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    What that means is that in any employment situation a small portion of the people do most of the work. Someone paid the mother to do what she is doing, whether it was welfare or a partner, someone has paid. When most people talk about "wealthy people" having all the money what they really mean is anyone richer than them.
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    This whole idea is usually not what it seems. The wealthiest people do not remain the wealthiest and that top number is always changing. The Pareto distribution applied to pretty much everything.....A small percentage of people have most of the wealth, and a small percentage of people do most of the productive work. If you earn more than around $32K PA, you are in the top 1% of earners in the world. Then the best thing to do would be to get out there and fly and make it "normal".
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    And you wash your hands before touching your face. Yes, I know what the rules are, but that had nothing to do with the conversation......You say that that they would need a list a mile long to tell us what we can do.....I say they could take a leaf out of FARs and write a simple one sentence rule that covers it. But no, here in Australia we can't do anything "simply", aside from just banning everything. What is an offence in Victoria is not necessarily an offence elsewhere That would only be the case if the CV positive person managed to get some spit or such on their hands then touched the ball and then the uninfected person would have to touch their mouth, nose or eyes. You can't catch it simply by touching something an infected person touches. That's why they keep say "wash your hands".
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    It only has to be one thing....any activity which cannot permit social distancing. Which would mean you could do almost anything with care and achieve the same result already achieved and considerably less restriction.
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    I think you have misunderstood what was written. The poster suggested that similar results could have been achieved with a more targeted approach rather than the blanket approach applied. I will be very interested to see what the resultant suicide numbers are, and I suspect that they will be more than the COVID deaths. The main difference there is that almost all COVID deaths are quite elderly with existing preconditions and suicides tend to be adult males of working age. That's the last group they need to be losing because they're the ones paying for all this.
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    One might assume that the hinge is on the side that is in the middle, making the rudder cable holes equidistant from the hinge point. But that is just an assumption and as we all know...."Assumptions are the mother of all f**kups"
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    A spring would be a bad idea. When a spring is released the initial force is high but rapidly reduces. The idea with cartridges is to accelerate uniformly as possible. The seats in the Mirages were staged, after the sear fired the first cartridge the telescoping tube would start lifting the seat and as it rose other cartridges would be exposed and fire. The rocket motors were fired by a lanyard pulling another sear as the seat reached a certain height. .
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    Whether or not you like David Leyonhjelm I think he explains it well here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z_PKvUnR-g:348
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    You won't find me buying a new one, the depreciation is huge. I paid just a few thousand for mine, but in 1996 when it was new they were $80 000. I saw one I liked last year at a dealer and thought the price was reasonable at around $50 000, until he told me that just two years earlier it sold for $120 000. I figured I'd just stick with my e36. I am often amazed at people's perceptions though. A while ago I was at a produce shop, and the assistant was serving a lady and taking a bag of feed out to her car, a late model Landcruiser. When he asked if she was in the BMW she replied "Oh I wish".
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    I suspect that to be an exaggeration of sorts. I have a Peak Research scan tool that cost me $200 that does all the OBD1 BMWs. Usually the only reason you will get a "check engine" light is a sensor failure, and they are all available in aftermarket parts at quite reasonable prices and are for the most part, not difficult to change. If one takes the time to research how the engine management system works they aren't difficult to troubleshoot without a scan tool. The cam sensor controls the fuel injection pules and the crank angle sensor controls the spark and timing. I just helped my daughter swap her engine in her e36, as it had done over 300 000km and was (I thought) getting a bit tired, had some coolant weeping and we had picked up a low km engine cheaply. After the swap I disassembled the old engine to check it's condition and the bores still have the hone marks and no discernible lip in the bore. The head and valves all look fine. The only issue was some corrosion in some of the coolant fittings in the head and that was because at some point she elected not to use a corrosion inhibitor after swapping an old hose out. I'd like to think she learned a lesson there.
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    Yes, it's my understanding that all Rafales were grounded because of the seat issue. I think it may have been in the linked article or in the comments for the same article.
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    https://theaviationist.com/2020/04/09/report-released-on-french-rafale-passengers-accidental-ejection-reveals-both-human-and-technical-failures/ The reason for the failure of the pilot’s ejection seat in the escape sequence was reported as, “The explosion [from the initial rear seat ejection] ruptured the casing of the sequence selector supposed to trigger the pilot ejection seat.” Usually after a successful egress the crew owe the armourers a carton. I don't know how this will pan out as the failure actually worked in his favour.
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    Well, you could argue that his action of grabbing the handle had the desired effect. Once firmly pulled it's certainly going to firmly plant your arxe back in the seat. He did well to survive without injury. Those things are hard on your spine and I have heard of people breaking both femurs because they had their legs tucked up close to the seat instead of letting the leg restraints do their job.
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    I have had a few and quite like them, but I don’t think they are tolerant of neglect. Old Holdens and Fords I think are more tolerant of mistreatment and will generally keep going with some of the worst abuse. That said most BMW drivers won’t tolerate a minor oil leak, but a falcon driver won’t care until the oil costs more that the petrol.
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    Don’t use a crappy dust mask, get yourself a a decent respirator with the correct filters
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    I agree that all those that were designed from the outset to be dedicated aero engines are quite expensive. The original question was about whether people were prepared to pay more for perceived quality, hence the statement about Rotax. I still think that Rotax could be much cheaper if they wanted to, but don't have much competition that have built up the hours in the air. I really do like the Aeromomentum and it illustrates the point quite well. I hope it gets very successful then we might see Rotax start to be more competitive. Yes, it's bit heavier, but those few kilos less cost an awful lot, and most of the Suzuki bits can be bought over the counter quite cheaply. I spoke to someone about two years ago that had built their own Corvair engine here in Australia with a kit from the US and that had cost around $5k US.
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    I can't speak for RAF, but I know that in the RAAF we were required to either install bolts where the crew module ejection handle pins went or lockwire the pins in whenever the aircraft was put in a hangar.
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    Actually my initial response was about the question of people paying more for perceived quality. Why else would people spend that much money on the engine? Things drifted a bit as usual. I agree though about the volume thing, although they have been essentially making the same models now for many years, with minor tweaks, I suspect that they are priced on what the market will bear rather than trying to be competitive, which I guess is what happen when you don't have any real competitors.
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    And in one brief moment the opportunity for other defence contractors to go for a jolly in the machines they worked to keep in the air disappears......
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    I'm not saying they're bad, just overpriced for what they are. You can buy two new cars for the same money, and I'd be very surprised if they didn't make 2000 hrs either. Part of the point about low tech is just that, there are no new developments with costs to cover, they are just priced on what the market will bear. Rotax make engines for many motorcycles, many of which are more complex and have much more technology, yet the whole motorcycle costs about half what a 912 does.
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    That’s the point, for some reason people quite happily pay $30k for a low tech small 4 cylinder engine with no outstanding features, that shouldn’t cost more that a few grand and. 582 is even less special yet costs a fortune.
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    Some might......Many are paying $30K for a $5k engine when the buy a new Rotax.
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    Ford and Holden were, but they kept on making the same thing while the rest of the world made better stuff. If they were competitive they would still be making them.
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    It's not just the consumer that needs a gigantic mind shift. Every business in this country is weighed down with parasite industries that sounded good when they were first implemented but have grown to the point where they suck the life out of the host. Aside from lawfare from the greens, the "quality" industry (which ironically doesn't do much to improve quality as we know it) and the safety industry both need complete overhauls. The need to get away from a "safety at all cost" perspective and get back to simple risk management. Something needs to be done to remove the paralysing fear of being sued to get things moving. We also need to produce stuff worth buying, shoes and bacon are one thing , but why would we buy lacklustre vehicles produced here at hideous prices.
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    Based on what I've seen on here, there are some that would argue that if you bought some reno supplies and fell off your ladder or took a finger off with your circular saw you'd be unnecessarily tying up emergency services and there may be no hospital beds available.
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