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The school tie and the old school tie are a style of necktie which are British institutions particularly associated with public schools.
A school tie indicates membership of a particular school, and sometimes of a particular house in that school.
An old school tie is a necktie that, on leaving school, former pupils are often entitled to wear, in their school or old-boy club colours. According to protocol, it may only be worn by former pupils. This symbol can be a discreet passport to the old boy network, and such ties can be an indication of one's social standing. Conversely, wearing a tie to which you have no right is a serious social gaffe.
Although originally an institution of male-only schools, some schools of mixed or female-only membership do present their female leavers with a tie or other equivalent. Alternative clothing such as socks, scarfs pyjamas and even underwear may also be available in the old-boy colours.
Exclusive ties are not limited to British public schools: they are also a practice of some private schools in Australia, many clubs, military regiments and colleges of universities such as Oxford and Cambridge, and have also spread to some of Britain's former imperial possessions, including Canada and the United States.
A lewis (sometimes called a lewisson) is one of a category of lifting devices used by stonemasons to lift large stones into place with a crane, chain block, or winch. It is inserted into a specially prepared hole, or seating, in the top of a stone, directly above its centre of mass. It works by applying principles of the lever and utilises the weight of the stone to act on the long lever-arms which in turn results in a very high reaction force and friction where the short lever-arms make contact with the stone inside the hole and thereby prevents slipping.
The name lewis may come from the Latin levo -avi, -atum meaning to levitate or lift, but the Oxford English Dictionary Online states, "the formation and the phonology are not easily explained on this hypothesis", preferring "origin obscure", and speculating that the term may derive from a personal name. The Romans used the lewis. The specially shaped hole that is shaped to fit the device is known as a lewis hole. Lewis holes in the uppermost masonry coursings are neatly repaired with matching indented plugs after the stone has been set in place.
Lewis (named after Meriwether Lewis) is an autonomous robot that performs the job of a wedding photographer: it attends social events, moves around, and takes digital photographs of people. It is a research project of the Media and Machines Laboratory at Washington University.
Lewis has been featured on slashdot, on CNN's website, and in various North American newspapers.
In 2002, Lewis received -- and declined -- an invitation to Nelly's 24th birthday party.
Lewis (first name and dates unknown) was an English cricketer who was associated with Middlesex and made his first-class debut in 1830.
CAD representation of a device from the book 507 Mechanical Movements (1868). It was used to lift stones inside buildings. “Lewis,” for lifting stone in building. It is composed of a central taper pin or wedge, with two wedge-like packing-pieces arranged one on each side of it. The three pieces are inserted together in a hole drilled into the stone, and when the central wedge is hoisted upon it wedges the packing-pieces out so tightly against the sides of the hole as to enable the stone to be lifted. Video source: VirtualFlatCAD Interesting information: http://507movements.com/mm_493.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_(lifting_appliance) #lewis #stonelifting #mechanical
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This is a short video showing how to use a split pin lewis to lift stone. Please note that all manual handling should be carried out using appropriate manual handling aids where possible. This video is for demonstration purposes only.
In this video, the viewer learns how stones are lifted on to buildings by the use of a simple tool known as Lewis pins.
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Got a new/used camera and I'm going to forge a Lewis. A Lewus is a simple, but ingenious device employed by Stone Masons to raise heavy blocks of stone into place during construction of stone buildings of ancient times.
Forging a Lewis which is a simple, but ingenious device employed by Stone Masons to raise heavy blocks of stone into place during construction of stone buildings of the ancient time.
A New TV Lift in a renovated master bedroom.
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The school tie and the old school tie are a style of necktie which are British institutions particularly associated with public schools.
A school tie indicates membership of a particular school, and sometimes of a particular house in that school.
An old school tie is a necktie that, on leaving school, former pupils are often entitled to wear, in their school or old-boy club colours. According to protocol, it may only be worn by former pupils. This symbol can be a discreet passport to the old boy network, and such ties can be an indication of one's social standing. Conversely, wearing a tie to which you have no right is a serious social gaffe.
Although originally an institution of male-only schools, some schools of mixed or female-only membership do present their female leavers with a tie or other equivalent. Alternative clothing such as socks, scarfs pyjamas and even underwear may also be available in the old-boy colours.
Exclusive ties are not limited to British public schools: they are also a practice of some private schools in Australia, many clubs, military regiments and colleges of universities such as Oxford and Cambridge, and have also spread to some of Britain's former imperial possessions, including Canada and the United States.
How come the sun still warms my feet?
Wicked fear inside I can't erase
Brothers and sisters keep get'n shot down
And me left standing in this flirty town
Why am I running crazed and free?
No answers come,
Why me?
Spent too much time on daddy's knee
Left me too tender to love n trust
Raging haunted feelin's guaranteed
I'm branded with a reckless wanderlust
My soul litters in enchanted ways
No answers come, Why me?
Why me?
Is there hope in my catastrophe?
Why me?
Why me?
Could be love in my catastrophe
Why me?
Cast out cry respect, as I walk
Humble up and breath, walk the talk
When one door shuts another opens wide
Hell in the hallway kills or heals your eye
My soul litters vanish in the green
My faith in woman, likes me
An nothings promised, crazy as that seems
I feel like runnin,
Why me?
That train is come'n
Why me?