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Don
All I know is that if his wife is following, he may well become a gelding.
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I think we're well beyond hoping his wife isn't followingAll I know is that if his wife is following, he may well become a gelding.
I've met a few of the wives around here and I'm impressed the members are still alive and healthy
140mower
Don
I keep an updated obituary in my back pocket, as I am pretty sure that my contract is on shaky ground on a good day.I think we're well beyond hoping his wife isn't following
I've met a few of the wives around here and I'm impressed the members are still alive and healthy
I think you're on good ground if the wife answers the door and points the gun in a safe directionI keep an updated obituary in my back pocket, as I am pretty sure that my contract is on shaky ground on a good day.
YMMV
I think you are trying to make us feel guildy? Like we've done something rong?
And from the oxford
And so it would appear that both are valid depending on your choice of reference.
verb vs. adjective vs. noun
Ya, I considered that too.
I found all the forms of gild that you would expect.
This seems very off topic for this forum, but this is a case where modern dictionaries don't help as much as they might. The word form gilt is an older one - from a time of more ambiguity between the verb (the action of adding gold) and the adjective (a description of gold having been added) was greater. After the great vowel shift, and before the grammarian codification - sometime between Chaucer and Shakespeare - if anyone really wants to explore this part of the lexicon in more detail, it is so off topic here, that we should probably take it off line
1018Machine
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Nice gift! Not sure how much you plan to use it but there are some fantastic mods out there along with some upgrades to the delivery system to allow for very precision metering and so on. Check out "Tacoma Company" both on YT and online. I made all the upgrades to mine and can do some pretty fantastic stuff with it as far as finishes go.
Have fun with it!
I'm going to upgrade the lights and likely do the manifold mod.
You might be right.
A few of the old secretaries whose grammar and spelling were impeccable, taught me that the Oxford Dictionary (a large 2 volume pair of books kept at the office) was the only one that could really be trusted. It has gild not gilt. That's why I prefer gild.
But since gilt does appear in other dictionaries, and is some cases separately as noun/verb/adjective, I'm simply going to accept that both are commonly used and therefore both are ok no matter what I prefer. Life goes on.
All kinds of language mean only what other people can understand from it. That's one of the problems with those who claim 'perfect' spelling or grammar. And everyone should choose the words that make sense to them
One simple example pertinent to this form is that what we call a gib, is a wedge. No one who knows machines would call it a wedge, but someone who doesn't could.
So whether you use the obscure Scottish ones; the half Gaelic ones from Wales; English in the various iterations; or the very technical ones we generally use here on the forum - The most important thing is that we understand one another
One simple example pertinent to this form is that what we call a gib, is a wedge. No one who knows machines would call it a wedge, but someone who doesn't could.
So whether you use the obscure Scottish ones; the half Gaelic ones from Wales; English in the various iterations; or the very technical ones we generally use here on the forum - The most important thing is that we understand one another
I always assumed a wedge was intended to force things apart or keep things apart. Basically the business surfaces are firmly in contact with adjacent material.
Whereas a gib is more about the wedge shape (and material and surface finish) achieving a precision fit, a defined dimensional SPACE between its mating surface during operation.
AI definition. (I may have coaxed it a bit until it agreed with me LOL)
Or in German....
@mbond I agree 100% with your comment about the main objective should always be to achieve understanding.
FWIW, not all gibs are wedges. Some are just long uniform sized plates pushed against another sliding surface with multiple screws along its length.
But your example is a really good one to show how communication can easily break down. Imagine explaining how to adjust a tapered gib to someone who has a gib like I described above.