[SEL] Aussie Translators?

[Leroy C.]

Russell Gilbert wrote:

>
>> I was always amused by the bucket of compressed air!
>
>
> left handed screwdriver
>
>
>> On a (un)related note, engineering apprentices in factories here were 
>> often
>> sent to the stores to draw such tools as a sky-hook, a can of spotted 
>> paint,
>> a box of holes, or, the perennial favourite, a long stand (or long 
>> weight).
>>
>>
>> Apprentice:  "I've come for a long stand."
>> Storeman:    "Over there out of the way then."
>> ...
>> (time passes)
>>
>>      Pete
>> -- 
>> Peter Scales
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
>> > [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of
>> > Rob Skinner
>> > Sent: 19 November 2005 18:45
>> > To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
>> > Subject: [SEL] Aussie Translators?
>> >
>> > Are there any bilingual Aussies who speak both Aussie and
>> > American who can help
>> > with translation?
>> >
>> > We Yanks have wrenchs.  Just about everything for turning
>> > fasteners externally
>> > is called a wrench.
>> >
>> > If I understand correctly, the Poms have spanners.  The
>> > spanners are supposed to
>> > work just about the same as our wrenches.
>> >
>> > This morning I was looking an an Aussie auction on ebay for
>> > some "shifters."
>> > The shifters were of the "monkey wrench" sort, with smooth
>> > parallel jaws similar
>> > to a pipe wrench.  In Oz, are all spanners and wrenches
>> > called shifters? 
>> > Just trying to understand the finer nuances of the
>> > language... don't want to
>> > cause any international incidents over imprecise communication.
>>
>
I like the aluminum magnet

-- 
		C-ya

		  Leroy Clark

"We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give."
            W.A. NANCE


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