Dave Karoly, post: 378029, member: 94 wrote: It sounded like not-not not naught naught.
An interesting read about nought, naught, ought, aught, ect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_the_number_0_in_English
James
Brad Ott, post: 377382, member: 197 wrote:
I said, "actually son, the industry term for that is 14 balls."
You could have told him "That's 14 Ott Ott"
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James Fleming, post: 378046, member: 136 wrote: Burton Cook...pay attention.
Burton was an old school, fist fighting, Surveyor. I would say hard drinker but I don't remember ever seeing him drink anything alcoholic.
His favorite story he told me, because he had owned a house on the same street on which I lived, he came home early to that house one day and found a strange man in his bathroom. The man was having an affair with Burton's wife. So they commence to fist fighting and it turns out that man was a Sacramento PD police officer (although we lived outside the City Limits). So a whole fleet of SPD cruisers showed up to support their buddy. So Burton took on a good chunk of the SPD force single handed.
We were taught to call out 11 as elephant so it would sound different than seven. Naturally in the 70's when Cheech and Chong did Sister Mary Elephant 11.00 became sister mary balls. I'll have to admit that turned a few heads.
linebender, post: 378334, member: 449 wrote: We were taught to call out 11 as elephant so it would sound different than seven. Naturally in the 70's when Cheech and Chong did Sister Mary Elephant 11.00 became sister mary balls. I'll have to admit that turned a few heads.
When you're communicating at a distance verbally, some things can get misunderstood. 5 sounds like 9 and 7 sounds like 11. We always used "cinco" for five and "niner" for nine. Seven was seven, but we used "ee-owe" for eleven. We hollered a bunch and used semaphores before someone came out with affordable two-way radios. Hollerin' is probably a lost art nowadays.
paden cash, post: 378364, member: 20 wrote: When you're communicating at a distance verbally, some things can get misunderstood
Get the gun out and we'll shoot these corners in; might get you in trouble today, or at least questioned by the guys driving cars with sirens.
paden cash, post: 378364, member: 20 wrote: Hollerin' is probably a lost art nowadays.
did you ever meet anyone that used these?
We used these: except the right hand was 1,2,3 starting at the top; 4,5,6 was the left hand starting at the top; both hands was 7,8,9 starting at the top and 0 was an X across your chest.
11 was always railroad and yes hollering is a lost art. I've seen my guys use radios 10ft apart. SMH
Hand signals per display #2 above.
1 was right hand up.
Would hold white plate size plastic buckets for extra long observance.
11 started out PUNK and later went with PUNT
14+00 was and still is 14 balls.
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Brad Ott, post: 377382, member: 197 wrote: My nearly 13 year old son looks out the mini van window at a stop light and sees 14+00 written on a lath set in the median.
He says, "that's 14 butts."
I said, "actually son, the industry term for that is 14 balls."
He said, "really?, that is awesome!"
Top notch parenting. It has its fun moments.
I'll bet you 10 to 1 that SWMBO wasn't in the car. 😉
FL/GA PLS., post: 378430, member: 379 wrote: I'll bet you 10 to 1 that SWMBO wasn't in the car. 😉
OK...old joke time..
Johnny wouldn't sit still in class. He kept fidgeting around in his chair. Finally Miss Flanders called him out and asked him what his problem was.
"My nut sack itches!" Johnny announced.
A little chagrined, the teacher leaned over and quietly corrected him, "Scrotum, Johnny."
Johnny snapped back at her, "Hell, I've been scrotin' them all morning and they still itch!" :pinch:
(insert rim-shot and cymbal crash)
- Waiting on the instrument operator.
- Still waiting.
- Trying to get the IO's attention.
- "Hi!" Finally got IO's attention.
- Oops, I guess not. "Hello?!"
- My neck itches.
- Reaching to get radio, realizing it was left at the truck.
- Got another itch...
- There must be lots of bugs here, I really itch a lot.
- Oh, there's an ant hill that I've been standing on this whole time!
How about the old "left it in the box" joke?
Brad Ott, post: 378448, member: 197 wrote: How about the old "left it in the box" joke?
I love a good old classic joke.
For some reason it reminded me of the first female I ever had on a crew, Pam. She tried really hard and wasn't too bad of a help, but the other guys gave her "the business" all the time. Most of the time they chided her for not knowing our local "vocabulary". Having worked at several places I was aware that every place is different and everybody uses different words and procedures. I encouraged her to try and pick up the slang we used as best she could.
Something that was particularly funny was when she first ran the level rod. The instrument man pointed the barrel at the rod, focused it, then hollered "Rock it!"...Pam didn't know what to do so she started a little hip-grinding dance while still holding on to the rod. She was truly "rockin' it"...;-)
