Hey foreign guys...Yankee question

[hairyyoda]

Long handled shovels, spades and other long handled garden/allotment/agricultural hand tools are easier to use over a long working day, you might move/shift a bit less material per scoop but there is a lot less back ache when used on a reparative long job. "A good pitch fork will need at least 5 foot plus of handle to handle and balance well, you can move a huge load of wood chippings/sawdust with a long handled shovel with hardly any back ache. There was a time when the older generation would only be seen opening up a row of potatoes with a long handled potato shovel/spade. Different parts off the country have different styles and shape of billhooks, axes, shovels, spades, forks etc. etc. very serious subject with some collectors and some sought after vintage makes don't come cheap. Only of relevance if you have interest in a vegetable patch or you like trashing brambles with vicious long handled slasher
Your not going to need to use a long handled shovel if you live in a second floor flat in Knightsbridge

Thanks all. Phil

[rodp]

Long handled shovels, spades and other long handled garden/allotment/agricultural hand tools are easier to use over a long working day, you might move/shift a bit less material per scoop but there is a lot less back ache when used on a reparative long job. "A good pitch fork will need at least 5 foot plus of handle to handle and balance well, you can move a huge load of wood chippings/sawdust with a long handled shovel with hardly any back ache. There was a time when the older generation would only be seen opening up a row of potatoes with a long handled potato shovel/spade. Different parts off the country have different styles and shape of billhooks, axes, shovels, spades, forks etc. etc. very serious subject with some collectors and some sought after vintage makes don't come cheap. Only of relevance if you have interest in a vegetable patch or you like trashing brambles with vicious long handled slasher
Your not going to need to use a long handled shovel if you live in a second floor flat in Knightsbridge

Thanks all. Phil

And here's me thinking all along that the shovels were normal, it's just Yanks are short

[nealh]

Long handled shovels, spades and other long handled garden/allotment/agricultural hand tools are easier to use over a long working day, you might move/shift a bit less material per scoop but there is a lot less back ache when used on a reparative long job. "A good pitch fork will need at least 5 foot plus of handle to handle and balance well, you can move a huge load of wood chippings/sawdust with a long handled shovel with hardly any back ache. There was a time when the older generation would only be seen opening up a row of potatoes with a long handled potato shovel/spade. Different parts off the country have different styles and shape of billhooks, axes, shovels, spades, forks etc. etc. very serious subject with some collectors and some sought after vintage makes don't come cheap. Only of relevance if you have interest in a vegetable patch or you like trashing brambles with vicious long handled slasher
Your not going to need to use a long handled shovel if you live in a second floor flat in Knightsbridge

Thanks all. Phil

And here's me thinking all along that the shovels were normal, it's just Yanks are short

Just short handles

[sunndog]

Yeah, i get the pitch fork thing. ours is about 5 foot long and you need that for throwing mini bales to the top of the stack

Couldn't be doing with it on a shovel though, if the films are to be believed its the standard shovel of the merkin. Seems like hard work to me

[rodp]

Yeah, i get the pitch fork thing. ours is about 5 foot long and you need that for throwing mini bales to the top of the stack

Couldn't be doing with it on a shovel though, if the films are to be believed its the standard shovel of the merkin. Seems like hard work to me

In all the films I've seen they all wear black and white striped overalls as well, must be an American thing, a sort of digging uniform

[sunndog]

Everything is black and white in all the films you've seen though rod

[rodp]

Everything is black and white in all the films you've seen though rod

.................... ..................... Time is on my side now And vengeance is sweet

[sunndog]

Time is on my side

Not at your age mate!




oooh, two burns in one night

[rodp]

Time is on my side

Not at your age mate!




oooh, two burns in one night

Can't really argue with that

But I've time enough to wait a little while

[Frogman Ladue]

Necro thread.

I need some translation help from you guys.

I have a friend in UK that I am trying to talk him out of buying a vintage American truck "project".

In conversing about the project, he wishes to place a modern manual transmission in a very old truck. I know the transmission will not fit.

In all my Yank wisdom, I made the statement that "you are going to have some problems trying to shoe horn a manual into that truck. The "shoe horn" statement blew his mind. "Shoe horn" is a slang term here for "It is not going to fit"...as in you need a "Shoe horn" (the tool used to put on dress shoes that are too tight) to physically get the transmission in the hole...if it will even fit.

What would be the "proper" (more like "rough") english slang way to tell him, "It ain't gonna fit".

Thanks.