There is no way this could be made today: the American show Saturday Night Live at its peak in the late 1970’s/80’s. For a start I’m surprised that you could actually rip off something that was a comedy in the first place, The Beverly Hillbillies (1961-72), which I vaguely recall as a kid but whose […]
The Bel Airabs
I’m a bit old school and usually do bolts up by ‘feel’, but yesterday, a torque wrench saved me a lot of grief.
Some of the newer stuff out there requires a bit of ‘finesse’, because the bolts and castings are about as strong as plastic.
In other words, soft castings and even softer bolts are very easy to break.
This miserable little 5mm bolt held the KTM’s oil filter cover on. If you look carefully, the thread was starting to deform near the head of the bolt as I tightened it up.
It’s meant to be tightened up to 8nm, but it felt like it wanted to strip itself. That meant either the thread in engine casting was stuffed or the bolt was.
Fortunately, the bolt was stuffed and is easily replaced.
The worst case scenario is when it breaks in the engine casting, making it awkward to remove it.. luckily, that didn’t happen.
It finally happened it seems, because it was constantly brought to their attention that the world had moved on from covid and the NZ health department hadn’t.
Or another words, they had a fear of been an ‘outsider’.
Note that science, facts, data, etc, didn’t seem to have a lot to do with the decision.
Also notable is the timing -just before xmas when everyone’s distracted.
Still, I shouldn’t moan I guess, the right decisions have been made, even if for the wrong reasons. It doesn’t give me a lot of confidence about them though..
Shared from Eternal Vigilence – http://eternalvigilance.nz/
“Nuclear energy is experiencing a resurgence in interest amid concern surrounding shortages. Its greenhouse gas emissions are smaller than most – and reactors produce reliable baseline electricity cheaply and efficiently. Fisher Funds expert Sam Dickie unpacks whether nuclear energy can have a future in New Zealand.” Listen to ZB here ****** Tim’s commentary… I’m against…
Nuclear energy: Could the technology have a future in New Zealand? Newstalk ZB
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