Hair splitting for AnthonyG?

[Steve/IL]

A 'What Ca Ma Call It' is just about anything. Of course I spelled it wrong!

[B-O-B]

so then What is a thingy ?? I need to know to understand what my bride is referring to !.

[Karl Wescott]

Originally Posted by 37 truck

A sledge hammer is a Double Jack, scaffolding is staging, wire cutters are dikes, and slip joint pliers are water pump pliers.... a pry bar is a crow bar?

My understanding is a "double jack" is the drill that some trusting soul is holding for their partner to hit with a big hammer. A "single jack" is smaller and held by the same person using a smaller hammer.


Back on early ford topics, most "top irons" are actually steel on Ev8 roadsters and convertible.

[GB SISSON]

As a young 'back to the land-er' I once lost a nice old wood cookstove off of a flatbed truck. Was just going a mile or so and keeping it under 30, so hadn't secured it very well. That's when I learned the difference between iron and steel! The two wood stoves I have today are made from 1/4" steel plate and angle iron, I mean angle steel.

[terry]

My southern friend thought I was a heathen after he told me he sold bobbles in the summer and I asked him what a bobble was. And he also said to stop putting a long "e" after the word I when I talked. . and Iee now think he is right. But not about me being a heathen. Terry

[Cool Hand Lurker]

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And what's a 'Henway?'


Oh... 'bout 3 pounds

[tomcarman]

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

As a young 'back to the land-er' I once lost a nice old wood cookstove off of a flatbed truck. Was just going a mile or so and keeping it under 30, so hadn't secured it very well. That's when I learned the difference between iron and steel! The two wood stoves I have today are made from 1/4" steel plate and angle iron, I mean angle steel.

Not to split another hair but the structural engineer asked me to change the spec from "angle iron" to "angled steel". On the lag issue I had one engineer who wanted my specification changed from "Lag Bolt" to "Lag Screw". All my life I'd known them as lag bolts but after thinking about by golly it is a screw! Then I spec'd "Lag Screw" on another set of drawings that were sent to a different engineer. Wouldn't you know he had me change the spec to "Lag Bolt". Go figure! I'm still wondering why they're called a "machine screw" though.

[BrianCT]

Originally Posted by terry

My southern friend thought I was a heathen after he told me he sold bobbles in the summer and I asked him what a bobble was. And he also said to stop putting a long "e" after the word I when I talked. . and Iee now think he is right. But not about me being a heathen. Terry

So. What is a bobble?

[GB SISSON]

It is similar to a bangle and a bead. But the lines are blurred by time and geographical boundaries.

[Tim Ayers]

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

It is similar to a bangle and a bead. But the lines are blurred by time and geographical boundaries.

Isn't that the title of a Sintra/Jobim song?

[ford38v8]

Originally Posted by tomcarman

…I'm still wondering why they're called a "machine screw" though.

Try assembling a machine with lag bolts and you’ll answer your own question!

[tomcarman]

Originally Posted by Tim Ayers

Isn't that the title of a Sintra/Jobim song?

It's Baubles, Bangles and beads. It is from a musical. The actual melody was written by classical composer Alexander Borodin of Prince Igor fame. It has been recorded countless times by various artists. I don't know how to link a Youtube recording of the Jobin/Sinatra version but you can find it here,

https://www.google.com/search?q=baub...hrome&ie=UTF-8

[miniceptor86]

Fountain=bubbler
soda=pop=coke
Doohickey= part on KLR 650 that often breaks
Brakes=breaks in pronunciation only or on Internet forums
Movie=film
MAD rid is a town in Iowa, ma DRID is in Spain
ne VADE uh is a town in Iowa= Ne vad a is a state in the USA
la FAY et is a town in Tennessee = LA Fay et in Iowan
Si GOUR nee Weaver an actress=SIG or nee a town in Iowa
Motor=engine for internal combustion but there is no such thing as an electric engine
The cotton engine was shortened to cotton gin.
As a person who struggled and failed in 8th grade French I have a lot of respect for people who are multi lingual especially if one is English.

[Tim Ayers]

Esky for Isky cams I hear and see written quite often.

[woodburnranch]

Originally Posted by BrianCT

So. What is a bobble?

Based on the context, I would assume it is a Bible.

[terry]

A bobble is a bible.

[Mart]

I still call a road roller a steam roller.
My parents called the radio a wireless.

[Mart]

Elderbrock heads.

[miniceptor86]

Originally Posted by Mart

I still call a road roller a steam roller.
My parents called the radio a wireless.

Wel some of them still steam. Roller gets hot from the hot mix and the water sprayed on them steams.

[miniceptor86]

Lag bolts have a hex head like a bolt.
Machine screws have a screw driver head.