BYC Café

[FortCluck]

Sounds like a bra size!

I was going to say they have bigger ones than I do and I'm jealous

 

[ronott1]

We are dealing with no heat last night I told husband that I was very cold and I realized that the heater is not working.

Someone is on their way to hopefully fix it and husbands boss told him to leave early so that he can take care of me.

Our heater went out last winter(Central air natural gas). It would up being the flame inducer fan. I fixed it myself but it took me some time to figure it out!

 

[ronott1]

Electrical in houses is one thing we never mess with. I've heard bad stories from a friend who works with HVAC systems. He has been electrocuted a few times.

He was shocked. Electrocuted is dead by electric shock traditionally. It does appear that the meaning is changing though

 

[FortCluck]

He was shocked. Electrocuted is dead by electric shock traditionally. It does appear that the meaning is changing though

It means injure or kill someone by electric shock.

I do know the end of a finger blew out

 

[FortCluck]

Our heater went out last winter(Central air natural gas). It would up being the flame inducer fan. I fixed it myself but it took me some time to figure it out!

This was just a loose wire I don't touch wiring and the electrician said that's the smart thing to do.

Feel incompetent when I have to call people to fix things. Usually we do it ourselves.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Actually, electrocuted does (did?) mean death and not just injury.

 

[ronott1]

Actually, electrocuted does (did?) mean death and not just injury.

That is the thing about language, definitions change over time. Since I am getting older, I am sometimes surprised by the new meanings

 

[Meg-in-MT]

That is the thing about language, definitions change over time. Since I am getting older, I am sometimes surprised by the new meanings

Well, I heard the other day that "irregardless" is so common place it will become accepted. I almost cried.

 

[ronott1]

I know! That one bothers me too. Here in the English Dept., the undergraduate counselor uses irregardless a lot and technically it is not even a word!

 

[N F C]

Well, I heard the other day that "irregardless" is so common place it will become accepted. I almost cried.

Noooo, say it isn't so Meg! That word always makes my teeth hurt