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If someone offered you, for example, a shed load of bricks, would that be enough bricks to fill up a shed, or would it be the same as a load of bricks that had been shed off a lorry if it had rolled over.
I've not actually been offered a shed load of anything recently, just my random thought for the day.
Somewhere between a hut load and a garage load if the former..?!
4 1/2 shed loads = a job lot
Do not confuse a shed-load with a sh!t-load. Different thing altogether.
A little more than lots, but less than oodles.
And 72 bucket loads = a shed load
is that a metric or imperial shed?
Years ago, my uncle was offered a shed load of wood, as in a a load of wood that fell off a lorry. (A lorry had fallen off the A14 and shed its load of wood). I've always thought of a shed load as being that which came off a lorry ever since. So in answer, a shed load is that which fits on a lorry.
26.7 cubic ft
[i] Do not confuse a shed-load with a sh!t-load. [/i]
I'm guessing a shed-load is way bigger, so the order is
One
Some
Loads
Oodles
A multitude of innumerable defined objects
A sh!t-load
A shed-load
But what's after a shed-load?
But what's after a shed-load?
Pay attention 0016!
B.A.Nana - Member4 1/2 shed loads = a job lot
I feel both ashamed and dirty, thepurist. 😳
Now go and stand in the corner and think about what you've done 😉
* moves to corner, standing *
Yessir!
But what's after a shed-load?
It then goes into multiples of sheds:
Decka-shed
Hecto-shed
Kilo-Shed
Giga-Shed
Tera-shed etc
until you reach the theoretical limit
Known as McMoonter, which is a quantity of sheds just the other side of infinity and which increases exponentially. Brian Cox has declared this to be proof of god.
Years ago, my uncle was offered a shed load of wood, as in a a load of wood that fell off a lorry.
Every day is learning day here at STW 😀
Metric or imperial shedload? They still use the imperial shedload in the states, though they tend to call it a hutload.
But what's after a shed-load?
Not a ****-ton then? EDIT: rhymes with huck
I was once staying in the Officers Mess at Cranwell and they had a shed built up in the lobby area that was full of beer. It was a prize for that nights dining-in night, 'Win a shed load of beer'. The beer was drunk by 10pm at which point the shed was set on fire.
So... if someone offers you a shed-load of stuff, how can the volume you receive be accurately quantified? It may be a shed-load, but unless you have some measure to hand, you may only get oodles.
Do you need a shed for this?
* yearns for sheddage *
Metric or imperial shedload? They still use the imperial shedload in the states, though they tend to call it a hutload.
No, no, no - a hut-load was the old Whitworth measure, the Yanks still use shack-loads...
But what's after a shed-load?
Several quantities.
johnellison - MemberNo, no, no - a hut-load was the old Whitworth measure, the Yanks still use shack-loads...
You're right enough, my apologies- I've been dealing lately with hillbilly engineers who insist that their shackloads are "cabin loads" and that confused me.
the Yanks still use shack-loads...
Uh, no, that's a provincial term, confined to Alabama and the northeastern fringes of Kentucky. I'm surprised I have to tell you this. 🙄
And an imperial shedload is defined thusly:
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Does any one else but Derbyshire folks use the sayings...
Rook-of
Forgle-of
These aren't quite as big as a shed-load, but they're more than a barrow-load!
the Yanks still use shack-loads...Uh, no, that's a provincial term, confined to Alabama and the northeastern fringes of Kentucky. I'm surprised I have to tell you this.
Apologies, my mistake - I'm getting it mixed up with the old Louisiana chaque-load which was based on the pre-Napoleonic French measure of the same name...
You're bang on the money with the chaque-load, JN. No arguments there. Fats Domino has been known to eat "a chaque-load of Gumbo" on occasion.
what about if a load of sheds is shed off the back of a lorry?
Fats Domino has been known to eat "a chaque-load of Gumbo" on occasion.
Correct. And Napoleon Bonaparte, before he became Emperor, suggetsed during the Reign of Terror that the [i]Sans Coulotte[/i] be dispersed "avec un chaque-load du grape-shot, squire. Ricky tick!"
It then goes into multiples of sheds:Decka-shed
Hecto-shed
Kilo-Shed
Giga-Shed
Tera-shed etc
then Mega-shed, or as its been nicknamed, a 'footflaps'.
Quite simple really. A 'shed load' is equal to half a 'Klondyke'.
where does ''a pocket full'' fit into this.
pretty low down to be honest
Now all I can do is wonder... what has totalshell got in its pocketses?
Nothing, hes just pleased to see you.
Given my foxiness, I expected nothing less. 😀
For context, I confess that people often try to give me loads in sheds.
How many shed loads to a Wales or is that mixing up volume and area?
Really we need to compare to a london bus, an olympic swimming pool, an elephant or Trafalgar Monument, as these seem to be standard units of measurement.
How many shed loads of wood has McMoonter got?
Metric or imperial shedload? They still use the imperial shedload in the states, though they tend to call it a hutload.
Actually, the US are so far behind they don't even use Imperial, they use the system we used BEFORE Imperial!
is a shed load the same as a man-cave load? would shed be imperial and man-cave metric?
A shed load is less that a wheen.
A shed load is quite a lot, apparently
but is "a lot" just quite a large amount or is it the amount that you buy at auction ?
In Liverpool they measure volume in lorras. It's a Saxon measurement originally I think.
konabunny - MemberIn Liverpool they measure volume in lorras. It's a Saxon measurement originally I think.
I thought the Scouse unit of weight was the alloy wheel?
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I thought the Scouse unit of weight was the alloy wheel?
It is, abbreviated to "A"
The odd thing is, they don't have a plural version of the "A", so if they need to enumerate several alloy wheels, they have to say "A! A! A!"