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2 hours ago, Marty_d said:

Castellated nut:

 

German:  Kronenmutter

French:  écrou crénelé

Italian:  noce castellata

 

 

Looks like they got it sorted!

But "noce" in Italian can cover a range of descriptions. Google translate tells me that "noce castellata" is a "castellate walnut" (not that Google is all that good on translation, of course!).

However, "una noce di burro" is "one pad (or serve) of butter", where "noce" simply refers to, or describes "a small piece". Thus we have the exactitude of English technical terms being reduced in the Italian translation, to a description of possibly more than one item or article.

The term "il dado" can also be used for "nut", although its commonly used to describe the gambling dice. If you try "il dado castellata", you'll find it can translate as "castellated nut".

However, the word "castellated" doesn't translate easily into Italian as "castellata" is feminine, and "castellato" is masculine, and this adds confusion. So, was that a male nut, or a female nut? 

One of the greatest single problems with translation into or from the European "Romance" languages, that all descend from Vulgar Latin, is that there are rarely any specific technical equivalent words between them and the English language.

The English language is the language of technology, science, engineering and construction. It has the ability to provide highly specific words and terminology, for very specific technological items - whereas the Romance languages only offer generalised descriptions.

A friend who was Italian used to convert English vehicle service manuals into the Romance languages, such as Italian - so, for example, she would get a job translating the Rolls-Royce car service manual, from English into Italian.

But she'd be stumped in the translation by finding RR descriptions such as "castellated nut" or "keyed lock washer", or some other highly specific technical term in English, that had no exact translation into Italian.

As a result, you can end up with the choice of several generalised descriptions of a part or component in a Romance language - as compared to one specific technical term in English.

This is the reason why anyone from a country outside the English-speaking Western world is advised to become fluent in English, before they attempt to obtain tertiary qualifications in the STEM fields.

This is also the reason why many specific English technological terms find their way directly into the Romance languages, making the educators in those languages grimace, as they come across them.

Nothing represents this more, than specific IT terms in English, that simply have no equivalent in the Romance languages - so the English IT term is blended into that Romance language.

There is also typically, the French language purists anger over "Franglais", where modern English words in common use, with no direct equivalent, are transferred directly into French - "weekend", "email", "marketing", etc.

English has been subject in its development from the influence of a multitude of European languages, so I guess it's only fair we now repay the debt!

The beauty of the English language is its ability to constantly produce new, highly specific, dedicated technological terms, with every new technological development.

.......one day soon, that lethal weapon will become aged, tired, flabby, and weak - with poor eyesight, hearing, and reflexes - and the Jedi Rat will then become totally dependent on assistance, in the form of a gopher, a walking frame, or worse - a personal nurse!

However, the thought of having a personal nurse - particularly a young one - does bring some comfort to the Jedi Rat, as he still thinks he'll be able to............

A panel or load-bearing member gains substantial additional strength if it contains a 90° bend, as compared to a radiused section.

This is why sharp creases are installed in body panels and structural members on vehicles and machinery, it adds to the strength of the panel or member by a considerable amount, as well as reducing flex and "drumming".

Angle iron and Rectangular Hollow Section (RHS) steel sections, are substantially stronger than pipe sections, for the same amount of steel in cross-section. This rule applies for virtually all construction materials.

I can recall being on another forum about 20 yrs ago, which was populated about 98% by Americans who were rural or semi-rural people - and they were nearly all classic, right wing, gun-toting people, who believed they had the right to react to "intrusions" or "trespass" (of any kind) with the use of firearms.

One of the contributors relished telling the story of how a neighbour regularly flew his RC aircraft over the boundaries of his property - and because the noise annoyed him as well - he produced a firearm, and shot one of the offending RC aircraft down.

The RC aircraft owner displayed anger from his location on his property, but didn't lodge any official complaint. There were no face-to-face discussions with the neighbour over the intrusion/s.

As we all know, the ability to carry out this kind of (shooting down) action is looked upon favourably in most of America - and of course, it's one of their cherished "rights" - their "right" to "protect" their "property".

But here in Australia, we have no such rights, and you would be (rightfully) charged with criminal damage, if you shot down an intruding drone or RC aircraft.

The laws relating to taking intrusive photos of people when they aren't warned about it, or prepared for it, have been beefed up in recent years - driven largely by pedos photographing children at play without permission.

There are always people looking to take photos or videos of people indulging in "private activities" if they can, so they can sell the photos or videos.

But the laws now say you cannot video or photograph anyone that believes they're carrying out activity in a "private place", on property they own - without their permission.

Many large minesites, industrial properties, and areas where secrecy is demanded, where advanced industrial or military activity is being carried out, have camera bans and overflight bans.

I have no idea how these bans are enforced, because if someone is dead set on photographing, videoing, or overflying a "banned" area - unless that activity is specifically banned in law, or by a specific Act, it is then up to the offended party to pursue court action to prevent the activity.

"Paparazzi", of course, are a huge problem in this area, once you become extremely famous or newsworthy. Fortunately, I'm neither, so I don't have any problem to address in that area - but I can imagine how difficult it would be, to try and prevent people "spying" on you aerially, looking for information, or images that they can sell.

I know of "vintage vehicle" collectors, who utilise aircraft to "suss" out properties that might be hiding "collectable" cars, trucks and tractors - which, when they do spot something interesting, they try to track down the owner of the item.

You might think that old Holden or Ford wreck lying up the back paddock is junk - but to many people today, that's now a fortune just lying there, rotting away.

From another website;

"Legally, in Australia, property owners own “to such height as is necessary for the ordinary use and enjoyment of his land and the structures upon it”. But, what exactly constitutes “ordinary use” is open to legal interpretation."

Dr Cait Storr, lecturer in property and legal theory at Melbourne Law School, says - 

“When we talk about air rights, the title is really misleading,” she says. “Because it’s not actually air that is being bought and sold, it’s the right to develop, or the right to veto development of, particular volumes of space.”

Interesting cases involving air trespass are redefining property rights in Australia. Last year, a developer, Steller, was instructed by the Supreme Court to remove their crane hanging over a family’s neighbouring home in Elwood, Melbourne.

"The crane constitutes an actual trespass," said Justice Riordan, the judge who heard the case and who made the judgement.

While planes are allowed to fly over your home, what about drones? “There’s been quite a bit of debate about drones flying over property. At what point is it a nuisance, considering that drones can come in quite close?” says Dr Storr.

After all, you can’t legally stop someone from looking at your house. “People can look over the fence,” says Dr Storr. “This is why it’s difficult to ground any legal action against a drone flying over your property.”

As the states continue to slowly redefine property rights in the courts, its vital to remember that property law, is not “really about our private rights over things,” says Dr Storr. “It’s about managing collective access to scarce resources. Its about our relationships with each other.”

But ... in America, they're an air plane!  

Qantas is preparing to make a major announcement tomorrow, that it is signing an order valued at around AU$34B with Airbus, for over 150 new Airbus aircraft in 3 sizes, to be delivered over the next decade.

The initial order is for 12, 369-seat A350-1000s ultra-long-range jets, 20, 206-seat A321XLRs, and 20, 120-seat A220s - plus over 106 purchase right options, spread amongst the different types to be supplied over 10 years.

This move marks a major swing for the airline away from Boeing, and this must be a major concern for Boeing. Qantas says the Airbus aircraft have won the contract thanks to their fuel efficiency, their quietness, their range, and their roominess.

One would imagine that pricing also played a large part in the deal. IMO, Joyce may be making a tactical error in deciding to go for just one brand to make up the Qantas fleet - although there are advantages there, in standardising on training, spare parts, tooling and accessories, by keeping to one manufacturer.

https://www.airlineratings.com/news/qantas-place-largest-order-history/

......excited, because it's a reminder that the annual South Tasmanian Cow Pat Throwing Competition is not far off, and it's time to start training again, and practising accurate and long throws.

Of course, the history of the STCPTC is rooted in the earliest history of Tasmania, shortly after Port Arthur was founded, and one Lieutenant Aloysuis Albert Smythe-Cook (a prominent early ancestor of Cappys), accidentally stood in a cow pat, as he exchanged piquet duty outside the Fort, with another soldier.

Al, as he was commonly known, was that disgusted that he hadn't seen the huge cow pat, and that he'd actually stood in it, became quite enraged (as the cow pat had totally discoloured the sparking Nugget shine on his boots - bent down and picked up the cow pat (which stayed in one piece, because it was the exact level of dryness and firmness needed for cow pat hurling) - and hurled it a distance of around 65 yards (they didn't use metres in 1833) - which distance absolutely astounded his companions watching - and which of course, led the others to try hurling cow pats, to see if they could beat Al's efforts. 

From there, cow pat hurling simply became a major tradition in Southern Tasmania, and after a few years as the population increased, it became an annual event, and something all the Southern Tasmanians looked forward to, to alleviate their dreary, grey-sky, rainy life. So much so, that it is believed that the AFL and long-distance football kicking competitions originated from the cow pat hurling competitions, and to this very day, just the.....

.....position in "Playgirl - Tasmanian version"? After all, bull's physique is such, that he should've made the centrefold, but his photo was actually relegated to Page 54 - and it only occupied a quarter page, and was sort of overwhelmed by the adjoining large ad, which read, "Tasmanian Cow Pat Hurlers WANTED!".

You see, the Southern Tasmanians have a huge problem in trying to acquire enough contestants for their annual Cow Pat Hurling Games - simply because Southern Tasmanian cow pats rarely dry out enough to be able to pick them up and hurl them.

As a result, contestants in the CPHG were constantly having huge problems in picking up the local cow pats, because they were all wet and sloppy, and there's nothing more demoralising than trying to pick up a wet cow pat, and having it fall apart, just as you.........

....they just won't stop! The noise and the burning rubber smell is just awful! I just don't know what to do!?

"I have an idea", said Cappy. "What you need to do, is install a blue flashing light out front of the house. As soon as the hoons start performing, turn the light on, and they'll disappear like rats diving into a drainpipe!!"

"What a great and simple idea!" said Jules. "But I'll need someone to install it. I don't have those kind of skills to source a blue light and install it and wire it up".

"Not a problem!", said Turbo, stepping forward. "I'll have an employee from Turbine Industries Blue Light Installations & Hoon-Scaring Equipment P/L, out to your place shortly to measure up, and give you an installation quote.

While he's there, he'll also be able to check your bore, your swimming pool, the service levels on your car, the condition of your blinds, whether your mattress needs immediate replacement, and..........

PP, what type of steel did you select for the rotors, and is there any particular reason why you chose that type of steel?

....... a need for "special schooling", and "special needs". Of course, this makes CT believe that all the DG inhabitants belong to that group of "very very special people", who are highly sought after by the.......

(and below, we have procured a photo of those "special" DG inhabitants, obviously carrying out a rather forced wedding ceremony.....)

Dan - Punkin Head make a range of covers for a wide variety of aircraft. If purchasing from Punkin Head isn't an economic option (I know shipping is expensive today), then perhaps asking Punkin Head for some detailed photos of their Savannah covers, could provide you with a design start, and maybe some stitching ideas?

https://www.punkinheadair.com.au/ultralights/

......requirement that a proper flight officers uniform and hat be worn, and this meant that they all had to change out of the cross-dressing outfits.

"But I'm going to keep the stockings on!", said Cappy, "simply because they're too hard to keep taking off, and putting on again, and besides, once we're airborne, who's going to know we're.........

Some worthy reading in the link below. Know your aircrafts capabilities thoroughly, and don't try to push the envelope, is the message I'd take home from this article.

https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2015/09/into-the-woods/

....having problems with keeping the aircraft in level flight - mostly because the dog got excited any time he spotted a rabbit or sheep from the air, and he immediately forgot about flying the plane, to concentrate on exactly where the rabbit or sheep was heading, so he could cut them off.

The dog got that excited as he spotted a cottontail, he swooped over the rabbit, and launched himself out of the cockpit, to make a grab at it. Of course, dogs rarely hurt themselves when they launch out of a moving vehicle, to latch onto their quarry - and in this case, it was no different from the plane.

Snoopy the Dog landed in a big bush, promptly righted himself, then orientated himself, then spotted the rabbit again, and took off in hot pursuit, with the rabbit squeals of terror exciting Snoopy even more.

Meantimes, the aircraft flew on, pilotless. Turbo, blissfully unaware of what was unfolding as regards his normally-loyal companion, sat in the front seat, enjoying the wind in his face, until he........

Another interesting feature of claypans and salt lakes, is something called a seiche. This is a situation where there may be a pool of water up one end, or to one side of the claypan or salt lake - which initially appears to leave a dry area that can be driven on. So you select that dry area to utilise, thinking you're right, and the water will stay where it is.

However, strong winds will pick up the body of water, and drive it across the lake or claypan, with the body of water ending up in a completely different position, to where it was first sighted. This, despite the lake or claypan bed being dead level!

......wouldn't return, once you reeled it out. But the quality of Tasmanian awards really didn't matter to OT, Turbo and Cappy, because they were all happy to add some more medals and glitz to their chests, so they could impress African dictators, and possibly even North Korean Generals - if the Norks ever considered letting the trio into NK.

But Turbo was keen on getting into NK, because he had this idea that NK would become a huge recreational market, once he explained to Kim Jung-un and the Generals, that allowing recreational flying freedom for North Koreans was the.......

(To all NES'rs - Please note that OT is the one who has clicked the NES over to SEVEN HUNDRED pages! - and he eagerly awaits the bestowing of the stupendous NES award, for this major achievement....)

As with all Outback conditions, if it has been raining within the last 10 days, you need to keep right out salt lakes, claypans, and most red soils - even if they look hard.

Rain softens claypans, and even though you may not bog in them, there will be a layer of sticky red clay on some, which can causes problems with anything with wheels on it, that tries to operate on it.

The problem with Chinese money being poured into Australia is - if it's not stolen, embezzled, or bribe income they're trying to dispose of "legally" - then any "honest" funding has, as a major partner, the CCP or PLA.

This second feature stems from the fact that the Chinese Govt insists that the CCP or the PLA must be a major partner in every sizeable or strategic Chinese business operation.

If you want to start a sizeable business in China as a foreigner, you're not allowed to own more than 51% of the company. Your joint venture partner is always the Chinese Govt.

The International Aviation Alliance company, which owns the Flying Academy at Mildura was funded using embezzled funds, provided by a former PLA officer, whose whereabouts and contactability now seem to be extremely vague.

Peter Dutton mightn't be an outstanding politician, but at least he's aware of the insidious and constant aims of the Chinese - to acquire as much Western technology and advantage as they possibly can - illegally, if need be - to ensure China becomes No 1 world power.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-07/mildura-pilot-school-allegedly-funded-with-embezzled-china-loans/12032616

.....is the most horrible thing to have happen - an addiction to some product, that is just a terrible experience, and really bad for your body!! When word of this terrible addiction to bull's foul-tasting icecreams filtered through to OT, Turbine and Cappy, the trio decided that they had to help these unfortunate people.

Accordingly, they initiated and organised the Rehabilitation Centre for bull's icecream products - a place where those poor afflicted people who were under the overpowering spell of bulls addictive products, could withdraw from them over a period, until they became free of the addiction.

This fine upstanding move to help their fellow men and women, saw OT, Turbo and Cappy each nominated for an Order of Australia award - and it was even suggested the Tasmanian Govt could produce a special Award for them as well, which Award would rank up there with the........... 

.....where the icecreams were planned to be sold - which was Nth Qld and the N.T. - because you can't sell many icecreams on Heard Island - or even Southern Tasmania in Winter, if it comes to that.

Suddenly, though, complaints started to come in from everywhere about the taste and flavour of the bull icecream. "This stuff tastes like cow turds!" one Google reviewer complained.

Another reviewer said, "I didn't realise anyone could make such terrible-tasting icecreams, until I bought a bull icecream! Now, I don't know how anyone could stuff up the taste of icecream, unless they were using......

Yeah, right. I don't think the system worked as planned - and the FAA is on their case, as the stunt wasn't approved, due to safety grounds. So they went ahead, anyway. Sounds like this pair went to the same idiot academy as Trevor Jacob.

https://7news.com.au/sport/red-bull-plane-swap-stunt-goes-horribly-wrong-as-out-of-control-aircraft-spirals-towards-crash-landing-c-6571152

The pairs petition to the FAA for exemption, and the FAA's response are detailed in the link below. As to be expected, the FAA deemed the pair had put up inadequate reasons for the stunt, and the FAA had refused to sanction similar stunts, one of which was jumping out of a flying aircraft, and allowing it to crash-land.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10750039/Mid-air-plane-swap-skydive-sponsored-Red-Bull-fails-one-aircraft-crashed.html

........even cast-off dictionaries. On top of all this, the Tasmanians used for this work were all strict unionists, and when the management requested that they put in longer hours without any overtime being paid, the howls of protest were heard as far away as.......