Originally designed for World War II shipping purposes, both the material design and the name itself changed many times over the twentieth century. We also scored how easily a three-foot length of tape twisted and stuck to itself when waved around. Points were lost for ragged bits of string or excessive difficulty in pulling a piece off the roll. Handling tape has to count for something, so we scored how easy and cleanly the tape was to rip. We expected the test to last for hours, but actually called it after five minutes when all but two tapes had failed.Ī length of each tape was placed on a sheet of plywood and left out to the elements for four weeks. Performance was measured in how long the tape could hold back the water without leaking. We then put a spray head on the end of the hose and turned on the faucet. A six-inch length of tape was wrapped around each hole, which allowed for about three layers of tape. We took a garden hose and drilled nine 1/16th-inch, evenly spaced holes down the length. While duct tapes aren’t necessarily billed as waterproof, most people expect that they can be used for temporarily patching a leak. The force was measured using a crane scale. A person stood on top of one board while the other board was pulled-horizontal to the tape’s surface- slowly and evenly using a hand winch. An eight-inch piece of tape was applied evenly across two pieces of one-inch-thick pine board. The winner of our Best Overall award for this guide will do you just fine.ĭuct tape’s primary function is to hold fast to whatever you’re taping together, so we put grip strength to the test and weighted it heavily in our scores. While some users may have a need for the incredible strength and adhesion that T-Rex duct tape provides, for most people, it’s overkill. So, despite how tough this stuff is, don’t plan on making any long-term plumbing repairs with it. It isn’t completely waterproof, though: in our test patching a leaky hose, it started to leak after eight minutes. Additionally, it's incredibly sticky, double-thick adhesive makes it quite difficult to remove the tape when you no longer need it.ĭuring testing, we found that the T-Rex’s extra adhesive and tough fabric made it very weatherproof: our test strip survived several weeks of rain, sun, and a bit of snow without peeling or lifting, and was still sticky afterward. Forget about tearing it with your teeth or hands because it isn’t going to happen: you’ll need a razor or sharp knife to cut it. This strength comes at a cost: it isn’t as easy to use. We didn’t test that far, but we don’t doubt that it is very, very tough. T-Rex claims that, because of the very thick fabric backing and the double thickness of adhesive, it can hold up to 700lbs of weight. Seriously: a single piece of this tape was enough to hold over 200lbs of weight, much more than any other tape that we tested. T-Rex’s Brute Force Tape is as tough as it gets. If you need it taped and you need it to hold, get the Gorilla. Its sheer weight kept it from flopping around and sticking to itself-truly the bane of the cheaper tapes. (In truth, both took a backseat to the astonishing holding power of FiberFix, but that’s not really a duct tape.)Īnd yet despite all that power, the Gorilla Tape also proved to be easy to tear and handle. The Gorilla Tape was also among the strongest tapes in our adhesion strength test, second only to Gaffer Power. It aced the water test, holding back a serious leak for more than five minutes while cheaper tapes failed in seconds. And because it’s so strong, you’ll need to use less of it for each task.Īt 17 mils thickness, with a reinforced backing and extra-thick coating of adhesive, it takes the “gorilla” idea pretty seriously. While it’s certainly not the cheapest option in this roundup, it’s also not the most expensive. Gorilla Tape easily topped our list of duct tapes thanks to its incredible holding power and durability. We got wet and dirty while we were doing it, but we got some answers, too. We looked at seven top-pick brands (plus two intriguing plastic tapes) to determine which was the strongest duct tape, most durable, most waterproof, and easiest to work with. For nearly a century it’s helped bind together and patch over pretty much every repair job you can think of, transcending its original wartime purpose to become something of almost cult-like reverence: If you can’t fix it with duct tape, well sir, it just can’t be fixed. That humble, ubiquitous little roll of grey (or black) tape can be found in everyone’s toolbox, garage, or junk drawer for good reason. , an easy-to-use, heavy-duty duct tape that gets the job done head and shoulders above the competition. Yes, there is a difference between good duct tape and bad duct tape. To start, we’ll answer the obvious question. Written by Richard Baguley and David Kender
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It cannot use any other attachments, like Optical, Pointer, or Canted Sight. The Ammo mods have Buckshot Rounds, which deal with High-damage close-range high spread pellets. The Supercharger shotgun has only Ammo mods, Muzzle mods, and Shotgun mods attachment. This will help you to attain your reward for the shotgun. This will move the container, which will help you open the Yaran Contraband crate. You can identify the room as it would be marked by liberated spray paint.Īfter locating the room enter the room, and you will find a yellow control panel that contains a button that you have to press to move the container. To reach there, you have to use ziplines as the room is present at the end of the zipline. The control room is present to the right of the containers. Now you have to find the control room to operate the crane to remove the containers. After reaching the location, you will find that the way is blocked with containers attached to a crane. To start with this operation, you need to track down the Yaran Contraband on your map. The operation started after reaching there. To get to the GDP oil platform, you need to use a helicopter or boat. The objective of this task is to complete the container puzzle in the GDP Oil Platform. You have to reach the GDP oil platform in Cobre Shores in Aguas Lindas to complete the puzzle. The location of the task is in the Madrugada region. If you want to get your hands on The Supercharger shotgun, you have to complete a task as it is a unique weapon it can be found after completing a container puzzle. The rate of fire of the rifle is 240, and it uses seven magazines. These stats make this shotgun worthy of the third rank it has. But the Velocity and accuracy are a bit lacking than the other stats, which may affect its performance to some extent. This shotgun has excellent Damage, stealth, and Handling. It is a reward for a task, As It can only be found as a reward after completing a puzzle. The Supercharger shotgun in Far Cry 6 has been ranked three on the shotgun list. Newer meaning but in less "naughty" contexts - such as cheeky spin, cheeky walk, cheeky healthy meal, cheeky nice dinner Newer meaning of cheeky - such as cheeky pint, cheeky nap, cheeky Nando’s Original meaning of cheeky - such as cheeky monkey, he’s a cheeky git, that’s cheeky and "other" (including non-English-speaking countries), and asked them to rate four different kinds of cheeky sentences for whether they sounded natural or awkward: They ran a survey of 150 people, which they grouped into UK, U.S. Mercedes Durham decided to help the world answer this very cheeky-er, important-question. (OK, some of them were probably being deliberately obscure.) Cheeky's just a cheeky little word to define. The problem was, while the Brits knew how to use it, they were having a hard time figuring out how to describe what it meant. Mate it's hard to explain mate it's just like one day you'll just be wif your mates having a look in jd and you might fancy curry club at the 'Spoons but your lad Calum who's an absolute ledge and the archbishop of banterbury will be like 'brevs lets have a cheeky nandos instead." and you'll think "Top. One popular explanation, from Tumblr user chavvesty, was: Nobody is saying hey boy.” Adjusting to one’s surroundings is perhaps the best way to go, as you don’t want to come off as either too cold or too friendly in a new city.How is language evolving on the internet? In this series on internet linguistics, Gretchen McCulloch breaks down the latest innovations in online communication.Ī few weeks ago, certain corners of the internet went abuzz about "having a cheeky Nando's." It started in England-Nando's is a British fast-food chicken restaurant-but quickly spread elsewhere as baffled Americans wondered "what on earth do they mean by cheeky?" Why are people calling me a girl? I’m a woman. “I didn’t understand why people would say hey girl. Yet she was jarred when she moved to the United States and found herself not reacting well to a common American colloquialism. “It’s weird for them to call me what my mother calls me.” According to one of our British writers, in London, strangers constantly use the word love with one another. “When someone shortens my name, I feel like that’s so uncalled for,” shares one editor, who is based in New York. It seems warmer-city dwellers tend to have a more informal approach amongst themselves, while up in the Northeast things are not quite the same. The same can be said for South America (where this writer is from) where it’s almost offensive if you’re not referred to by your nickname. Location, location, location “I don’t mind pet names I guess because I’m Southern and it’s common down there,” added another editor from South Carolina. In the end, it’s always smart to keep things professional in the office if you’re expecting to be treated professionally as well. “We’re not in a sorority.” Love is also problematic, as it can imply a level of intimacy that doesn’t necessarily exist between desk-mates. Another editor hates it when a PR person sends an email that begins with, “Hey sweetie.” “If we’re in a business relationship, it seems out of place,” she explains. The whole tone was just patronizing,” shares one writer. “In my old job, someone used to call me hun all the time and I thought it was a weird authority thing on her part. When at work The general consensus is to try and stay away from using words such as honey, love, or babe while at work as it can either be seen as a power play or as acting too informal. I asked the staff again for their expert, anonymous advice in search of some clarification as to when you should say “honey” and when you should just say “hey.” There’s a difference between being friendly and being fresh and the fine line dividing the two can sometimes be hard to read. But there are times when a term of endearment can become exactly the opposite. Honey, dear, love, babe-we’ve all had our experiences being called pet names. In an earthly marriage ceremony, both the bride and from make a pledge of love and fidelity. The Church has already been betrothed (pledged) to Him and is His promised inheritance for which He died ( John 6:37) The Covenant Confirmed This should remind us that it is the Father who gives the Bride, the Church, to His Son, Jesus. In an earthly marriage ceremony, the minister asks, “who gives this woman in marriage?” The father of the bride responds affirmatively. So also in the Rapture, the Bride will be called up and out of the world, and the Groom will descend from his own place, and receives her unto Himself. She meets her groom at the transept–where the horizontal crosses the vertical. As she walks down the aisle, which is straight and narrow, and, in a traditional cross-shaped church building, we can see a “picture” of the bride coming from the foot of the cross and moving forward to the head of the cross. The bride enters from the outside world, through the doors, and down the aisle to meet her groom. Rev 19:8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Just as earthly brides are adorned in beauty, so also the Bride of Christ will be presented to Jesus as a chaste, pure virgin. White, of course, is the raiment of righteousness and purity. Here comes the bride-and she’s all dressed in white. When the time is right, Jesus will come to receive His Bride, the Church. Jesus will come on the clouds from His Heavenly place, a place that we on the earth have not yet seen and we don’t know where it is. This prefigures what we are told will happen at the Rapture. Usually, he enters from an undisclosed room in which he has been waiting until the time to come forward to receive his bride. No one really knows from where he has come. With the invited wedding guests gathered, seated, and looking forward, the groom traditionally enters from the right side of the church. In churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave forming a cruciform (“cross-shaped”). It’s now an event venue called “ The Transept.” That’s a great name for a wedding venue, eh?Īs defined by Wikipedia, a transept is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the edifice. My daughter’s wedding was held in a historically restored, 1814, German Gothic design church. Many churches are built in the form of a cross with the length of the building being crossed by what is called a transept. And it will be more lavish and extravagant than any earthly celebration! Here are my thoughts for your consideration. May the typology of an earthly wedding be a reminder that God’s perfect plan for our glorification, as the Bride of Christ, awaits us. But remember, no pattern, typology, or metaphors “fits” perfectly in how they teach us about heavenly and spiritual things. Many things in our world are typological of God’s design and His prophetic plan. Now, before I share my thoughts, let me remind you that this is simply symbolism and a pattern that points to a promise. Setting aside the amazing fact that his bride agreed to this unusual change of tradition, it caused me to wonder, “Does an earthly wedding ceremony prefigure the ultimate wedding, when Jesus comes for His Bride? Is there a ‘picture’ in the bride and groom coming together as one that points to the Church and Christ being united?” Therefore, the Bridegroom should come to receive his bride, prefiguring how Jesus will come for His bride, the Church. The groom was a Christian, seminary graduate, teacher/preacher, and he believed that the wedding ceremony prefigured the Rapture. Years ago I heard about a Christian wedding ceremony in which the Bride stood at the front of the church and the groom came down the aisle to meet her. That’s partially covered in Are We the Bride of Christ Now? Or is That Future? While there is a great deal of typology in ancient Israel’s marriage customs, this is about Christian marriage ceremonies that are held in the times in which we live. Before starting, understand that this is not about the Jewish marriage traditions. 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If you do a lot of work on machines, you are going to wind up having a variety of rivet lengths on hand to pick from. Remember from the diagram above, the rivet is to act like a clamp, we do not need or want to expand the body size of the rivet at all.Ĭommandment 3: Thou shalt use the correct length rivet for the job. Second, if you are too hard on the clinching process and you wind up expanding the body of the rivet a bit, you still are not putting later stress on the hole you drilled. First, it gives you a bit of wiggle room in case the drill moves a bit. I always drill my holes 9/64" when riveting ramps for a couple reasons. 1/8" rivets are the main diameter used on pinball machines. Backup washers are available on my site, on in bulk from Hanson RivetĬommandment 2: Thou shalt drill holes at least 1/64" oversize from the rivet you are using. A full thickness washer will possibly keep your ramp from sitting flat on the playfield. Thin washers are very important in places like ramp flaps, where the clearance against the playfield is tight. Rivet backup washers are usually half or more of the thickness of a standard washer. Now that we know a little more about the two main kinds of rivets out there, lets talk about a couple very important guidelines when using a semi-tubular rivet.Ĭommandment 1: Thou shalt use a backup washer any time you are clinching against plastic. Pop rivets have their place in the world, but we can do better on our pinball projects! Second, they expand the body of the rivet in a manner that could easily deform or crack your plastic parts. First, they are ugly and not-OEM looking. The problem with these rivets is two-fold. Once the head bottoms out in the rivet, the pin will snap off. You do not want to use pop rivets! Pop rivets work by pulling a pin with a bulbous head on it through the body of a tubular rivet. 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While English is the main language in the education system, some schools use Tok Pisin in the first three years of elementary education to promote early literacy. Most government documents are produced in English, but public information campaigns are often partially or entirely in Tok Pisin. It is frequently the language of debate in the national parliament. The flourishing of the mainly English-based Tok Pisin in German New Guinea (despite the language of the metropolitan power being German) is to be contrasted with Hiri Motu, the lingua franca of Papua, which was derived not from English but from Motu, the vernacular of the indigenous people of the Port Moresby area.Īlong with English and Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin is one of the three official languages of Papua New Guinea. Tok Pisin and the closely related Bislama in Vanuatu and Pijin in the Solomon Islands, which developed in parallel, have traditionally been treated as varieties of a single Melanesian Pidgin English or "Neo-Melanesian" language. It became a widely used lingua franca and language of interaction between rulers and ruled, and among the ruled themselves who did not share a common vernacular. This English-based pidgin evolved into Tok Pisin in German New Guinea (where the German-based creole Unserdeutsch was also spoken). The labourers began to develop a pidgin, drawing vocabulary primarily from English, but also from German, Malay, Portuguese and their own Austronesian languages (perhaps especially Kuanua, that of the Tolai people of East New Britain). The Tok Pisin language is a result of Pacific Islanders intermixing, when people speaking numerous different languages were sent to work on plantations in Queensland and various islands (see South Sea Islander and blackbirding). As such, it is considered a creole in linguistic terminology. Tok Pisin is not a pidgin in the latter sense, since it has become a first language for many people (rather than simply a lingua franca to facilitate communication with speakers of other languages). This usage of "Pidgin" differs from the term " pidgin" as used in linguistics. Papua New Guinean anglophones often refer to Tok Pisin as "Pidgin" when speaking English. While Tok Pisin's name in the language is Tok Pisin, it is also called "New Guinea Pidgin" in English. Pisin derives from the English word ' pidgin' the latter, in turn, may originate in the word business, which is descriptive of the typical development and use of pidgins as inter-ethnic trade languages. Tok is derived from English "talk", but has a wider application, also meaning "word", "speech", or "language". Hotel room door signs in Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin is slowly "crowding out" other languages of Papua New Guinea. Perhaps one million people now use Tok Pisin as a primary language. Over the decades, Tok Pisin has increasingly overtaken Hiri Motu as the dominant lingua franca among town-dwellers. Urban families in particular, and those of police and defence force members, often communicate among themselves in Tok Pisin, either never gaining fluency in a local language ( tok ples) or learning a local language as a second (or third) language, after Tok Pisin (and possibly English). Many now learn it as a first language, in particular the children of parents or grandparents who originally spoke different languages (for example, a mother from Madang and a father from Rabaul). However, in parts of the southern provinces of Western, Gulf, Central, Oro, and Milne Bay, the use of Tok Pisin has a shorter history and is less universal, especially among older people.īetween five and six million people use Tok Pisin to some degree, although not all speak it fluently. It is an official language of Papua New Guinea and the most widely used language in the country. Tok Pisin ( English: / t ɒ k ˈ p ɪ s ɪ n/, / t ɔː k, - z ɪ n/ Tok Pisin ), often referred to by English speakers as New Guinea Pidgin or simply Pidgin, is a creole language spoken throughout Papua New Guinea. |
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