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Re: A nice summer surprise
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date: 
Thu, 19 Jul 2001 12:38:15 GMT
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Mr L F Braun wrote:

In lugnet.trains, Bob Hayes writes:
In lugnet.trains, James Stacey writes:
Its a fact that whenever you buy a box of LEGO from a car boot sale (here in
cardiff at least) It'll have a good few Tyco And MegaBlox in it.

I do enjoy binning them

James,

My English ain't so good.  Please translate: "car boot sale" and "binning"
Thanks

Bob

   Fellow 'Muricans (and Britons):

   Here's a useful idiom-digger for US/UK idioms.  Who knows, it
   may help save a life (or avoid a head scratching):

   http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/dict.html

   But in short, "binning" = pitching/tossing/----canning/throwing out;
   "car boot sale" has no direct analogue, but it's a sort of impromptu
   flea market, held literally out of people's car boots (trunks, to
   those in in the US).  I'd say "garage sale" but it's really not
   quite so static or formal.

Hamfests (events where ham or amateur radio enthusiasts gather, not
places to find the latest scoop on cured pork) often have a "tailgating"
area which is basically the same thing, though semi-formalized (it's
usually free or just a few bucks). It has a nice advantage over having a
table in that when you feel your sales have almost stopped and you want
to go inside and see what else is for sale you can just throw the good
stuff back in the car and leave the junk with a "take me" sign or an
envelope with an "honor system" sign.

--
Frank Filz

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(...) Fellow 'Muricans (and Britons): Here's a useful idiom-digger for US/UK idioms. Who knows, it may help save a life (or avoid a head scratching): (URL) But in short, "binning" = pitching/tossing/---...g/throwing out; "car boot sale" has no (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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