Plymouthy Adams Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 chance occurs earlier than luck...don't believe me..get your dictionary... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 I think that's simply due to alphabeticalist order.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 BobT-47P15, on 25 Feb 2015 - 12:23 AM, said:I think that's simply due to alphabeticalist order.......... I think that was my exact point... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Exactly! U no? Right! No, turn left right here? Herd that before! Exactly. I'm 2 ancient 4 all this. Back to the future. Up the down staircase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Neon Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 "Needs of the business." This used to mean that there was an emergency situation often when a position was needing to be filled so an employee would have to work longer or change shifts until position was filled. Person helping company through temporary rough patch was usually well rewarded in the future: bonus, extra time off, promotion, etc. My boss used that phrase instead of, "I'm gonna put the screws to you again, and the only recourse you have is to quit." I finally did just that, quit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geekay Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Okay, how about I add a sub-section to this thread. Here in "down under" (that's Australia, which actually is not under the USA) we have a pet hate: The Americanisation of our language!!!!!! Our car "boot" is soemtimes being called a "trunk". Elephants have trunks, and even they are at the FRONT! We have "mudguards" over our wheels, not "fenders". Our engines have "welch plugs" not "freezers" or any other name. Over our engines we have a "bonnet" not a "hood" We used to have "blinkers" but now they are officially "indicators" Aussies do not have "pick ups" we have "utes", which, if you cannot work it out, is short for Utility. And do not get me started on football. Suddenly we have commentators talking about "quarterbacks" in our Aussie Rules Football. We have Full Backs, Centre Half Backs, Bank Flankers, Back Pockets, but NO Quarterbacks. Better stop now before my head explodes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Okay, how about I add a sub-section to this thread. Here in "down under" (that's Australia, which actually is not under the USA) we have a pet hate: The Americanisation of our language!!!!!! Our car "boot" is soemtimes being called a "trunk". Elephants have trunks, and even they are at the FRONT! We have "mudguards" over our wheels, not "fenders". Our engines have "welch plugs" not "freezers" or any other name. Over our engines we have a "bonnet" not a "hood" We used to have "blinkers" but now they are officially "indicators" Aussies do not have "pick ups" we have "utes", which, if you cannot work it out, is short for Utility. And do not get me started on football. Suddenly we have commentators talking about "quarterbacks" in our Aussie Rules Football. We have Full Backs, Centre Half Backs, Bank Flankers, Back Pockets, but NO Quarterbacks. Better stop now before my head explodes If I could give quadrupled LIKES I would! Great posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 BUT..;if it were not completely drawn and copied from the Brits...I could well give you a few of those...but when it comes to most cars you tend to use the common terminology of country of origin....so if you working on a Plymouth...face it...you have fenders not wings/mudguards...hoods and trunks to boots and bonnets..you got hubcaps and not knaveplates.. as for football...I could care less if both versions ceased to exist...we rarely kill anyone at one of our foot ball games though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Neon Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Only in Oakland... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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