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the big shiny blue dump truck (do you have a different word for those in British?).
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« Reply #8146 on: 00:08:29, 28-10-2008 » |
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I found the Rook stuck in the dining table centrepiece.  Oh dear. Well it's something he's going to have to get out of because I won't put up with it. Watch this space! Thanks everyone for your ideas. Olly - you've got me worried though. You at least have never grown out of it!  I think the only thing I've ever really grown out of (apart from various articles of clothing) was asthma.
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Milly, what you have to do is improve your game and thrash him every time.  |
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« Reply #8148 on: 00:15:16, 28-10-2008 » |
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After a bit of googling I can confirm the following:
dustcart (British) = garbage truck (American)
tipper lorry (British) = dump truck (American)
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« Reply #8149 on: 00:27:49, 28-10-2008 » |
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I think the only thing I've ever really grown out of (apart from various articles of clothing) was asthma.
(Oh, and not liking girls.)
I've almost outgrown not liking boys, except I find they do still tend to hog the blue dump trucks and knock over the chess pieces in life. Bastards.  |
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« Reply #8151 on: 08:20:35, 28-10-2008 » |
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Funny thing was, I had an image of a tipper lorry in mind when I said dustcart....
I know there's also fender/bumper, hood/bonnet and tailgate/boot, but thinking about this the other day, what do you call the front and back covers of a car with an engine at the back? Is the boot at the front or is the engine in the boot?
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« Reply #8152 on: 08:26:36, 28-10-2008 » |
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In this part of the world dustcarts are called bin-vans.
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« Reply #8153 on: 08:31:29, 28-10-2008 » |
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This has made me pause, albeit briefly, to ponder what I call dustcarts/garbage trucks. I've realised that I don't. I just see one and think 'Ho hum, it's the dustmen'.
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« Reply #8154 on: 08:48:53, 28-10-2008 » |
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the dustmen'.
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« Reply #8155 on: 08:50:47, 28-10-2008 » |
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The older generation here call dustcarts ashcarts.
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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« Reply #8156 on: 09:00:53, 28-10-2008 » |
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the dustmen'.
'Refuse operatives', surely Mort? Not here, they only collect dust. Everything else is too heavy. That's a total lie, our guys are brilliant actually. I just liked the mental image of them carefully carrying a handful of dust to the lorry. |
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"Two wrongs don't make a right. But three rights do make a left." - Rohan Candappa
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« Reply #8157 on: 09:22:28, 28-10-2008 » |
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This doesn't really qualify as a Grump, it's more of an irritated, bemused mutter, but it is bin related. Today is bin day. Yesterday I put out one of the recycling bins and weighted it down with a brick to stop the wind blowing the lid off. Half an hour later I took the other bin out and the brick was gone  Baffled, I hunted around for a while.No brick. The thing is this keeps happening. Is a neighbour building an extension but can't afford any more bricks? Will I wake up one morning and find the front of the house gone? Just plain weird. |
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This doesn't really qualify as a Grump, it's more of an irritated, bemused mutter, but it is bin related. Today is bin day. Yesterday I put out one of the recycling bins and weighted it down with a brick to stop the wind blowing the lid off. Half an hour later I took the other bin out and the brick was gone Baffled, I hunted around for a while.No brick. The thing is this keeps happening. Is a neighbour building an extension but can't afford any more bricks? Will I wake up one morning and find the front of the house gone? Just plain weird. Magpies. |
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"Two wrongs don't make a right. But three rights do make a left." - Rohan Candappa
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This doesn't really qualify as a Grump, it's more of an irritated, bemused mutter, but it is bin related. Today is bin day. Yesterday I put out one of the recycling bins and weighted it down with a brick to stop the wind blowing the lid off. Half an hour later I took the other bin out and the brick was gone Baffled, I hunted around for a while.No brick. The thing is this keeps happening. Is a neighbour building an extension but can't afford any more bricks? Will I wake up one morning and find the front of the house gone? Just plain weird. Magpies. WHAT!!! Haven't Newcastle United got better things to do?  |
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