|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
Yankee Doodle went to town.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
And remember, it's the same Brits that go around casually knocking people up in the morning.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 3,409
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 3,409 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 618
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 618 |
But "septic" is just so appropriate. 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 609
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 609 |
"split-level" houses
To me at least, (but I may be in a minority of 1) split-level houses are where the house is built on a slight slope so some of a single (or each) floor is at a different level (maybe 3-5 feet) from the rest, rather than where the ground floor is different depending on which side of the house you look at.
Rod
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 4,757
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 4,757 |
casually knocking people up in the morningHey, you've been seriously misinformasticated. This takes years of trainin' and you gotta supply your own long pole 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 53
journeyman
|
|
journeyman
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 53 |
In California we call a drinking fountain a drinking fountain or a water fountain, but I have a friend from Rhode Island who calls it a bubbler. Are there other names for this?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2
stranger
|
|
stranger
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2 |
In Brooklyn NY USA, a fire hydrant was often called a "johnny pump"
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 819
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 819 |
Just as airplanes have terribly unhealthy air.Have you ever considered outside seating?  Some people call "The leaders of the dogs" (Robin Williams' term for a fire hydrant, because the dogs all salute them) a fire plug. This dates from the very early days of fire departments when water lines had tapered wooden plugs driven into them at various points for hose connection.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,773
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,773 |
split-level houses
Around here, a split-level is a house with levels half-stories apart. Usually, there are three levels. The main entrance is on the first (ground) floor, and from there, one does up or down five feet or so to the remainder of the living area. Because the lower level is finished living area, it is partially exposed at least on one side, but not necessarily because it is built on a slope; access to windows and doors can be from dug-outs rather than gradual slopes. Split-levels, most of which were built in the 70s, have their own architectural style - limited to quasi-modern-colonial-revival-mixed-with-contemporary - while walk-outs can be just about any style.
|
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,810
Members9,187
| |
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
|
0 members (),
748
guests, and
1
robot. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
