Yes, as with most things that men do... our hobby is expensive. Limiting the available funds is part of how we keep ourselves from doing the REALLY stupid shit we would do if we had unlimited funds, free time, and no adult/female supervision.
I WISH that the first two were true, but can definitely relate to the issues that result when the latter is...
TEA sans supervision/moderation by the fairer sex:
-Pat
Whatever you do don't bring a woman home. She will think you are a loser or serial killer and run in the other direction.
Tell them they are worth a lot of shoes and business sorted.
... I recapped the PSU and everything was within budget until the CRT decided to shit the bed...
Yes, as with most things that men do... our hobby is expensive. Limiting the available funds is part of how we keep ourselves from doing the REALLY stupid shit we would do if we had unlimited funds, free time, and no adult/female supervision.
I WISH that the first two were true, but can definitely relate to the issues that result when the latter is...
TEA sans supervision/moderation by the fairer sex:
-Pat
What he found was once he was outside of New England he would get really puzzling looks whenever he said something had ‘shit the bed’ because no one had any idea what he was talking about.
... I recapped the PSU and everything was within budget until the CRT decided to shit the bed...
I’m from New Hampshire and a friend of mine from Massachusetts and I were talking about expressions that were regional, that people from other parts of the country just wouldn’t understand. He had been an instructor for a large company and had to travel around the U.S. giving talks to sales managers on the company’s new products.
What he found was once he was outside of New England he would get really puzzling looks whenever he said something had ‘shit the bed’ because no one had any idea what he was talking about. It then became like the joke you have to explain because no one gets the punch line. By the time you're through explaining, everything is still muddied and everyone is still looking puzzled. With the EEVBlogs being international there are a lot of expressions that lose something in the translation but I’m surprised at how ingenious others are at conveying an abstract concept like a joke. ‘Shit the bed’ may be one expression that is very hard to explain.
What he found was once he was outside of New England he would get really puzzling looks whenever he said something had ‘shit the bed’ because no one had any idea what he was talking about.
I find that odd. Everybody understands 'shit', everybody understands 'bed' and at sometime in their early youth everybody has done it. The meaning seems quite innately clear and a little bit of context makes it crystal clear.
What he found was once he was outside of New England he would get really puzzling looks whenever he said something had ‘shit the bed’ because no one had any idea what he was talking about.I find that odd. Everybody understands 'shit', everybody understands 'bed' and at sometime in their early youth everybody has done it. The meaning seems quite innately clear and a little bit of context makes it crystal clear.
What he found was once he was outside of New England he would get really puzzling looks whenever he said something had ‘shit the bed’ because no one had any idea what he was talking about.
I find that odd. Everybody understands 'shit', everybody understands 'bed' and at sometime in their early youth everybody has done it. The meaning seems quite innately clear and a little bit of context makes it crystal clear.
What he found was once he was outside of New England he would get really puzzling looks whenever he said something had ‘shit the bed’ because no one had any idea what he was talking about.
I find that odd. Everybody understands 'shit', everybody understands 'bed' and at sometime in their early youth everybody has done it. The meaning seems quite innately clear and a little bit of context makes it crystal clear.
Agreed.
What he found was once he was outside of New England he would get really puzzling looks whenever he said something had ‘shit the bed’ because no one had any idea what he was talking about.
I find that odd. Everybody understands 'shit', everybody understands 'bed' and at sometime in their early youth everybody has done it. The meaning seems quite innately clear and a little bit of context makes it crystal clear.
Agreed.I thought that was an old man's problem only
Pat what`s up with the 575?
Yes, as with most things that men do... our hobby is expensive. Limiting the available funds is part of how we keep ourselves from doing the REALLY stupid shit we would do if we had unlimited funds, free time, and no adult/female supervision.
I WISH that the first two were true, but can definitely relate to the issues that result when the latter is...
TEA sans supervision/moderation by the fairer sex:
-Pat
Pat, need to get all that gear working and setup where it can be used. Thats the fun part.
The connotative value here is that the thing in question has died or, as you on the other side of the pond might say, "gone tits up".
That's not exactly obvious in a literal sense from the saying; though may or may not be apparent from individual context. Even from your dissection of the term my first assumption would be that the thing or person had done "something very embarrassing, but that has happened to almost every one of us"...
mnem
Etymology is not "the study of insects".
@Cerebus: ROFLCYCIH!
@Cubdriver: Better all that TEA than THIS: (Attachment Link)
mnem
"Honey, come move this transmission so I can take a bath... " ~ True Story.
What he found was once he was outside of New England he would get really puzzling looks whenever he said something had ‘shit the bed’ because no one had any idea what he was talking about.I find that odd. Everybody understands 'shit', everybody understands 'bed' and at sometime in their early youth everybody has done it. The meaning seems quite innately clear and a little bit of context makes it crystal clear.The connotative value here is that the thing in question has died or, as you on the other side of the pond might say, "gone tits up".
What he found was once he was outside of New England he would get really puzzling looks whenever he said something had ‘shit the bed’ because no one had any idea what he was talking about.I find that odd. Everybody understands 'shit', everybody understands 'bed' and at sometime in their early youth everybody has done it. The meaning seems quite innately clear and a little bit of context makes it crystal clear.The connotative value here is that the thing in question has died or, as you on the other side of the pond might say, "gone tits up".
Or become "US" (unservicable), according to legend invented during WW2 to annoy the friendly invaders
Say what you want we stole your women.
Say what you want we stole your women.
Those weren't women, those were dockers in dresses. How many women do you see with lush beards and hands so rough you could sandpaper with them (outside Arkansas, obviously)?
Er Med, you do realize that those are actors don't you?
We definitely only let the Yanks near the Dockland Drag Queens - War ministry edict - all the actual tottie was needed for the Brylcreem boys in the RAF.