:eusa_doh:Well, it was really only a set in a filming studio, so...
:eusa_doh:Well, it was really only a set in a filming studio, so...
Where I come from if it looks like the temp will drop to 30º or below, we are advised by the wx man to turn on
the outside water faucets to a drip to avoid lines busting. But the freeze is only for a couple of days at most.
How the heck do you manage this where it is super cold up where you live & avoid a huge water bill. I 'm guessing
that your water lines are different ?
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Might be because rural people are likelier to know what a "mill" is?
May back in this thread there is some discussion of phrases which reference barnyard animals -- "mad as a wet hen," "stubborn as a mule," and a few other ones perhaps unfit for a family forum, and of which most speakers these days have no firsthand experience.
... One word or term is the use of "leagues" instead of "miles" to describe the amount of distance covered
on a day to day. There are other terms that are archaic to me, but were in vogue for the times. ...
Around here, we think of paper mills. And you *don't* want to be put thru one of those.
Maybe those among us who were actually in Vietnam during the American military involvement there could confirm or dispute what I heard from one such veteran, who informed me that "kilometer" was commonly abbreviated to "click" by the American GIs.
Can't say that I have heard that usage in any other context. Of course, I live in the U.S.A., where we much more commonly measure distances in miles, so the occasions for using such a slang term would be few.
Did we have "going like sixty" or "going a mile a minute" for something fast? From the days when 60 MPH was a terrific speed.
My home base was Guam during Vietnam. I remember that term
back then. Another slang term
was "gooks". I never bothered to find out the
meaning or origin. Was too busy trying not to
be so scared & get some peaceful sleep . lol !