Thought For The Day!

[A. BOOZER]

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment,

It is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which

Almost went unnoticed last week.

Larry La Prise, the man who wrote "The Hokey Kokey", died

peacefully at age 93.

The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into

the coffin.

They put his left leg in, and then the trouble started.

SHUT UP. You know it's funny and has made you smile, now pass

it along

[Tywais]

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment,

It is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which

Almost went unnoticed last week.

       

        Larry La Prise, the man who wrote "The Hokey  Kokey", died

        peacefully at age 93.

     

        The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into

        the coffin.

     

        They put his left leg in, and then the trouble started.

     

        SHUT UP. You know it's funny and has made you smile, now pass

        it along

Sorry but it was/is the "Hokey Pokey" and it lost some edge trying to translate it That's what it's all about.

Edited July 15, 2005 by tywais

[Crossy]

MY original post on this subject is here:-

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?sh...78entry375578

In the Northern UK it's Hokey Kokey.

[gburns57au]

MY original post on this subject is here:-

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?sh...78entry375578

In the Northern UK it's Hokey Kokey.

always been the Hokey Pokey long as I can remember.....

[Tywais]

MY original post on this subject is here:-

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?sh...78entry375578

In the Northern UK it's Hokey Kokey.

always been the Hokey Pokey long as I can remember.....

Update:

Hokey Pokey is American. Written by Roland Lawrence (Larry) LaPrise, who

concocted the song along with two fellow musicians in the late 1940s for

the ski crowd in Sun Valley, Idaho. The group, the Ram Trio, recorded

the song in 1949. In 1953, bandleader Ray Anthony bought the rights and

recorded The Hokey Pokey on the B-side of another novelty record, The

Bunny Hop. After the Ram Trio disbanded in the 1960s, country star Roy

Acuff's publishing company bought the rights to The Hokey Pokey.

Copyright 1950, Acuff-Rose Music Inc. When it finally reached London

and England it became Hokey Kokey.

Seems to be another word variation between the Brits and the Yanks

[Crossy]

Who really cares, we invented the jet engine and Radar

and the hovercraft....

Edited July 18, 2005 by Crossy

[Tywais]

Who really cares, we invented the jet engine and Radar   

and the hovercraft....

Partly correct:

"Dr. Hans von Ohain and Sir Frank Whittle are both recognized as being the co-inventors of the jet engine. Each worked separately and knew nothing of the other's work. Hans von Ohain is considered the designer of the first operational turbojet engine. Frank Whittle was the first to register a patent for the turbojet engine in 1930. Hans von Ohain was granted a patent for his turbojet engine in 1936. However, Hans von Ohain's jet was the first to fly in 1939. Frank Whittle's jet first flew in in 1941."

[kayo]

Who really cares, we invented the jet engine and Radar   

and the hovercraft....

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The invention of radar

In the first world war, there was no such thing as a “radar”, or any form of scanning device, so that the war was solely fought by eyes and ears. Whoever heard, or saw the ships first would have had more time to prepare. As far back as June 1932, there had been Post Office Reports about a plane interfering with radio signals, and re-rediating them. Thus Sir Robert A. Waston-Watt, A British Electronics Genius, (the man who invented the stereo with only two speakers) came up the idea of “RDF”, Radio Direction Finding. With his staff A.F. Wilkins, he was able to submit a paper about a thing called “radar” as codename, in 1935. It was proved that the theory would work, but with a range of only 8 miles. Then and there started the radar research.

The ASV I radar systems

By 1939, the Germans also had their own RDF installation, named the “Freya.” It proved quite effective in picking up British bombers, and they were able to pick up bombers ensemble at 114 kilometers. Although as early as September, Britain had radar stations all over the country (16 altogether) to give air raid warnings, but those radar can only give air raid warnings, as it is designed to do. It can by no means radar scan the air and it is so bulky so that it cannot be made portable. The British ASV I (Air to Surface Vessel Mark I) portable radar, (quite bulky, still, even for a ship,) had an extremely short range, and was terribly inaccurate, because of the wavelength used (short wave, 16-49m,) so it cannot detect small objects, only big blobs. In experiment, the ASV III had used a “magnetron” oscillator valve, and it had a wavelength of nearly as short as 10 cm, and would have been very accurate for 1941, but the receiver was not as good as it should be, so it had a range of only 6 miles. The early British radar development was always handicapped by its range.

The ASV II/III and H2S radar systems

In 1941, ASV II was put into mass production, 4000 sets was ordered. It had a rande of 12-20 miles, still handicapped by its receiver. It was a lot more pratical than ASV I, anyhow, as it was designed for mass production. It was not until 1942, when the U-boats were zooming about everywhere, an ultra breakthrough of ASV III/H2S boosted the British radar industry: a new receiver. The range was increased to 40 miles. There were scientific arguments over whether the Bomber (H2S) or Coastal (ASV III) Command had the priority. It was decided that H2S may be used first. It turned out to be a wrong decision: A Stirling fitted with H2S was shot down near Rotterdam on Feburary 2, the H2S were retrived by the Germans. But the German Scientists were never able to make a receiver in 2-3 months, as suggested by Watson-Watt. It was 8 months’ time before a Naxos-U receiver was made against ASV III systems, thanks to the huge gap in technology between the British and the German.

By the time that Naxos-U and Naxos-U anti-bomber were put into operation (October 1943, Januaray 1944,) it was already too late for the Germans. The D-Day was about to arrive. The story of radar can go on and on until today, and the development of radar-proof bomber planes, but the second world war was over: The Germans surrundered. The radar was only a small, but very imporant contribution. The second world war was indeed very much a war of intellegence and technology.

[Crossy]

Who really cares, we invented the jet engine and Radar   

and the hovercraft....

Partly correct:

"Dr. Hans von Ohain and Sir Frank Whittle are both recognized as being the co-inventors of the jet engine. Each worked separately and knew nothing of the other's work. Hans von Ohain is considered the designer of the first operational turbojet engine. Frank Whittle was the first to register a patent for the turbojet engine in 1930. Hans von Ohain was granted a patent for his turbojet engine in 1936. However, Hans von Ohain's jet was the first to fly in 1939. Frank Whittle's jet first flew in in 1941."

Ah, but we won the war (assisted by or friends over the pond), therefore we invented it.... that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it

Actually the pulse jet as used on the V1 pre-dates both

Edited July 19, 2005 by Crossy

[lampard10]

[seems to be another word variation between the Brits and the Yanks

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There's a complete language variation between the Brits and the Shermans. We wrote it, they fcuked it up.

[Thomas_Merton]

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment,

It is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which

Almost went unnoticed last week.

       

        Larry La Prise, the man who wrote "The Hokey  Kokey", died

        peacefully at age 93.

     

        The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into

        the coffin.

     

        They put his left leg in, and then the trouble started.

     

        SHUT UP. You know it's funny and has made you smile, now pass

        it along

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Think: if "that's what it's all about" was actually true.

Now that is an interesting thought for the day.