[Antennas] British v American English Query

2002年5月16日 09:30:28 -0400

For anyone who might have a love of the language:
"British English A to Zed" by Norman W Schur.
A real piece of work, that.
Before this thread dies a truly deserved death:
Let us now consider the "accumulator." I've got one in the "boot" (not 
the "bonnet") of my Triumph TR-8. Not to be confused with the hydraulic
variety.
Cheerio!
Tim K3HX 
I KNOW the difference between a Condenser and a capacitor!!
A capacitor is an electronic device that stores energy in an electric
field [E=1/2C*V^2}
A condenser is a device in my air conditioner that helps keep me REAL
COOL by using the decompressive temperature drop in a compressed gas as
it is decompressed to exchange BTUs :-)
 (I think that part {inside the air ductwork} is called the
"evaporator".)
My grandfather used a condenser to produce moonshine ... Hmmmm??
73, Deacon Dave, W1MCE
Chris BONDE wrote:
>> One that was used on me, but I thought a bit and said that I had to do
> something else, was,
> Grease for the diesels spark plug, and the pervierbial left handed
monkey
> wrentch.
>> Did not git it there but on some others, like what is the difference
> between a condensor and an capacitor?
>> Chris opr Ve7HCB
>> At 02:28 PM 2002年05月15日 -0500, Bob Wilder wrote:
> >Some of these old jokes have been known to
> >backfire on the
> >originator. Case in point: sending some out for
> >5 gallons of
> >"Prop Wash" or a "Sky Hook". Both of these items
> >exist.
> >Prop wash is a commercial cleaner for the old
> >Hamilton variable
> >pitch wooden props. A sky hook is the name given
> >the large steel
> >ball with a hook through the center used on a
> >crane.
> >
> >Bob, AF2HD
> >
> >Rob Matherly wrote:
> > >
> > > The ones around here are familiar with a version of it... they send
the
> > freshmen out
> > > looking for a kegger that doesn't exist :^)
> > >
> > > 72/73/oo
> > > Rob, W�JRM
> > > ARRL; FP QRP -330; IA QRP #143; SOC #497; QRPp-I #19; Live-Wire
#442;
> > >
> > > Visit my website! http://www.qsl.net/w0jrm
> > >
> > > "Those who control their tongue will have a long life;
> > > a quick retort can ruin everything" -- Proverbs 13:3 NLT
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <[email protected]>
> > > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:12 AM
> > > Subject: RE: [Antennas] OT British v American English Query WAS
Optimal
> > longwire for
> > > QRP
> > >
> > > Every high school freshman should know that routine.
> > >
> > > Rudy
> > > 'WW7AZ in the valley of the sun'
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rob Matherly [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 7:07 AM
> > > To: [email protected]; Bob Nielsen
> > > Subject: Re: [Antennas] OT British v American English Query WAS
Optimal
> > > longwire for QRP
> > >
> > > I thought by "snipe hunt" they were referring to that old Boy
Scout
> > game of
> > > sending
> > > people out hunting for an animal that doesn't exist?
> > >
> > > 72/73/oo
> > > Rob, W�JRM
> > > ARRL; FP QRP -330; IA QRP #143; SOC #497; QRPp-I #19; Live-Wire
#442;
> > >
> > > Visit my website! http://www.qsl.net/w0jrm
> > >
> > > "Those who control their tongue will have a long life;
> > > a quick retort can ruin everything" -- Proverbs 13:3 NLT
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Bob Nielsen <[email protected]>
> > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 7:03 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Antennas] OT British v American English Query WAS
Optimal
> > > longwire for
> > > QRP
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 04:06:49PM -0700, [email protected]
wrote:
> > > > >>>Now, if what you are talking about is what some Americans call
> > "bungie"
> > > > >>>cords then I always have couple in the boot. But I do
remember
> > > pictures of
> > > > >>>some cars with belts on the hood running parallel to the
win'screen.
> > > >
> > > > Was meaning does the word "snipe" have in Great Britian? I
ask due to
> > > > use of that word to name the recent Afghanistan operation by
the Royal
> > > > Marines.
> > >
> > > Probably this:
> > >
> > > Snipe \Snipe,円 v. t.
> > > 1. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long
> > > range, esp. when not in action.
> > >
> > > or this:
> > >
> > > 3: shoot from a concealed position [syn: {sharpshoot}]
> > >
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