Assume v. Presume

[Trev]

I lose the will to live when I open those threads.

 

[gomezz]

Dead ones, presumably.

How can they be livestock if they are dead?

 

[Black Hole]

Who said anything about live stock?

 

[prpr]

Isn't stock the stuff in the bottom of the roasting tin when you have roasted a joint?

No. It's what you get when you boil the bones/carcass etc. in water.

 

[Black Hole]

...with a liberal sprinkling of root veg, celery, etc.

 

[trog]

Stock car racer?

 

[EEPhil]

I'll agree with stock car van, but racer - in a Morris Minor!

 

[MikeSh]

It's Wallace & Gromit's van, isn't it?

 

[Black Hole]

It's the yellow snow warnings that you need to be really careful to observe.

Yellow snow warnings are in force again today, presumably issued by those who expect to get caught out in it.

 

[EEPhil]

That's going back a bit! Are they taking the p...?

 

[EEPhil]

It's Wallace & Gromit's van, isn't it?

I think W&G's van is an Austin A35. Also, don't think they use blatent advertising. eg. Duck matches rather than Swan. OXO a bit of a giveaway.

 

[EEPhil]

[With tongue firmly in cheek - mainly because I don't understand the new usage of the term "leverage" myself - and it usually p's me off that people pronounce it the American way]

It strikes me that sweeper could be leveraged to create medialist titles if necessary.

How on earth can you prise a piece of software out of your Humax using a crowbar and pivot and create media titles?

 

[MikeSh]

and it usually p's me off that people pronounce it the American way

Made me stop and think. I would probably use both pronunciations - for physical effort like to someone struggling to lift a paving slab: "You need more leeverage" but if talking about finance I'd probably use the American "You need more levverage".
As software is not physical I'd probably use the American.

 

[af123]

mainly because I don't understand the new usage of the term "leverage" myself

Let's use "persuade" instead. Oh, wait, at least in my workshop that has both meaning too (but more often involves a hammer than a crowbar)

 

[prpr]

but more often involves a hammer than a crowbar

https://hummy.tv/forum/posts/114082

 

[Black Hole]

Yeah yeah, I'll hold my hand up to that, but it is tricky thinking of a less Americanised synonym. "Employ" or "use" don't quite cut it. The intention is to express the idea that particular capabilities might be used to good effect.

 

[EEPhil]

Let's use "persuade" instead. Oh, wait, at least in my workshop that has both meaning too (but more often involves a hammer than a crowbar)

The "celebrity builder" Tommy Walsh (Ground Force), has been known to refer to his hammer as a persuader.

 

[Black Hole]

A hammer drives, a screwdriver turns.

 

[EEPhil]

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

 

[Trev]

Use a hammer for putting screws in, and a screwdriver for taking them out is the proper way.