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    Default Sayings from the work site

    I've picked up a few new terms and sayings from my current work site so I thought I'd share them and see if y'all have any other pearls of wisdom from the working man...

    - 250? You mean 2500. "Dressmakers use centimetres.";
    - A spirit level is Neville Bartos (or just Neville);
    - Packers (3mm thin masonite strips) are Kerrys;
    - "That's what she said" is a response to just about anything;
    - A hammer is a whackometer;
    - "Spotty dog bow wow" or just "spotty" means something is accurate;

    I'm sure there's heaps more but they fly through the air so thick and fast that I can't keep up with them all...or they're just not repeatable in public

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    Quote Originally Posted by RedShirtGuy View Post
    I've picked up a few new terms and sayings from my current work site so I thought I'd share them and see if y'all have any other pearls of wisdom from the working man...

    - 250? You mean 2500. "Dressmakers use centimetres.";
    - A spirit level is Neville Bartos (or just Neville);
    - Packers (3mm thin masonite strips) are Kerrys;
    - "That's what she said" is a response to just about anything;
    - A hammer is a whackometer;
    - "Spotty dog bow wow" or just "spotty" means something is accurate;

    I'm sure there's heaps more but they fly through the air so thick and fast that I can't keep up with them all...or they're just not repeatable in public
    - "Spotty dog bow wow" or just "spotty" means something is accurate;? .... Spot on?

    I get stirred about the centimeter thing all the time too.

    Then of course there is the righty tighty- lefty lucy one! Which I always get wrong! BUT I get it right on the gas bottles.
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    "10 septic" means 10 inches. (Sometimes imperial's closer on a dual-std tape than any nice, round metric no.)

    "It's a polly" (aka politician) means it's so crooked that itll need serious effort to get it to work.
    I may be weird, but I'm saving up to become eccentric.

    - Andy Mc

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    When something's spot on - rough enough's good enough.
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    Default Nrb

    When it's a tight fit--coundn't fit a nat's fart in there.

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    when putting in dynabolts..
    .tighten it till it strips..then back off 1/4 of a turn

    what if the hokey pokey is really what it's all about?

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    Kick'er in the guts... start the pump
    Grab the Nintendo... get the crane remote control
    Bit of Mal Gabbet... dross spill on the floor
    Laying some carpet... molten lead overflowing on the floor
    Rolling up the carpet... method of picking up the carpet with a forklift.
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