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all true..
we have a few regular car boot sales here in Cardiff wales as people do all
over the UK,
depending on the weather, usually 100 - 300 cars full of old junk (some
people will buy anything...really) and some fantastic gems. The beauty is if
you do find Lego amongst the junk its usually priced at around £1.50 for a
red tub or the like. If your committed and go every week you get great
stuff, technic test cars for £5 castles and pirate ships for £10
how I love them
"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message
news:GGpEuA.Go5@lugnet.com...
> 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.
>
> best
>
> LFB
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