Микро-урок 7.
Помогите Миле починить протекающий кран. Используйте правильный инструмент.

a) Allen wrench, b) adjustable wrench, c) flashlight, d) brush with metal bristles, e) gripping pliers, f) hole punch, g) flat head screwdriver, h) Phillips screwdriver, i) tweezers (pinset), j) hammer

1) Using ___ pry off decorative cap from tap handle.
2) The handle is attached to the stem (шпиндель) by a setscrew with hexagonal socket (шестигранное гнездо). Release this setscrew using ___.
3) To remove the tap, clamp flat sides of the tap body with ___ and rotate CCW (против часовой стрелки).
4) Or, if the tap body has cylindrical shape, unscrew it using ___.
5) Lightly hit the removed tap with the ___ to break off any hard water residue (минеральный налет). Swipe internal parts and threads with ___ .
6) Inspect valve seat (седло клапана) area with ___ and remove any derbies using ___.
7) To remove worn elastic washer (эластичная прокладка), release a cross-socket screw that attaches the washer. Use ___ for this step.
8)If replacement elastic washer does not have a hole, puncture a new hole in the center of the washer using ___.

Time for FOOTBALL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

Авиадиспетчер

Time for Football
http://s42.radikal.ru/i098/100 ...
Prime time, on-line!!!

Funny! Except the guy - he's not like me, I'm not like him!

Hi Авиадиспетчер
Nothing personal, just associations)))
I am glad))))

Revision of the Past Tense.
"The sink"

Put the following verbs in the Past tense where appropriate:

to disconnect, to take, to go, to recommend, to find, to come, to have, to replace, to fit

1.I.... the sink waste,.... the part out and.... to 4 different places, Plumers' Merchants with only stainless steel replacement being available.
2.In one of the shops I was.... to go to B&Q where I.... the part I was looking for.
3. I .... home, ....to fit the replacemnt part.
4.I .... it and it ... perfectly, being the exact part.
5.I am waiting for the jointing compound to set.

Hopefully I could use the sink in a few hours)))

Hello all!
Hello Mila again!

I’ not in a hurry to add my posts after really teaching ones of yours – klg, boba, Mila - just not to “blanket” them quickly from the audience. But on the left side in the topic of ip I placed the extraction – about “C” and “K” - from the new book of M. Goldenkov I referred to above. I believe it’s worth to duplicate it here:
http://www.dizziehouse.com/abf ...
http://www.dizziehouse.com/abf ...

Hi to all!
Hello avia-beauty fan
Well done! There is a tendency in modern English to simplify anything. This is the example of the kind.
I am extending the collection with the following:
Kwik = quick
Fiks it= fix it

Good morning to all!
I would like to say Big Thank You to avia-beauty fan, who replied to a freak on the right side. If I could I would like to shake your hand with you!
I am sorry I had to use the language which is not typical for me and my environment. And this doesn't make me feel happy at all. The disire to help or to clarify often turns into a sort of dirty jokes.
However it's my strong believe that the majority of adequate people prevails the other odds, freaks and yobs of all sorts.
Have a nice day!

Mila,
You wished to everyone a nice day today.
If nobody replied, I say it really was so.
New day’s coming.
See you again. You who is gifted with the Power to say the Right words.
See you all, brushupers. Come to Mila oftener.

Nice to see you, avia-beauty fan)))
A friend in need is a friend indeed)))
Tomorrow is just another day and let it be no worse than the current one)))
Many thanks)))

Hi to all!
Just a quick vocab/ update.
We had an interesting discussion with collegues today from English Department re: new words or rather new meanings of familiar words.
Bubbly - it means a talkative person, the one with an outgoing personality, chatty.
However, it also might mean quite a chunky (fat) person, chabby )))

Hi, Mila, and all clubbers!
Sorry for my idling. The schedule's become really exhausting. But I'm here now and then.

Hi MSL!
Nice to see you here)))
Glad that you've got a job!)) Though it's exhausting but rewarding and that really matters!)))

To cheer you all up...
http://www.misterharold.net/jo ...

Микро-урок 8.
Неполное собрание латинских сокращений часто встречающихся в английском:

etc. (et cetera) = и так далее; и тому подобное
at al. (et alii) = и другие (говоря о людях)
e.g. (exempli gratia) = например
i.e. (id est) = такие как, то есть, а именно
Rx. (Recipe) = медицинский рецепт (дословно ‘примите’)
A.C. (Ante Christum) = до Рождества Христова
A.D. (Anno Domini) = от Рождества Христова
a.m. (ante meridiem) = до полудня, с 24:00 до 11:59:59
p.m. (post meridiem) = после полудня, с 12:00 до 23:59:59
lb. (libra) = фунт (мера веса ~0,45 кг)
vs. (versus) = против
M.D. (medicine doctor) = врач, доктор

Hi to all!
GP (General Practitioner)== врач, доктор (терапевт в UK)

Hi to everybody!

Mila and MSL please check your email-boxes, please. )

Hi NN!
Checked!
Amazing, incredible!! So you both have actually "met" ))) The communication was fantastic..Thanks for that, NN.
One day it could be the following:...
MSL - PIC
NN- ATC in charge
ML +all brushuppers - VIP paasengers))))))(on a private jet)

Checked!
Thanks, NN! It's amusing to look at yourself by ATC's eyes. I'd tried harder if I knew I was being recorded :-) My comment: It's quite charging to taxi from stand 7 to RW 36L. There is a very little time to execute a taxi cheklist and to copy new ATIS information which changes at 30 minutes (exactly at the time of taxing). But no complains, it's real life as it is. There is only one desire. We would be grateful if ATC's gave us ATC clearance (SID and squawk) before taxing. For example with starting up clearance. Shall we do a special request for ATC clearance before starting up (as we do at Domodedovo for example)?

2 Mila
Actually I wasn't PIC at time of recording. I'm f/o (co-pilot) and I was a pilot-flying (PF) on the way to Nizhny. Communication is a duty of PNF (or pilot-monitoring as they say).

Hi MSL!
))))))))))
It sounds a bit "fake", though)) Two native Russian speakers are communicating in English in Russian airspace)))
Anyway, the job's done!

2 Mila
It sounds a bit "fake", though)) Two native Russian speakers are communicating in English in Russian airspace)))
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You know it's approved by Russian regulations. Everything is legal :-)

You know it's approved by Russian regulations. Everything is legal :-))
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Regulations, regulations...))))

Hi there:)
So do you, guys, MSL and NN, know each other outside this site? Have you met?

Hello to all and Especially to Fathers!!
Today we celebrate fathers' day in the UK,as it is celebrated round the world (USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, Ireland, South Africa) on the third Sunday of June. People celebrate the occasion by honoring their father and expressing affection for them by presenting popular gifts like cards, flowers, chocolates and neckties. Little children often give handmade gifts to their dad.
Here is a liitle poem to all who could proudly call themselves fathers, or just hoping to be one day a parent)))

Fathers young, fathers old
Remembering good times are our gold.

Value earned through guidance given
Helping us go forth in living'.

Each father adding to our trove
A treasure chest of love untold.

Remembering father in our lives
Taking time to realize.

Fatherly love brings wealth to living
Remembering this we go forth in giving.

Fathers young, fathers old
We remember you all
As life unfolds.

Ragini

Thanks Mila! Happy Fathers Day to all! Real story.

My middle one Dina (10 y.o.) is a big mouth. Once, we were driving from school and kids got too noisy. So, I am asking my son (7 y.o.) a tricky question to make Dina shut up:
- Alik, who is your favorite sister?
- Sonia
Dina, upset:
- And Alik, who is your favorite parent, mommy or daddy?

(I fell into my own trap)

Hi!
Dina - a beautiful name:)

You are right boba... dealing with children and tricky puzzles in particular could be rather challenging...)))

Hi to all!
Just found that parody on a rather popular song by James Blunt "You are beaituful"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

And another fun stuff, this time about meals on the wings))
http://www.funny-potato.com/ai ...

correction
"You are beautiful"

My son’s gymnastics coach recorded this. Alik goes first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

Good job!!!

Hello to everybody!
My name is Elena! I would like to join your discussions!
May be I could help somebody or somebody could help me!))))
Nice to meet you all!

How ya doin, Lena? (sent from phone)

Nice to meet you Elena!
Please do come here when you can and I am sure there will be something to learn or to share)))

HI! My name is Natalia! I'd like to join your interesting and useful group!
I'm 27 years old and temporary( I hope) without a job. So i have plenty of time.

Welcome Natalia!
Nice to see you too)

Hi, all!
Wow! There are a lot of newcomers!

Hello guys!

Nice to find myself amidst old buddies again and new enthusiasts as well.
Today I have enough time to answer all the unanswered since my last galloping visit. )

Hello, hello...
What have you all been up to lately?

Hi, NN!
I've noticed ATC's aren't already shocked when we start to communicate in English :-) (I don't mean your particular airport). Good trend.

Mila and MSL

I beg your pardon for leaving your posts without reply. There is a certain excuse of course, but still, I feel guilty towards you both. In short – too much work and significantly lesser spare time. It is a result of too “wise” decisions of our Corporation top managers to add working hours to ATCs, reducing hours to recover. So, work and sleep are the prevailing two now.

2 MSL
At Strigino the ATCs got sure in speaking English phraseology about 10 years. Don’t know on that as to other airports. The leaders, of course, have always been and still remain Moscow’s ATCs. I think, you know it better than I do. )))

NN
"If you can't fight it go with the flow" ...That what we say when the situaion can't be changed...
However everyone is allowed to have enough rest to be able to cope with stress and workload.

2 MSL
You asked if you should request squawk and SID before start up in order to have more time for taxi checklist when lack of time due short distance from the stand till holding point 36L. YES. Otherwise, the information will flow as usual which is not convenient to pilots but corresponds to our work technology.

2 Mila
However everyone is allowed to have enough rest to be able to cope with stress and workload.
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That’s it. Especially for those whose role is to provide flight safety. Flight is not walking. But the Managers think as if they head some different organization. Their only aim is to economize on the personnel costs and they are quick to get any cause for staff reduction, mostly ATCs

I quite understand you, NN(((
Managers are not managing the situation properly and as the result the "economical option" isn't the best one in aviation industry(((

Mila
Managers are not managing the situation properly and as the result the "economical option" isn't the best one in aviation industry(((
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Can’t agree more. Now we have very severe times and no one knows what it is going to end up with. The forebodings are rather gloomy.

I have just received that:
"Summer is in the air!
The summer has started and your next holiday is calling!
Take advantage of our amazing fares to worldwide destinations and discover some hidden treasures.

This summer will also see the A380 operating between London and Paris. Don't miss this opportunity, book your summer city break now! "

Do you think that this sort of promotion re: A380 from London to Paris is absolutely inevitable?... the flight will probably last for 45 minutes)))