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Cruelty to Apprentices and Drills for Square Holes
chipenter:
Maids water and a glaziers hammer amonst outhers .
PeterE:
At sea one could be asked to water the compass rose ...
In the workshop one could be asked (or told) to get a bottle of lengtholine (when bits were cut too short) ...
/Peter
wgw:
One I remember- Boy was sent for a pint of pigeons milk and given a shilling. One hour later he came back empty -handed. Said " they had no pigeons milk so I bought you an ice-cream, it started melting so I had to eat it. " True story, Tyneside aprox 1960
shipto:
The bosses son at my place was made to spend a few years on the shop floor to learn the jobs before he went into the offices so he could answer customers questions with some degree of knowledge. one of the first things the foreman asked him upon his elevation to the offices was to get a price for 3/4 fallopian tube. :lol:
lordedmond:
Wot no mention of blue yet :lol:
Stuart
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