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Points: 20031 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2009 at 06:25
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

A shed, Neil?  My god man how many do you have?







The way he said "A shed" gave me the distinct impression that it's actually a close neighbour's shed and it was blown into Neil's garden during a storm.
 
By the way, what's the collective noun for a group of sheds?
A shedload?
An Arthur Jackson?


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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2009 at 06:38
Don't know about that, but Atavachron came across like our our version of Lady Bracknell*: "A Shed?"


* Apologies to Andy

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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

A shed, Neil?  My god man how many do you have?


I can reveal Neil's nickname could be "Two-Sheds"
 
 
one shed in the garden.....and an engine shed Wink
 
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2009 at 06:50
Close but no Havana - he does have an engine shed, but not in his garden, wherein stand two edifices (edifici? ) of wooden construction, paint stirring stick storage for the use of.

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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2009 at 06:55
Incidentally, MF, re your signature "If you surround yourself with 1800 drums, I think you start to disappear up your own backside"

You have seen this shot of Terry Bozzio, I take it??



Somebody's compensating for something...

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^ Crikey, even our Scotty "loadsadrums" Higham doesn't have that many!  Do you think his drum tech gets extra for that lot???   (doubt it!) 
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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Incidentally, MF, re your signature "If you surround yourself with 1800 drums, I think you start to disappear up your own backside"

You have seen this shot of Terry Bozzio, I take it??



Somebody's compensating for something...
 
 
anyone seen Terry Bozzio lately....? he seems to have  disappeared...Ermm
 
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Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

anyone seen Terry Bozzio lately....? he seems to have  disappeared


maybe he sucked his cheeks in so hard, he imploded...


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So right as England is getting completely buried in snow and services are shut down, I thought it would be the perfect time to order an expensive box set to have shipped overseas!  Just brilliant on my part.  Ermm

How are the delays at Heathrow and Gatwick, anyway?


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Everything's pretty much back to normal now, so your expensive box-set should be winging its way as we speak...

...via Terminal 5 to outer Mongolia

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Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

A shed, Neil?  My god man how many do you have?


I can reveal Neil's nickname could be "Two-Sheds"
 
 
one shed in the garden.....and an engine shed Wink
 
 
I do indeed have two sheds in my not particularly large garden.  One full of junk and tools and one with bike and motorbike inside.  The big shed is a massive 12' x 10' as well.Tongue
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

A shed, Neil?  My god man how many do you have?







The way he said "A shed" gave me the distinct impression that it's actually a close neighbour's shed and it was blown into Neil's garden during a storm.
 
By the way, what's the collective noun for a group of sheds?
A shedload?
An Arthur Jackson?
 
I think you'll find that the collective noun is allotment, as in the sentence 'Neil's got a fine allotment of sheds in his garden'. This can, of course, give rise to a sentence like 'Jim's got a fine allotment of sheds on his allotment', which is one of those vagaries of the English language that causes bafflement and confusion to non native English speakers (such as our splendid American counterparts), foreign English speakers and indeed those unfortunate enough to be blessed with neither sheds nor allotments*.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*Or to put it another way, anybody who's got a life.
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I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

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Points: 65505 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2009 at 22:14
Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

which is one of those vagaries of the English language that causes bafflement and confusion to non native English speakers (such as our splendid American counterparts)


I resemble that remark
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Points: 4252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 01:04
Originally posted by Neil two sheds Neil two sheds wrote:

Originally posted by mystic one shed fred mystic one shed fred wrote:

Originally posted by Jim one rather snowy shed Garten Jim one rather snowy shed Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron the 'A' shed Atavachron the 'A' shed wrote:

A shed, Neil?  My god man how many do you have?


I can reveal Neil's nickname could be "Two-Sheds"
 
 
one shed in the garden.....and an engine shed Wink
 
 
I do indeed have two sheds in my not particularly large garden.  One full of junk and tools and one with bike and motorbike inside.  The big shed is a massive 12' x 10' as well.Tongue
 
 
Shocked  12' x 10'  - that's one helluva shed Cool
 


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Points: 1497 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 02:20
Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

Originally posted by Neil two sheds Neil two sheds wrote:

Originally posted by mystic one shed fred mystic one shed fred wrote:

Originally posted by Jim one rather snowy shed Garten Jim one rather snowy shed Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron the 'A' shed Atavachron the 'A' shed wrote:

A shed, Neil?  My god man how many do you have?


I can reveal Neil's nickname could be "Two-Sheds"
 
 
one shed in the garden.....and an engine shed Wink
 
 
I do indeed have two sheds in my not particularly large garden.  One full of junk and tools and one with bike and motorbike inside.  The big shed is a massive 12' x 10' as well.Tongue
 
 
Shocked  12' x 10'  - that's one helluva shed Cool
 
 
It has history as well.  It's been the mess shed and tool store on many of our building sites in the 1980s before languishing in our builders yard near Aylesbury for 10 years or more.  I finally brought it to its current home three years ago where it now has a proper concrete base and regular coats of creosote (substituteAngry).  It has finally found a pleasant pasture in which to finish its shed days.
 
Collective noun for sheds:  "firerisk"LOL
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Originally posted by Neil Neil wrote:

It's been the mess shed and tool store on many of our building sites in the 1980s before languishing in our builders yard near Aylesbury for 10 years or more.  I finally brought it to its current home three years ago where it now has a proper concrete base and regular coats of creosote (substituteAngry).  It has finally found a pleasant pasture in which to finish its shed days.


I concur - after a long & active life, your shed can spend the rest of its life in the peace of the Gloucestershire countryside, with views over open fields.



Ever thought of putting it out to stud?

Originally posted by Mystic Fred Mystic Fred wrote:

12' x 10' - that's one helluva shed


Aha - do I detect a hint of shed-envy?

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Points: 4252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 04:18
"Aha - do I detect a hint of shed-envy? "
 
noooo....   Ermm though remember the famous proverb -
 
"it's not the size of the shed but what is in it that counts,"
 
can't remember who shed it though ..Wink
 
 
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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 04:33
It is possible to express admiration for somebody else's shed without being envious, and let's face it, 12' x 10' is an impressive size. In fact, it would be interesting to see some photographic evidence (what a giveaway!).
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 06:16
Here you go...

Originally posted by Neil Neil wrote:

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It's not a shed -it's a small house !
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