the story of Standard Temperature

[Phil]

Or, as my grandfather once told me, "All you need to learn carpentry is some nails and a hammerfor."

"What's a hammerfor, grandpa?"

"Knocking the nails in."

(Boom, boom.)

Phil M1GWZ

(Footnote: in the UK Midlands, a hammer is commonly called a "Birmingham screwdriver".)




On 9 Nov 2015, at 14:33, Richard O'Neill wrote:

> On 11/9/2015 12:44 AM, Alex Fraser wrote:
>> On an email list once a guy asked "what is a  Whitworth?",  Some wag answered "two half wits".  That pun has infected my brain for years...
> 
>  On a morning report of overnight activities someone, I ain't saying who, once wrote, "Does anyone know what happened to our Henway?"
> 
> When the chief of operations read it he asked the day supervisor, "What's a Henway?" Of course the immediate reply was, "about two pounds".
> Another gotcha from the night crew. :-) 
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