"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Peter wrote:

I think they were devoloped at the same time as HES (Humungous Edison
Screw)

I prefer LCS (long comfortable screw).

Normally, yes, but an occasional SES (short easy screw) is nice.

"news.plus.net" wrote in message
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On 11/11/2011 22:15, Terry Casey wrote:
In ,
says...

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wrote:
On 11/11/2011 16:58, Peter wrote:
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:09:37 +0000 (UTC), J G
wrote:

On Friday, November 11th, 2011, at 11:20:19h +0000, Bill Wright
wrote:

I remember the problems my grandma had when she faced the
complexities of the electric light.

Was it really easier with gas lighting though?

And today we are all faced with the complexities of
incandescent, fluorescent, CFLs, LEDs, triswitches,
dimmers, bayonet vs E14/E27 ...

Well you know they say you learn something every day?

I mistakenly thought the E was for European -- it is not,
it is E for Edison screw.

http://en.wikipedia.ORG/wiki/Edison_screw

I always knew them as SES& ES, rather than E14/E27

Me too, not forgetting MES torch bulbs.

and LES (Lilliput) used on panel lights

How about GES (Giant Edison Screw)?

I thought that was Goliath Edison Screw?

Surely it should be BES (Brobdingnagian Edison Screw)?

--
Max Demian

On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:08:14 +0000, Bill Wright
wrote:

I am in the role of customer tomorrow as the IT man is coming here. He
regards me as a congenital moron, which from his perspective I am. I
will try very hard to appear intelligent!

Congenial, shirley?

On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:21:56 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

Nothing to touch the old Mk2 Astra for absolute ease of service, a fleet
managers dream, even the clutch could be replaced in under an hour
without disturbing the engine or gearbox, governments should pass laws
forcing all manufacturers to design vehicles that are that
straightforward to service
:-) 179,000 miles of almost trouble free motoring and even then it was
:the
body which expired before the mechanics.

On the Triumph 1300/1500 FWD, you replaced the clutch from inside the car
after removing an access panel

One of the small Datsuns - Sunny or 120, the same easy clutch change -
simply lift it out of a slot in the bellhousing. I recall thinking how
easy it would be to make all FWD clutches like that, but size would be
a problem for anything above 1L.

On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:26:19 +0000, Ian Jackson
wrote:

With the old VW Beetle, it was easy to remove the engine. My neighbour
had a 1954 model, and I helped him do it on several occasions (don't as
why!). In the end, we had it down to a fine art - 10 minutes out, 20
minutes in.

My workshop best time for doing a clutch on an Avenger was 20mins. By
that time I'd done so many of them it was second nature and the
Avenger was an easy car to work on when new-ish.

Max Demian wrote:

and LES (Lilliput) used on panel lights
How about GES (Giant Edison Screw)?

I thought that was Goliath Edison Screw?

Surely it should be BES (Brobdingnagian Edison Screw)?

That would add consistency. Can we involve the big- and little-enders?

Bill

In article ,
says...

On 11/11/2011 22:15, Terry Casey wrote:
In ,
says...

In ,
wrote:
On 11/11/2011 16:58, Peter wrote:
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:09:37 +0000 (UTC), J G
wrote:

On Friday, November 11th, 2011, at 11:20:19h +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

I remember the problems my grandma had when she faced the
complexities of the electric light.

Was it really easier with gas lighting though?

And today we are all faced with the complexities of
incandescent, fluorescent, CFLs, LEDs, triswitches,
dimmers, bayonet vs E14/E27 ...

Well you know they say you learn something every day?

I mistakenly thought the E was for European -- it is not,
it is E for Edison screw.

http://en.wikipedia.ORG/wiki/Edison_screw

I always knew them as SES& ES, rather than E14/E27

Me too, not forgetting MES torch bulbs.

and LES (Lilliput) used on panel lights

How about GES (Giant Edison Screw)?

I thought that was Goliath Edison Screw?

Mr Pedant.

Well, Mr Pedant, in the reference above, Wonkypedia DOES include the
word 'Goliath' in the text but the table that appears later has two
entries for 'Giant' and none for 'Goliath'.

I reckon, overall, that's a 2:1 win for the Giants over the Goliaths ...

--

Terry

On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:12:30 -0800 (PST), William
wrote:

I am in the role of customer tomorrow as the IT man is coming here. He
regards me as a congenital moron, which from his perspective I am. I
will try very hard to appear intelligent!

Perhaps you could ask him which newsgroup he frequents with his
customer tales...

He just might be this chap...
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/gener...at-and-custard

Used to read him in Comp Shopper - quite entertaining at times.

On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:15:23 +0000, David Kennedy
wrote:

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

I read about a Ferrari which had to have the engine removed to replace the
cam belts. A routine service item.


Friend of mine has a Lotus Esprite in the late 90's. He sold it when the
wiper motor started playing up as he was told you had to take the engine
and gearbox out to replace it...

He's taking the **** (or you've got the car wrong) On the Lotus
Esprit the engine and gearbox is at the back of the car, the wiper is
on the bulkhead below the front screen. But there is an access issue
with the front engined rear wheel drive 1970's vehicles like the Lotus
Eclat and Elite. I think it can be accessed by cutting holes in the
bulkhead with a hole saw, as to whether that actually needs the engine
removing it's that long ago I can't remember!


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The Other Mike wrote:
On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:15:23 +0000, David Kennedy
wrote:

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

I read about a Ferrari which had to have the engine removed to replace the
cam belts. A routine service item.


Friend of mine has a Lotus Esprite in the late 90's. He sold it when the
wiper motor started playing up as he was told you had to take the engine
and gearbox out to replace it...

He's taking the **** (or you've got the car wrong) On the Lotus
Esprit the engine and gearbox is at the back of the car, the wiper is
on the bulkhead below the front screen. But there is an access issue
with the front engined rear wheel drive 1970's vehicles like the Lotus
Eclat and Elite. I think it can be accessed by cutting holes in the
bulkhead with a hole saw, as to whether that actually needs the engine
removing it's that long ago I can't remember!


IIRC access to it was blocked by the gearbox or gear linkage.

--
David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com