A client gave me a hard time because I did not know what a bump stick was. I added a couple that I do know. Please contribute, as I would love to know way more.
Bump stick = a level
Holiday= while texturing a wall, if you miss a section, it is called a holiday.
tits= if something is “tits”, means that is near perfect.
“close enough for government work”, just what it sounds like.
“Perfection is the enemy of good”, if you are a cabinet maker and you get involved with rough framing, someone should mention this phrase to you.
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There have been a few of these threads.
Being involved in projects as a drywall sub, here is one we hear when trying to meet an impossible schedule.
"Harder faster cheaper deeper!"
Mike
Small wheel turn by the fire and rod, big wheel turn by the grace of god.
can't see it from quonset point
trompe l'oile
string and block
hollywood side
banjo
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Edited 12/7/2008 11:28 pm ET by MikeSmith
Ooo, la la!
"trompe l'oile"?
you really know how to charm a girl, doncha?
Well, the sun rose... in so many colours it nearly broke my heart... Worked me over like a work of art...and I'm all part of that...
"can't see it from Quonset point"I assume that's a RI expression for "good enough"?My uncle always said, "It'll look good from a galloping horse."BruceT
whiskey stick= level
In the old days the liquid in a level was alcohol.
mouse= sash weight feeding tool
butterfly=bookmatched shape of grain on paneling
Then there's dikfer and hinway
Edited 12/7/2008 11:19 pm by jagwah
idiot = the boss
Hittin' stick- hammerAdjustment tool- sledgeBFH- sledgeand the ever disrespectful-of-women..........BCH- a unit of measurement
I thnk its RCH
Don't get confused, a RCH is just a little bit more than a BCH (or just CH). Very useful when cutting trim miters for someone."It depends on the situation..."
The CH I got, but what's the R or the B?
Red or Blonde. Reds are always significantly coarser."It depends on the situation..."
Nope. An RCH is DEFINITELY the smallest of the CHs.Aitchkay
Charlie Olsens- hammer dings
That's a new one on me. But we did always call them "autographs." I used to joke that we should have our initials ground into the faces of our hammers so we'd know who to blame.Poor Charlie! He got blamed for every "C" and "O" monogram, even if he wasn't the one who left it.AitchKay
LOL!
"It's not a piano."
"Can't see it from MY house." (hack phrase)
Thought that was "Looks good from my house"
We'd say, "That'll look great from __________ !"
Insert home town.
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RCH=.007" I measured one, one time:) Plucked it out and measured it with micrometer
I spit one out once and did the same thing - .007" right on the money.
I actually have a friend who tied a trout fly out of a few -- they weren't Rs, but they were definitely CHs.Never caught a single fish with it, though.If there's a moral to, or a lesson to be learned from, this story, it's certainly lost on me.AitchKay
Yeah, trout don't like the smell either...
Smells like their mother, and they ain't eatin that!
'It's an old Indian trick.'-Referring to a technique on the job that someone unknowing has asked about.
Hammer dings = California Rosettes
Level = Whiskey Stick, 2', 4', 6' pry bar
Runs in paint = Curtain or Sag
Missing Paint = Holiday
Big area missing pain = Vacation
SWAG formula = Scientific Wild Arse Guess
Brantley County Sawblade = One that is missing teeth
and then of course..........
Carpenter's Dream = Flat Chested Female
Tomain (sp?) Wagon, Roach Coach = Lunch Truck
Trust your neighbors, but brand your calves.
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Tomain (sp?) Wagon, Roach Coach = Lunch Truck
Ah, "Ptomaine" the old label for presumed alkaloid intoxicaion--now replaced by bacterial infection as a cause of food-borne illness.
Locally, that vehicle is called the "Taco truck" or, occassionally, la troca de comida, or even just la troca.
So, a person needs to know, "Cuando hace la taco troca aqui?" and "Donde es la troca? Mui hambriento soy!" <g>Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
I only got as far as Uno mas cervazas por favor Seniorita. lol Trust your neighbors, but brand your calves.
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I guess we should call you Blond........James Blond
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The "Physics Factbook" says that .007" is within the reasonable range, but at the upper end.
Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA
LOL..see? And BLACK!
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Idiot Spoon = A shovel
dusties or white hats-drwywallers/rockers
sparky-elec., brickie-mason
The landscaper-Jose, his helper Hose "B"
'were not building a church, just a house for the preacher....'
'looks good from my house, unless it ISSSSS your house (or your neighbor)_
quarters-hammer dings
baord stretcher (the saw, to the new guy)
spirit stick-level
katty-whampus-all outta whack
BFH, 'delicate trim tool', 'attitude adjuster', convincer, persuader, hooker
spikes, clavos, bullets-------nails...
the maid- a vacuum ('grab the maid', always confuses the new guy)
'victorian level' --- a level thats not so level no more, perfect for victorian remodels
old faithful -- my carpenter mentor's Senco framin gun, the ONLY gun i know that drives spikes fully into double LVL's
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flavor saver- mustache
'earnin yer redwings', related to above, im sure you all can guess....
dustpan - my old bosses 12" taping knife (that was a fun day....haha)
and a good old quote "yer only as good as how well you can fix your mistakes"Dan Lynn, Dan Lynn Construction, Joliet, IL
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That spoon handle doesn't fit my hand, but I can help by holding the dummy end of the tape measure.
What are all those cute little marks lined up there?
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According to my research, theere's no such thing as a BCH. Unless the B stands for black. All the blondes I knew proved it.
yer wrong.
Yer research shows differently?
Why are my blondes different from yours?
Age.
Under?
Toes are pushin' the line.
I gotta quit.
Perhaps my research has been more extensive...
;-)
Or you haven't yet met a 'tru' blonde.
Maybe yours didn't get as much sun?
oh, man, where's this going?
I can here by testify that BCH do exist.
I suggest further field research.
Wife frowns on that.
I'll hafta take your word.
Aw, C'mon! It'll put hair in your teeth. Er, I mean, it'll put hair on your CHEST.Yeah, that's it. That's what I meant.AitchKay
You watch 'Curb your enthusiasm?'
Sounds like a TV show or something...Aitchkay
best of my knowledge your right on.
i've done some 50-50 paint jobs on cars and construction jobs. they look good at 50 mph from 50 feet away.
That level tool gets called a plumb stick here.
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a plumbar or level iron, depending on use
bubble stick = level
finishing hammer = sledge
tack hammer = sledge
its within a 1/64 so it will probally do , said when customer is listening to see their reactiion
any better than that and there would be a tax on it , said for the same reason as above
Smighter--3# hammer ( I still use the same smighter I bought in 74)
E.F. Hutton-- 8 to 16# sledge hammers ( when E.F. talks everybody listens)
Kitties-- someone who can't swing E.F.Huttons for any lenghth of time ( like me)
acorn-- weird shaped rough stone that needs to be cut/trimed
I charge customers extra for making up words. Even more so if the "bump" my level. =)
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Mud.....can be either drywall compound or thinset depending upon the project at hand.
Teco's= joist hangers (manufacturers name)
Piffin screws+ drywall screws
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The guy who demands respect but doesn't deserve it...
we call him sir
which is code for a**hole
Kitty-wampus = not plumb or level.
I try to not let my levels bump around too much. Always heard bump stick refer to a cam shaft.
I try to always have a Plumber's Friend handy
rose buds = hammer dings
board stretcher= newbie fetch
adjuster or persuader = sledge hammer
Edited 12/8/2008 12:55 pm by wood4rd
"rose buds = hammer dings"sounds better than pecker tracks
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hammer = Ford wrench (though I think this has died out except among old f*rts like me)
Can't fix it with a hammer? Get a bigger hammer.Ain't the queen's jewelry box.
I worked for a guy one time who wanted every thing called by the correct & proper name
Drill motor was the only term we could use
I got a slap on the hand if I said "where's the drill?"
I got corrected on that once...
"Drill" is actually the term for what most call a "drill bit."
"Drill Motor" being the thing that drives the drill...
Farmer tight
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Is that like, "Guttentight?"
goos snug fit is a German VirginGuddenteight cha know
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"crooked as my ####"
most lumber these days.
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I worked with a German guy some years ago, and made up a joke "What's the German word for virgin?" A) Guttentight. Then the follow up was "What's the German word for drunken sl#t who is passed out?" A) Guttenoff
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you must have called him "sir" a lot.
lol
sky hook -> tool loved by architects, which newbies are sent to fetch; "go ask the architect".
"close enough for government work", just what it sounds like.
Ditto: "We ain't building no church." A frequent utterance heard during my brief and undistiguished career as a framer.
"Get mad at it." Spoken to someone unable to drive a nail with two blows.
"Throw your purse at it Alice!"...to helper while trying to do...well...anything!
Pretty darn good = as close to saying the "p" word as I am willing to get.
"dddddt-ddddt", as in, "go get the "dddt-dddt" (Impact Driver).
No Coffee No Workee!
axe: fire (as in, to give the axe to)
I once had to tell a laborer he was fired (the boss was too lazy/ chikenspit to do it himself)
me: "luis, the boss is going to axe you"
luis: "axe me what?"
true story, unfortunately.
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I indeed did have a cabinet maker who worked as a framer for me for a period of time and we had to constantly remind him that "cabinets go in the kitchen , this is rough framing" This term is now bandied about quite a bit on the site even when we are setting cabinets or hanging trim.
I worked with a crew that had an archy student who would pre drill all his framing with a tapered countersink bit and screw the studs to the floor. Could not belive the super let him do it.
Guy must be wetting his pants over a kreg jig...
"...who would pre drill all his framing with a tapered countersink bit and screw the studs to the floor. Could not belive the super let him do it."That is hard to believe. I'd think he'd want the studs fastened to the sill plate,not the floor. :)BruceT
Interior framing
I once worked with a cranky old guy who in between yelling would say," We gotta dollar waiting on a dime" if he was waiting for you.and if someone smacked their finger, " It'll quit hurting as soon as the pain goes away".
You must be kidding me, no?Interior framing here in SoCal all has a top and a bottom plate. I can't imagine lining the bottom of the wall if studs were not nailed to a bottom plate. It would make drywall and baseboard work more difficult too.BruceT
Hammer dings= dick dents, rosettes
Copasthetic= done correctly
Broccoli= female type passerby
Light/heavy ie; "thirty two and three eighths light=between 5/16 and 3/8
Jet / plancher= soffit and fascia
Roach coach= catering truck
Hamn' egger= hack
A "crimense" as in "Tap that down a crimense"
boat lumber= twisted junk
Holidays / mountain mural= runs in paint
The owner of the condos is working with me on total gut job. she is a fiesty lass and good sense of humor. We now refer to a really nice smooth surface " don't know if it' been shaved or waxed?" Then we laugh and others think were nuts.
"Holidays / mountain mural= runs in paint"From my years in the paint industry, holidays were term for missed spots, not runs.BruceT
Edited 12/10/2008 8:03 pm by brucet9
alligator, gatoring -> paint shrinking up due to lack of prep of old enamel paint. Heard when I worked in Gainesville; everything was gator this & gator that.
Edited 12/11/2008 1:21 am ET by habilis
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Someone at the job site said "that will put some lead in your pencil" but I can't remember what they were talking about
I lived in gainesville about '70-73 on and off.
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'78 - '85. Lot of old hippies. Had a great house on a lake in Hawthorne for 2 yrs @ $125/mnth. Raised two kids, bought & re-built a house on wrong side of the tracks worked as an electricians apprentice, framing carpenter, foreman, Butler buildings, side work, delivered the Sun, Auto trader, cleaned dojo, got degree, did research for cia, wife left 1st yr. grad school, child support, carpenter, asst. supe. Liked Gainesville. Came back to DC area -> project manager Architectural woodworking. Never did use degree.Ever meet Mike Mcquire, Bill Angle, Rosi,...
Went through G'ville 2yrs. ago, stopped at Burrito Bros. - Gators were playing didn't get the burro I've been dreamin of all these yrs. Yeah, I guess I remember Gainesville.
Edited 12/17/2008 7:04 pm ET by habilis
Here is a few southern ones:
Corking = calking
Fascial = fascia
Corn corners = quoin corners as in masonry work...
Thing is, some of these guys who use these terms, I'm not sure know they are not correct...
I have heard most of those posted but:
slantandickular is one of my favs
Hammer ding = Union label
dang! That is the most concise personal history I have ever read
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Simple; when you leave out the color...Piffin, thought of you last week. Not sure how to tell you. Was skimming Peter Korn's "Woodworking Basics"; on page 28 he promotes the idea of keeping dw screws on hand for mock-ups, jigs and fixtures. And, gasp, it's published by Taunton.Happy Holidays,Pete O'Day
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Edited 12/18/2008 1:29 pm ET by habilis
As we were pulling 2x2 corner trim from a house, the carp on the escalara commented that it was "handshake"
I said Huh?
"The trim is handshake"
What?
"Finger jointed"
Oh... Yeah... Handshake
Nail gun - Pistola
Nails - Bullets, Clavos
Compressor - Pump
"He hammers like lightning. . . never hits the same spot twice"
"Norski"
Meaning bad or otherwise inadequate construction methods.
I worked with some new guys this summer. We tore apart a place scabbed onto several times and found awful, awful stuff. Like the ledger for the new kitchen floor just nailed right to the 2nd layer of siding, and panel right over that inside...
Every time we'd open something up, Kris would say, "Oh.. NORSKI!"
What the?
"Well that might be how they do it up in Junction City!" (a scandanavian hotbed mini tourist trap, replete with it's own summer fest full of abelskeevers and flags and whatnot...)
As we worked, the talk was always, "JA, JA" Like, is it plumb, "YA?" --- "YA!" Go! Pow, pow...
So I went back to WI for family vaca middle of the job and stopped in Stoughton, where my mother lives--married to 5th gen Norweigan, living on the land his family homesteaded...
Picked up a NW flag for the wife (from Junction City...) and a whole handful of 5cent buttons that read "NORSKI" and "I <HEART> NORSKI" and, best of all, "NORSK, OF COURSE!"
And handed 'em out to the crew.
Very funny--but suppose gotta be there...
Ya, you betcha! Nail away!AitchKay
There's something stupidly funny about 3 guys all holding up a sheet of plywood saying "Ya!?"
"Yah.."
"Ja!"
"Jah..."
bangbangbangbang...
Ok, a few homemade words from when I was roofing with Dale.
Popriveter= Riv-o-later
Decrorative elements of a cornice= Ornamenative, or Decramental.
Impact driver= the Drive-a-lizer
As far as the CH debate, I've seen all the colors, In MY research, the B was for black..which some are as thick as pencil lead and akin to wire wool. Red inbetween the fine golden fleece of Blond.Brown can go anywhere on the scale, it's the blue, purple and green that USED to be blond you gotta watch out for, they are attached to impulsive and tempermental individuals. Often willing to try anything once, twice if they like it, and three times if they live. Piercings and Tatts are more than likely around the corner.
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Edited 12/9/2008 6:36 am ET by Sphere
If I didn't know better, I'd say this place was frequented by a bunch of construction workers...AitchKay
Yeah, we had a job one time where the homeowners had a nice golden retreiver they named "country". I'm not going to tell you what the kids called country when they called him. I think mom and dad might have regretted giving the dog that name. Im going back to the tool department now. :)
"Piercings and Tatts are more than likely around the corner."I never did like those women with corners. Like mine round and soft, regardless of hair colour
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Now that we are done with talking about little kitty cats, let's speak of birds.A crow's foot is the V-shape mark I make to indicate how long to cut it.A bird's mouth is the notch we cut in the bottom end of a rafter.Feathers are shims of one kind or another.A bird's eye view is a 3D drawing of what we are building here - or a rooftop view of the neighbor lady sunning herself on the other side of the fence.Which brings us right back to....Meow
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You stirred my memory.
The neighbor or any other "sight" that should be seen.
When I was building houses, most of our action was in subdivisions.
Instead of being a bunch whistlers or no class drones, we came up with...
WHAT TIME IS IT?
The front door of the house we were working on was 12 O'clock.
If anyone saw scenery the call (yell) was WHAT TIME IS IT?
The answer DON'T KNOW!!
Person who saw would call out the time of the clock to look based on the front door being 12 O'clock.
EG.
SIX O"CLOCK ! If subject was in the ajoining back yard.
Still have flashbacks ( and a giggle to myself) when anyone asks me what time it is.
I had a Norwegian ski buddy who used to say that they have no insanity problems in Norway. They just send 'em all to Sweden where they go into politics.BruceT
"Call 'er Jake" Wet 'er down Bunk Roll trussesSimilar to Gov't Work Tape/Finish Rock Banded lumber Place and swing upright for decking Match 'em up and winThings are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.... Roman Poet Phaedrus 15BC–50AD
one of my first jobs in construction was running a mexican back hoe
It was good exercise but not really developing any construction skills
I would think pimp n would improve the business side of construction skills.
"...a mexican back hoe..."An old neighbor once told me that his car had Mexican steering...manuel. :)BruceT
shiners or smiles = hammer marks
i learned shiners were nails in sheathing that missed the stud/rafter.
the inspector'd look at the framing, and they'd be there, shinin'. i was taught to pound them back out, even if the nailing was sufficient to pass. didn't want the BI axing no questions.
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New tools don't come along often, but the impact driver is one that we use nearly every day (didn't even know about them 2 yrs ago). "Please hand me the impact driver" just takes to long to say. We've been favoring "gimme the zip gun"
I call it the g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g- ............. g-g-g
(Impact driver)
Yeah, we couldn't adapt to "impact driver". We call 'em "Ratatats".
"Stiffer'n a wedding deck" = Something Really hard.
Zozo = Sawzall
That one and "harder than woodpecker lips"
A schosch (?) some type of small measurement- can vary widely depending on the situation
on wack - opposite of off wack
warsher - washer "I know how to spell it man w-a-s-h -- warsh"
That's just a few all from the same guy - man I miss him. He was from Indiana, thought he was a rare breed until he invited me to a BBQ with some of his family and friends from Indiana, guess that's how they grow em there. Ill try to recall more I always wanted to make a desk calendar with a different saying from him for each day, that's how many he had. Man I miss him.
Bevel-lator -- Bevel square
'Skosh' meaning a small bit, from the Japanese word skoshi.
'Mexican solder' - duct tape
'Chimley' - well you know ...
Jeff
"inch monster" as in, "The inch monster got me!"...when you hold your tape on the inch for a more precise measurement and then forget to add the inch to the measurement....ooooooooooohhhhhh I HATE that!
No Coffee No Workee!
Yeah, and I seem to have an inch and a half gremlin too!
I always thought that a ch was reserved for trim carps.--
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Well as we have pointed out, there ch and then there are CH!
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has no one mentioned "pinche" yet?!?
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pinche gabachos
Dead on nuts=perfect. Get his phone number and call him later= Less talking, more working. It must be still growing, The old Union Carpenters say this when the youngsters miss the nail.
Vasectomy = Dead Nuts = perfect
Machinist = Guy who is trying to cut to the thousandth of an inch.
Don't forget teh mailbox= you taken too long to finish.
Ride him like a bike= whats I do to new apprenctices to speed them up.
what ever you do just hurry!, or hurry every chance you get!
ML
"georgia chrome"
"oklahoma credit card"
I heard an elderly carpenter say "that guy was missing more fingers than a Nebraska farmer"
I worked with a guy once who was DEFINITELY half-a-bubble off!AitchKay
His elevator did not go all the way up.Aitchkay
And his porch light had been out for a couple of years.Aitchkay
"oklahoma credit card"My Nebraska father in law calls flip-flops "Oklahoma safety shoes"BruceT
Let me see if I can remember some of them from my early years:
Plumb stick
Suh-wheat (as in sweet)
sca-folding (scaffolding)
scrib as in scribe
shootin blanks (empty nailer)
burn an inch (don't use the hook on the tape measure)
mud master (taper guy)
On the fat or thin side (on the weak or strong side of a measuring increment)
roof goop (black asphalt roofing cement)
Spooge (anything gooey)
Shoot a line (Chalk or laser)
And finally, No one wants to be known as a hack that cobbles things together together.
Blind man would be glad to see it..... Good enough, not quite perfect.
In SF, about a very good carpenter: "He's a good mechanic."
I worked with an old stone mason, who by lunch
had always nipped a little to hard on his flask. At about one o'clock everything became a "GodDamnit".
"Hand me the "GodDamnit." "Anybody seen my GodDamnit?"
Growing up witha single mom, I thought that was my first name
"Goddammit Duane"
But my brother had it worster..he was "Sonofabitch Louie"
If she only knew what she was saying.
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Three finger Louis?
I stopped and used the restroom in a gas station - convenience store and saw that they had "rough rider" brand of condoms in the bathroom vending machine.
Just thought it was a funny name.
Yeah, and on the receiving end of that, you've got those gals who look like they've been "rode hard, and put away wet!"But it would have been wetter still, without those "Rough Rider" condoms.AitchKay
lol
Paint run or sag=Flow indicator
Indrections- what you refer to if you can't figure it out.
I saw a t shirt that said "real men don't read directions":)
From my good friend Dave, plumber=turd chaser.
no offense to our plumber friends.
Not to mention, in that vein, 'spooge'. If you don't know, don't ask.
Jeff
Manana -> if you don't know ask ask the next guy you see at home depot
Heard this one from a Scottsman in England:
On the Pi$$, meaning not level or square.
Derived generally from drunkenness
Dad used to say, "We're not building a watch, just the band!" whenever we were framing something.
Carpenters dream - woman walking by who was flat as a board and needs a good screw.
Get the broom - take a look and see whats walking by. Hand me the broom means hand me the broom. Takes new guys awhile, but they end up catching on.
Im not in a hurry but I'm waiting on ya. I say this to people that walk to slow on a job when they are helping me, or to lumber yards that are running behind on delivery when I call them.October 17th, 2009
Jeremy and Lisa
Was there ever any doubt?
Got a quarter waitin' on a nickle.
San Fransisco sneakers=knee pads
Engineering 101: If it shouldn't move, you need duct tape. If it should move, you need WD-40
PRomotion Boots - knee pads!!!!!!!Dan Lynn, Dan Lynn Construction, Joliet, IL
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"Make mine a double"
Ever heard of a "jury stick" ?
It's what you use when you're laying tile on a wall or you are installing siding and it shows where your joints are going to fall at the windows, doors, etc.
I'm working on a water heater and I went into HD plumbing dept and asked for a 1/2 nipple
Maybe it's just me but it just feels awkward saying that
I had to set a bunch of threaded rod in Epcon epoxy, but I didn't have the required small-diameter bottle brush to clean out the hammer-drilled holes.Then I had a bright idea: there was a kid's store right across the street -- Lego table, Thomas the Tank Engine table, etc -- and I knew they had nursing supplies, too.So I ran over and asked the gal if she had any nipple brushes. She brightened up immediately!I actually think she was disappointed to find out what I really wanted.Funny thing was, I started wishing for whatever she was thinking of!...I did have some Collins Clamps in the truck, but she was more of a freshman, not a grad student...Aitchkay
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You would have laughed yourself silly if you had been with me one day in HD when I asked the female "associate" in the plumbing section, "do you have brass nipples?" She looked at me for a moment , decided that I didn't realize what I'd said, and started to laugh.BruceT
see what I mean
Think that's uncomfortable? Try asking for a bullprick for your jackhammer when it's a gurl behind the counter.
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You went to HD and asked somebody somehing???!!!Turn in your man card....
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"After the laws of Physics, everything else is opinion" -Neil deGrasse Tyson
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If Pasta and Antipasta meet is it the end of the Universe???
How we gonna do that??? ==> J-channel and spooge!!Whatever makes it harder!This Quality chit is a pain in the arse!!.
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"After the laws of Physics, everything else is opinion" -Neil deGrasse Tyson
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If Pasta and Antipasta meet is it the end of the Universe???
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I overheard some people talking about me and they said "he's a real piece of work"I guess they were complimenting me about something
Plus= the measurement plus a thirty second
heavy= measurement plus a sixteenth
proud= either of the above or if something is too long
Shy= minus a thirty second
light= minus a sixteenth
The toe= shoe molding
holidays = skips in paint
buggers or snots= in plastering the high marks on the brown coat
rod = in plastering, the screed. This can be used as a verb as well.
CH= No explanation needed. But for classification we would just yell out the type. "cut a red one shy", or a "plus a blackie" etc.
wondersaw = sawzall
bubble stick = level
bubblenuts = the decorator
pencilneck or the retard = the architect. If he was a good guy and worked well with you it was a sign of respect to call him "The mister/misses" or by their name with Mr., Mrs., or Miss in front of it.
"I'm burnin' daylight" = hurry up
wiz-banged = something that got damaged
incoming = babe alert
Willie Wonka = A room that is neither level, plumb, or square. Usually in very old settled houses.
Chiz-lee later just called the "lee" = chisel