allow residential development to occur on the identified floodplains around Sydney, so why should they allow something similar, albeit with less density, in bushfire zones.

 

The State governments don't do much to alleviate the problem by putting big dollars into promoting the development of rural areas for industry and residence. I think it's time Australia had another look at coastal river diversion schemes like the Snowy to turn the water that runs to waste down coastal rivers back under the Great Divide to maintain flow in the inland rivers. Hydro-electric generation would help to fund such projects.

 

Coastal people wouldn't get flooded out. Initially agriculture would boom, to replaced as time goes by with industry as rural centres grew with the certainty of water supply.

 

OME

 

 

Here's where we spoke about this product earlier, and there is info for you to contact a bloke who used it here.

 

www.recreationalflying.com/threads/new-covering.48441/#post-244864

 

 

Here's a site worth a look:

 

GEOFF GOODALL'S AVIATION HISTORY SITE - Photographs

 

OME

 

 

Lou,

 

There have been a few discussion of this product here, and a link to the overseas supplier's site. Oratex Aircraft Fabric

 

The product has been around for some time and has been used successfully in Europe. The biggest drawback the discussions here exposed was the cost of obtaining a "one job" lot as there is no Australian distributor. You would have to arrange import yourself.

 

Be aware that, although the product is heat shrunk as part of the installation, you have to still stitch it down, so it doesn't save time in that respect. However, the installation does not require the use of Dangerous Goods such as dope.

 

Old Man Emu

 

 

I think that you will find that unmarked fabric is uncertified Ceconite.

 

From the Aircraft Sprice catalogue:

 

CECONITE FABRIC UNCERTIFIED LITE

 

Light-weight fabric is recommended for covering plywood surfaces on any aircraft and any ultralight aircraft that is not certified. On certified aircraft, it is only approved for covering plywood surfaces. This fabric will be unstamped. 72" Width

 

OME

 

 

You've probably sen this, but it suits the thread.

 

 

 

I'd say that you have not actually entered any country until you have been "Interviewed" by the country's immigration officials and given approval to enter. Usually that means you have been identified by reference to your passport and any entry visa has been checked to see that it is current. Then your passport is stamped to show that you have entered the country through an official entry point. If the interview reveals that you do not meet the entry requirements, then you are not allowed through the entry point. If the country you are trying to enter is the one you say is your destination, and your entry is denied, then you are not officially in the country. If you are changing planes, or your transport is having a quick stop, then officially you remain outside the country. If travelling by air, you are likely to go to a Transit lounge to wait to board a new aircraft, or the same one you were on.

 

It is just a matter of logistics and practicality that this process takes place in a building which is erected on the ground of a country.

 

 

 

'nuff said.

 

 

While doing the repairs, which Kasper says are relatively simple, would it be advisable to drill and tap a hole at the highest vertical point of frame members so that a small quantity of oil could be poured into the tubing to coat the inner surface as some protection against corrosion? The tapped hole can be sealed with a suitably threaded screw or bolt to restore the integrity of the tube.

 

OME