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Ah - living in the UK I thought that would be some kind of weird spider or snake or something. Thanks for that. We don't have weird dangerous stuff here except
by philbarr 13y ago
Ah - living in the UK I thought that would be some kind of weird spider or snake or something. Thanks for that.
We don't have weird dangerous stuff here except for the politicians and bankers.
- jacquesm 13y agoApologies, I spent too much time around loggers. I'd hate to be under a tree that sheds politicians and bankers :)
- Xophmeister 13y agoWe still have trees, here...
- daemin 13y agoIn Australia, and I had the same thought, that 'widowmaker' referred to a spider.
- epochwolf 13y agoOr any number of dangerous mammals. ;)
- timv 13y agoIn Australia here, and I knew exactly what he meant. I guess it just depends on whether you've done much tree-work. (I'm ex-SES in an area with lots of National Parks/State Recreation Areas)
- bmunro 13y agoWidowmaker was also the name used for the hammer drills used in the Australian goldfields. The dust from the drilled rock got into the miners lungs and killed them prematurely.
- ben010783 13y agoWhen talking about watercooled VWs, it refers to this jack: http://www.quickcashauto.com/How-To-Articles/images/Jack.jpg http://www.quickcashauto.com/How-To-Articles/images/Jack.jpg The term seems to be used for all sorts of things.