Andrew wrote: > An esky is a cooler type thingies that you place your snags >and tinnies when you and the missus are on the way to a mates >barby. It keeps them cool and the flies off, refer here: >http://www.nylex.com.au/esky/history.htm >In terms of forgetting things, I also forgot the stump jump plow, the >Totalisator betting system, the bionic ear, the torpedo, Race cam, >the ute, the electric drill, the notepad, the black box, ready mix >concrete and atomic absorption spectroscopy.
Right, got it, thanks - or most of it. But you forgot that totally essential tool the leg-pull (I'll swallow the ready-mix and the spectroscope, so to speak, but not the electric drill). It's a helluva pity South African slang is incomprehensible to anyone else... > The wine cask is a cardboard box that contains a plastic >bladder with a tap/valve arrangement that allows wine out of the >bladder but not air in, hence the wine does not sour. It comes in 2lt >and 4lt sizes, or if you are very thirsty, there is always the 10lt Brown >Brothers cask. If you have any appreciation of wine, you would refer >to the contents as "cats urine", on the other hand many a teenager >has a cask of goon, as it is usually referred to, to thank for their first >"naughty". It was developed in Geelong in about 1965. Actually the >2lt Yalumba's make good cooking wine, that is if I can keep the wife >out of it ;) Right, got that too. Cheapo Cape wine (untranslatable slang, fortunately) used to come in a half-gallon glass bottle with a wide mouth to make it easier and a handle you could hook your thumb through while balancing the bottle on your elbow, which was then raised steadily. Well, less and less steadily. When you eventually fell over, breaking the bottle (if not your thumb) you'd take care to hang onto the neck for subsequent use as a chillum. Good design, with the customer in mind, very ergonomic. But we didn't claim to have invented bottles. Cardboard casks, whatever next. regards Keith > Andrew//*******************************************************\\ >|| "Two things get me out of the water quickly: || >|| sharks and toilet paper." || >|| Billy Connelly || >||*******************************************************|| >|| Andrew Lowe B.Eng.(Civil) GradIEAust PEng || >|| Wombat High Tech *|* Eng. App. Programming || >|| [EMAIL PROTECTED] *|* Melbourne, Australia || >|| www.wht.com.au *|* C, C++, MDL, Java || >\\*******************************************************// ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Take the Yahoo! Groups survey for a chance to win $1,000. Your opinion is very important to us! http://us.click.yahoo.com/NOFBfD/uAJEAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
