The Shed
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NOOLigan wrote: colour screen and 3 meg camera for starters.
And?*
*Comrade remembers he said the same when Mac introduced a color screen and Comrade was using B&W... 
NOOLigan wrote: it is just too painful too post here today. even dial up is quicker.
You need to bring a laptop. It's not like it weighs anything, FFS.
i don't have a laptop yet. i the meantime a treo will be a nice substitute. plus i need a new mobile phone.
NOOLigan wrote: i don't have a laptop yet. i the meantime a treo will be a nice substitute. plus i need a new mobile phone.
Yeah. So any other advantages to a Treo, besides color and camera? Any advantages to a Blackberry that a Treo doesn't have?
okay it took me 4 submits and 10 mins to post that. the system here is really slow to day. it really isn't worth it today. :(
Morning folks!
Don't know how I'd be surviving at the moment if it weren't for the footy! Looking forward to the England game tonight 
Progress on my garden wall is slow - it's a right pain trying to get square blocks to form a circle... 
But I have most of the first row of blocks laid now, so hopefully by the weekend it'll be mostly finished and I can get planting!
SHEDi xxx
Minx wrote: Random time to write random lyrics.........
there's a rumour how could it be true they way that people talk it's as if they knew and though I try I hope you understand if I'm alone with you it could get out of hand
AAAAGGGGGGHHHHH Why do I complicate my life?
Electronic - Dark Angel 
Though I keep wanting to think it's ut Of My League, for some reason...
SHEDi xxx
Leave Me A Gnome wrote: Morning folks! Don't know how I'd be surviving at the moment if it weren't for the footy! Looking forward to the England game tonight
SHEDi xxx
been there done that.
Minx wrote: Good morning all. Has world war three broke out?? haven't checked yet.
dunno. i missed the early news. :D
Ah well,
If the world is about to end at least we are all too happy pottering in our shed to notice
And my music is on loud enough that I wont hear the giant space bulldozers coming
You mean the huge yellow something's that hang in the air exactly the way that bricks don't?
Pah we've had a good innings, would prefer it was just US checking out of course, the roaches have been waiting quite a while on their chance.
Doctor? wrote: You mean the huge yellow something's that hang in the air exactly the way that bricks don't? quote] That's the chappies Doc....not seen any of those buggers about on your time-travels have ya?
Isn't bulldozer a very peculiar name for what it is.....,what's that all about???
“Bulldozer” today most commonly refers to a kind of earthmoving tractor with a blade attached to the front. It can also mean a kind of bully or steamrolling force—a metaphorical meaning that, one would guess, came from the earthmover idea. In fact, the exact reverse is true.
Bulldozer and bulldoze (the verb) are US slang that first turned up in the late 1800s to mean something intimidating or bullying, either literally or metaphorically. In at least some uses, large-caliber handguns were called “bulldozers.”
The word first popped up in print in newspapers, where it was frequently used along with a self-conscious explanation of its meaning. These etymologies generally claimed it came from “bull-dose,” a supposed slave plantation term for a whipping so severe it was a “dose” of punishment that would harm even a bull.
This is fairly believable, especially presuming the influence of such terms as “bullwhip.” However, there are reasons to doubt it, especially since no one has found an independent prior usage of “bull-dose.” It is just as likely to be pop etymology that helped cement the intimidating tone of the word.
It’s significant that at the time, “bull” could be used as a prefix in slang to denote something large. So a “bull-dose” could simply be a large dose of anything. But then, it’s also unclear how “dose” shifted into “doze”—if that’s indeed what happened. Early citations varying in their spellings, making it unclear which came first.
The overall sense of these early newspaper definitions is of someone trying to definite and phonetically spell a slang term from the street. So I don’t put a lot of stock in either the meaning or the spelling, though they do agree on the word “dose” being the basis. Still, a corruption of “bulldogs” or even some playful term like “bull does” (as in “how a bull behaves”) seem as likely to me.
It’s worth noting that while somewhat synonymous with “bully,” “bulldoze” has no etymological relation to that word. But they certainly came to converge in meaning nonetheless. In part, that seems to be because people mistakenly assume “bully” stems from the word “bull,” which it doesn’t.
In that vein, it’s interesting to note that at the same time “bulldozer” was slang for a gun, so was “bulldog.”
Anyhow, it was about 1930 that the earthmover industry picked up the pushy-sounding “bulldozer” as a term for its tractor.
The metaphorical meaning of a bully or overwhelming force remains, of course. But today, virtually everybody presumes it comes from the earthmover term. So there is almost always now an implication of a pushing, thrusting, flattening force that was not present in earlier meanings of “bulldoze.”
(from stupidquestions.net)
SHEDi xxx
from wikipedia:
Around 1880: In the USA, a "bull-dose" was a large and efficient dose of any sort of medicine or punishment. 'Bull-dosing' meant a severe whipping or coercion, or other intimidation such as at gunpoint. 1886: "bulldozer" meant a large-caliber pistol and the person who wielded it. Late 1800s: "bulldozing" meant using big force to push over or through any obstacle. Later: applied to the vehicle. These appeared as early as 1929, but were known as "bull grader" blades, the term "bulldozer blade" does not appear to come into widespread use until the mid 1930's and now refers to the whole machine not just the attachment.
Thanks but I'm not sure I trust wikapedia as anyone can put anything in it can't they. Not that I would ever cause mischief....:conscience:
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LOL...for a linux head I should have taken my own most common advice (RTFM!) instead of sending you guys.
brilliant work team :D
