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Re: what is it

Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:47 am

hang the expense wrote:Thats easy, A ching-a-derra


So you think it's made in Mexico?

Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:19 am

James D wrote:"This" is a pronoun. :D


...normally used in place of "that", and if you don't know what "this" means "that" doesn't matter.

Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:45 am

It's obviously part of the Rigaborta Fortastat System as installed on North American Phlanx C-8 aircraft.

Fleet16b

Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:21 pm

"What is this?"


Well, of course that depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is. :roll:


SN

Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:11 pm

OK, so I see a threaded socket for a "blulb" and would anticipate that when the plunger is depressed, the light goes on. Otherwise, it's a Johnson Rod actuator.

Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:40 pm

Easy. . . it's a discumbobulated fratistat.

Actually, it resembles a 1960s-1970s Ford automobile brake light switch (although I know that's not what it is).

Cheers!

Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:56 pm

Looks like the crappy hookah pipe my college roommate fabricated in shop class.

Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:05 pm

Holy crap you guys its a freaking quarter! :)

Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:11 pm

Just for the un-informed,
a Thingamajig, is used to join 2 parts together, hence the "jig".
a thingamabob attaches to a single part
a whatchamacallit, is a higher quality thingamabob.

Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:32 pm

It clearly is one of those thingys that you use you know, it sometimes or sometimes doesn't attach to other deals. Sort attaches to the other thingy, kind of helps to keep all of the other parts sort of together but apart but sort of in a stand alone manner almost like a whatchamacallit but just doesn't have those deals on the side. I don't know if you remember that movie where they were using those but it had those guys who were doing that thing with aircraft. It was sort of a drama, comedy, documentary, love story type thing. It wasn''t actually part of the movie but it was implied. Actually I think it was in the book but they took it out for the movie.

Re: what is it

Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:27 pm

King wrote:
hang the expense wrote:Thats easy, A ching-a-derra


So you think it's made in Mexico?


This one is very easy, actually:

Ching - chinese part
derra - irish part

So, it is a mexican-irish taco cutter.

Saludos,

Tulio - wordsmith

Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:52 pm

Image

Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:28 am

AH HA! S
o that's what a smoke shifter looks like...I've bee looking for one of those for 30 years...

Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:49 am

James D wrote:"This" is a pronoun. :D


Winner. Close the comedy portion of this thread.

Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:54 am

OH NO, Mr. Bill!!!!!!!!
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