[ARC5] Some nonsense about drifts and the English language. (Was bearings for DM-28 dynamotors)

[Joel R Roberts]

Hi Bill and everyone. I am a Nurse and we try very hard not to use the 
"oops" term. Most people don't like hearing when a physician or other 
medical type person is working on them. and a big "no no" in 
surgery......My 2 bits worth......Joel    KB0FPT
On 11/26/2014 2:15 PM, Bill Cromwell wrote:
> In my hands that "podging tool" might become a "bodging tool"...
>
> Somebody added to this thread a comment about most of us (most of the 
> time) being clear enough. There is a word most people know- "oops". 
> That word isn't in the dictionary because of the time or two (maybe 
> more) when *I* got it wrong. When I see something that doesn't fit I 
> can usually interpret from context. If it's especially bad or not 
> decipherable I can just ask.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill  KU8H
>
>
>
> On 11/26/2014 01:19 PM, Mike Hanz wrote:
>> Pin punch is U.S. convention, John, and has been for many years.  I 
>> just bought a new set of Starrett drive pin punches, and they have 
>> the same name in my 1938 Starrett catalog.  However, Commonwealth 
>> countries seem to generally call it a pin drift.  Same problem with a 
>> spanner versus a wrench. Need to keep in mind the audience around 
>> here - they sometimes get all bound up in nouns that mean the same 
>> thang.  That's why I simply called the "dynamotor pounding tool" a 
>> "1/4" brass rod..." :-)   I *do* like the term "podging tool", but 
>> its use might be limited to some obscure corner of Liverpool or 
>> something...
>>
>> Mike  KC4TOS
>>
>
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