Micromeasurements (and Caution: Bad Words)

[BarryBobPosthole]

When I was a kid and worked with my grandpa a lot, his term for just a little bit was a ‘tad’. “Take a tad more out of that board” he’d say. “Cut out the line”

My ag teacher would say ‘skosh’ for a small measurement. “Turn the amperage on that welder up a skosh”. That didn’t mean a lot. It meant a little. You KNEW what it meant.

When I got older and more sophisticated, the ubiquitious ‘Hair’ measurement system kicked in. There was a hair, a cunt hair, and for the finest a red cunt hair. If you think that’s a nasty term, try slipping a manual tranny jackshaft back into the engine when the clutch plate has moved a red cunt hair. It can’t be done.

The modern term I guess is ‘nanofuckit’. That’s how long it takes superglue to cement your thumb and forefinger together if you were wondering. Mainly a measurement of time but is also universal.

Others?

BKB

[Thumper]

Man, you pretty much covered it for me. I could almost cut & paste your post to duplicate my experience growing up.

Not exactly a measurement, but kinda-sorta, my grandfather would tell me to run “out yonder” and “move that sprinkler just a skosh to the left.”

[BarryBobPosthole]

I grew up hearing ‘yonder’ and ‘I reckon’ all the time. On my Mom’s side, my uncles and aunts all pronounced it ‘yunder’. I have no idea where that comes from.

BKB

[johnboy]

It was always blonde not red for that extra fine measurement.

[Thumper]

Actually, that’s how it was with me Johnboy, but I figured since P-hole is the redheaded stepchild around here, I’d roll with the red. ;)

[BarryBobPosthole]

Actually, the real answer is you are both wrong. If I could remember how to post a poll I’d show you. RCH is the universal measurement for ‘finest’. Cause there ain’t nothing finer. BCH must be the metric system.

BKB

[jb]

Similar, but ours was "Royal C.H."

[BarryBobPosthole]

Like the Imperial Gallon I suppose.

I never knew there were all of these different kinds!

BKB

[Chicken Dinner]

Put me in the RCH camp.


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[Thumper]

Put me in the RCH camp.

Royal Cunt Hair? ;)

[Thumper]

I stayed awake half the night deliberating over this and I had to reach WAY back into the old memory banks. I've been between the sheets with quite a few blonds (blondes?) in my earlier days (including my son's baby mama) but very few redheads. That said, one particular redhead stands out and based on memory, I'd have to agree, the RCH would be the finest measurement. :thumbsup

That said, I'll submit another one I grew up with .... I just missed it by a "whisker".

[BarryBobPosthole]

Many times my Momma told me I was only getting by by the skin of my teeth.

BKb

[Thumper]

Many times my Momma told me I was only getting by by the skin of my teeth. BKb

Yeppers ... that was a common one with me also. I guess I never really thought about it before ... I grew up with all sorts of unofficial measurements. I'm just wondering if most of these are a regional thing (Southern, Northern, etc) or pretty much universal?

My mom would say to add a "pinch" of salt.

When I was a kid hanging with my grandparents in the N. Carolina mountains, their neighbor once told me about a great fishing hole on the river. When I asked him if I could walk there, he told me "it's a pretty fur piece"!

When I first introduced my Thai wife to my grandmother (my mom's mom), she took one look at her and said, "Why Jimmy, she's about half as big as a minute!" (she was 4'-10" tall and weighed 95 lbs)

[HideHunter]

red in Iowa.. then there's the classic if you ever worked construction.. reading a tape measure.. "42 and 1/2 an two little ones." I'd do it occasionally - just "cause". ;)

[Thumper]

I never was quite sure how far a "country mile" is, but I've heard it ever since I was "knee-high to a grasshopper".

[jb]

I've used or heard of a" just a TAD more", about a "Schoch" more, and just a "Smigon" more