G'day,
Have a 6" surface planer from my Grandad, my dad-in-law calls it a 6" buzzer - but then he says lAy-SIR (two distinct sylables with an emphasis on the sir) whereas we all say laser.
I'm right, he's wrong :D
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G'day,
Have a 6" surface planer from my Grandad, my dad-in-law calls it a 6" buzzer - but then he says lAy-SIR (two distinct sylables with an emphasis on the sir) whereas we all say laser.
I'm right, he's wrong :D
Which started as an acronym but is now a word
Light
Amplification by
Stimulated
Emission of
Radiation
Lay Sur :D :D
And it's a GMC Jointer if it has one :rolleyes:
My GMC thicknesser musta bin old stock - it don't have a laserQuote:
Originally Posted by Iain
:D :D
OK, I stand corrected. They call thicknessers 'planers'. Silly buggers :pQuote:
Originally Posted by ryanarcher
I've yet to meet anyone who calls them buzzers up here in NSW, so maybe that's a Mexican term? I must admit NSW is where I first came into contact with them. I picked 'jointer' up from a joinery here and it was what they called them at another place I worked in Sydney. After that it just stuck.
G'day SilenC,
Don't you know Mexico is south of the Qld border? Not south of the NSW border. Down here in Vic I call it Antartica because it's so damn cold. My Dad-in-law is a Yit, Cockroach or Mexican - call him what you will. Me, I'm a Qldr by birth.
I was born in Vic but went to school in NSW. On my first day there I found out that kids from Vic were called Spics. Later I found out this was what Yanks call Mexicans. If I'd have known your information then, I could have corrected them. I'm sure that would've worked ;)
G'day SilentC,
Sounds like we were all taught conflicting things in Geography. :D
I started out in WA (Kalamunda) but saw the light and moved east, lived in most states at some stage but always gravitated back to Vic.
Vic is definately the best place to live, longas yer keep outa the cities.
Feel sorry for the northeners who have never experienced the sheer pleasure of an open fireplace stoked up with a heap of logs.
G'day Looks like the thread has been highjacked re: where we live.
May I catagorically say that after been a resident of three states that there is only one state to live in - Queensland. :D
If I could I'd pack my house and shed and move back on up, but I have a good business going on down here and there's no hope in hell I'd get my wife to move - damn it!
The jointer gets called the "mother-in-law" cause it whines like the dragon lady I have the misfortune of knowing.