shoeshine Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Do you mind, some of us are eating:gag: Sorry! ps I'll take my socks off when you've finished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffystuff Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Sorry! ps I'll take my socks off when you've finished! apart from a few crumbs on the keyboard, you can carry on now;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltheof Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 The word has also been transported--I remember when growing up in Oz how the fellows who did the hard work maintaining the long-distance railway lines in Queensland were called fettlers. They used to camp beside the line (in the country) and beg newspapers and odd bits off passengers travelling by in the trains that had to slow down where they were working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoeshine Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 apart from a few crumbs on the keyboard, you can carry on now;) Oh! Crumbs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoeshine Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 i once heard osmeone say "he had a good fettle with that bird he pulled last night" ????? so i thought it meant to grope lol So someone found a use for Dolomite after the Steel Industry was decimated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purple_frog Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 how interesting! at home, i've always heard fettle in the context of "in fine fettle" - in good form/shape, etc - i'd no idea it had so many different meanings to different people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depoix Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 my uncle was a fettler at the english steel,he used a wind hammer to get the extra lumps off castings,made him deaf in the end due to the noise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitehorses Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Course I've heard of fettling, I'm from Sheffield aren't I?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken1 Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 fettle verb (fettled, fettling) 1 pottery to knock or rub excess material off the edges of (a casting or piece of pottery) with fettling tools; to remove visible seams, casting marks, etc. 2 dialect to get ready or put in order; prepare something or oneself. 3 to line or repair (a furnace) with refractory. noun spirits; condition; state of health. fettler noun. in fine fettle in good form; in good spirits. ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon fetel belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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