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Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 1:28 pm
And no one has said "Bubbler" for #2. I found that usage in my research on One-room schools from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mid-America.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 2:00 pm
Yeah, and some regions of the country don't call #5 fire hydrants either...
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 2:06 pm
I was waiting to see if anyone called it a bubbler. That's one of my fun memories of my drum and bugle corps/winter color guard days. We were at a show in the Midwest, and after the show we were hanging out with some girls from a Milwaukee group. When they asked us if we knew where the bubbler was, we had no idea what they were talking about! .
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 2:18 pm
purse pancakes water fountain basement (if dirt floor, then "cellar") fire hydrant love the term bubbler!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 2:32 pm
handbag pancakes (the nearest equivalent in England would be Scotch Pancakes but as they are always called pancakes here, that's what I call them now too) drinking fountain cellar fire hydrant (no English equivalent)
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 3:11 pm
And no flapjacks for the pancakes? Did anyone say "short stack?" What is the other name for a fire plug or a fire hydrant?
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 4:30 pm
Purse Pancakes water fountain basement fire hydrant
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 5:06 pm
purse pancakes drinking fountain basement fire hydrant
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 5:19 pm
Max mentioned "bubbler" and that was too tall, or I would have considered calling it a "short stack". Some info on fire hydrants/plugs: Fire Hydrant Colors Fire hydrants are painted different colors to allow firefighters to quickly identify the flow rate of any fire hydrant. Knowing the flow rate of a fire hydrant tells them how much water it can provide for firefighting operations. The four basic colors of fire hydrants and their respective flow rates are listed below. RED Red fire hydrants have a flow rate under 500 gallons per minute. YELLOW Yellow fire hydrants have a flow rate between 500 and 999 gallons per minute. GREEN Green fire hydrants have a flow rate between 1000 and 1499 gallons per minute. BLUE/LIGHT BLUE Blue or light blue fire hydrants have a flow rate of 1500 gallons per minute or higher. More On Fire Hydrants There are two types of fire hydrants, wet barrel and dry barrel. As the name suggest, wet barrel fire hydrants have water in the barrel at all times, whereas dry barrel fire hydrants do not. Dry barrel fire hydrants are used in areas where freezing temperatures are common. If wet barrel fire hydrants are used in freezing climates the water inside can freeze and damage the hydrant. The blue reflectors often seen in streets are used to mark water sources; most commonly these water sources are fire hydrants however they can be lakes, ponds, or any other water source. A device known as a "Pitot Tube" is used to measure the flow rate of a fire hydrant. When early municipal water supply systems were installed under brick streets, notches were cut out of the pipes to allow quick access to water for firefighting operations. A plug was inserted into the hole and usually stuck above the street level to allow easy location of the water source. These plugs sticking up were known as "fire plugs". In many areas fire hydrants are still known as fire plugs.
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Puppylov3
Member
01-26-2004
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 5:43 pm
bag (or purse- but I call mine a bag) pancakes drinking fountain basement hydrant intersting info on hydrants!
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Lyn
Member
08-07-2002
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 5:58 pm
Question 2 socks veranda elastics couch trunk Question #3 purse pancakes water fountain basement fire hydrant
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 6:02 pm
You mean there is a logic to what our municipal governments do????? Thanks, Sea!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 8:35 pm
This Soda or Pop Survey can be taken at this site, if you're interested in participating on an "official" level. Once again, I thank Texannie for bringing this topic to us in the first place.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 8:36 pm
Well I wonder.. I do remember living somewhere where you could adopt a hydrant and paint it to look like Snoopy or some other character, so not sure about the color coding! I do know about the blue dots on streets or driveways that alert the FD to the location of hydrants, which is a timesaver when there is an emergency. And I had no idea about the origin of the term "fire plug!". I'm enjoying these questions!!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 8:46 pm
Hmmm, didn't see any reference to flitters or flapjacks... See you in the morning! 
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 9:31 pm
I'm enjoying the questions also . And I'm loving reading everyone's responses. Thanks Vee!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 9:40 pm
Pay attention to the blue dots... you can tell exactly WHICH side of the street the hydrant is on by the location of the dot compared to the center line. We no longer have red hydrants in San Diego. I don't know if that means they are all the higher flow (yellow) or what. I remember when they first tried to go to a different colored fire truck, people didn't recognize 'em and move outta the way. In fact, my father drove the first light lime green truck to San Diego (he was an engineer -- driver -- in the SDFD then). And we never get 'em opened up to play in here! <pout>
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, January 17, 2005 - 7:20 am
As you know, this thread is all about what you call it. It’s not so much about dictionary definitions (even though I did learn a lot from Urgrace’s definitions — I had no idea that a couch has no back!) as about regional differences, which are always richer and more varied. However, it has surprised me that so many of us use the same names. As always, please go by your first response because there are no correct or incorrect answers. Thanks for adding to the discussion with interesting tidbits. It’s all good! Today’s Set ( I have already lost count...) 1. What do you call the treat boiled in oil and usually served at breakfast? (There are many different names for these treats.) 2. What do you call the little pieces of cloth that one might use to make a quilt? 3. What do you call the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street? (If you don’t know, come up with something!) 4. What do you call this game where children jump from box to box? 5. What do you call it when members of a church or group join for a meal and every family has brought something to share?
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Monday, January 17, 2005 - 7:27 am
1. doughnuts? 2. squares of cloth 3. grass 4. hop scotch 5. potluck
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Monday, January 17, 2005 - 8:19 am
1. Doughnuts 2. Patches or quilt squares or scraps 3. the Parking (or in the case of my house, the ditch!) 4. Hop scotch 5. I call it a potluck, but I've heard it called lots of different things when I lived in different areas. I predict that this answer will have the most variety.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, January 17, 2005 - 8:44 am
donuts squares grass hopscotch potluck
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, January 17, 2005 - 8:46 am
Don't forget to look HERE if you want to participate in an acutal survey about the soda/pop controversy. (I was afraid that it might get lost back there!)
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, January 17, 2005 - 9:02 am
donuts quilting pieces parking strip hopscotch potluck
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Pcakes2
Member
08-29-2001
| Monday, January 17, 2005 - 9:07 am
donuts squares grass by the curb ??? hopscotch potluck
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, January 17, 2005 - 9:21 am
1. Donuts 2. Fabric scraps 3. Grass ?? 4. Hopscotch 5. Potluck
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