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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2017 20:45:11 GMT
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Post by lollygagger on Dec 14, 2017 21:02:49 GMT
I haven't followed the link but hammering woodscrews in almost home is perfectly respectable behaviour, it can prevent the wood splitting.  |
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Post by TonyDunkley on Dec 15, 2017 8:56:23 GMT
I've no idea how or why that particular term came about , but it has reminded of a bit of good natured ribbing which originated long ago back in the pre-nationalization days of the Trent Navigation Company and was directed at the "Hull trade" bargemen who worked predominantly up the Ouse to Goole or beyond, by their counterparts on the Trent. Head and stern ropes, springs and stop ropes used on barges invariably have a four foot long eye in the ends of them so they can be thrown over bollards, either on other barges or ashore, from the deck of the barge they belong to to be made fast aboard. Of the two ways of forming an eye in the end of a rope, an eye splice or a bowline, the Trent boatmen generally referred to a bowline as a "Goole splice". |
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Post by bodger on Dec 15, 2017 9:23:12 GMT
I haven't followed the link but hammering woodscrews in almost home is perfectly respectable behaviour, it can prevent the wood splitting. my long-departed dad was a very competent fitter and carpenter, and insisted that there are 6 stages to inserting a brass screw, which was the type he used for the exposed faces of all his furniture: - full depth pilot hole - full diameter hole for the non-threaded part of the screw - countersink to about 1/4" over-depth - lightly tap screw in with a hammer - screwdriver to suitable tightness (not overtight which breaks the screw) - fill hole with Brummer stopping stained to match the timber. ................ thank god for 'chipboard screws' and power drivers. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2017 9:30:21 GMT
I've no idea how or why that particular term came about , but it has reminded of a bit of good natured ribbing which originated long ago back in the pre-nationalization days of the Trent Navigation Company and was directed at the "Hull trade" bargemen who worked predominantly up the Ouse to Goole or beyond, by their counterparts on the Trent. Head and stern ropes, springs and stop ropes used on barges invariably have a four foot long eye in the ends of them so they can be thrown over bollards, either on other barges or ashore, from the deck of the barge they belong to to be made fast aboard. Of the two ways of forming an eye in the end of a rope, an eye splice or a bowline, the Trent boatmen generally referred to a bowline as a "Goole splice". Like it! As for the Birmingham screwdriver here is a shameless copy and paste. The phrase has its source in the prejudice that people from the English West Midlands city of Birmingham (Brumagem, or Brummagem) were unsophisticated - a prejudice that persists in the UK today. Other places, notably Liverpool and Ireland, have suffered the same jibe. The 'Brummagem screwdriver' is really just a weak joke at the expense of Brummies, implying that they are such poor and lazy workers that they knock screws in with a hammer. In fact, the Birmingham and Black Country area has long been a source of excellent engineers who staffed the now sadly diminished car industry and other advanced metalworking concerns. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2017 9:44:53 GMT
Being from South Yorkshire, the hammer was always called a Sheffield screwdriver.
I suppose jokey insults are always applied to your near neighbours.
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Post by Stumpy on Dec 15, 2017 10:27:16 GMT
And on that page there is 'Killer lorry driver was watching porn' - I wonder if seeing the word 'cunt' 50 times in one of Stabby's posts constitutes 'watching porn'? Have to go a long way to 'beat' (no pun intended) this fella..... LINK |
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Post by phil70 on Dec 15, 2017 12:32:15 GMT
In my youth a screwdriver was known as a council hammer. A hammer was known as an Irish Persuaded.
Phil
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