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    Quote Originally Posted by Saitch View Post
    Why is it that there is no 'D' in refrigerator but there is in 'Fridgie'?
    Must be so that they're not referred to as 'Frigies' or 'Frigers'.
    I used to spell fridge 'frig' just for that reason but got in trouble? Grumpy old buggers threadGrumpy old buggers threadGrumpy old buggers thread

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    Quote Originally Posted by rick130 View Post
    I used to spell fridge 'frig' just for that reason but got in trouble? Grumpy old buggers threadGrumpy old buggers threadGrumpy old buggers thread
    frig1

    /friɡ/

    vulgar slang
    verb
    verb: frig; 3rd person present: frigs; past tense: frigged; past participle: frigged; gerund or present participle: frigging



    • have sexual intercourse with.




      • masturbate.








    exclamation
    exclamation: frig



    • expressing anger, annoyance, or contempt.








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    Stolen from the Internet:

    Why is it spelled fridge?

    To answer your question, there is no “d” in “refrigerator” because it's a loanword from Latin, but pronounced according to the pronunciation rules of the later Romance languages; there is a “d” in “fridge” because, as a short word with a short vowel, it's subject to our original set of Germanic spelling rules rather ...







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    Quote Originally Posted by rick130 View Post
    I used to spell fridge 'frig' just for that reason but got in trouble? Grumpy old buggers threadGrumpy old buggers threadGrumpy old buggers thread

    Maybe it was what you writ on a client's invoice & your pencil lead broke. ie. " Oh FRIG"

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    So, do 'Frigmobile' still operate?
    'sit bonum tempora volvunt'


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    Quote Originally Posted by Saitch View Post
    So, do 'Frigmobile' still operate?
    Sure do, a division of John Swire.
    If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    Sure do, a division of John Swire.

    Lets hope Swire put some big money into them. The Co. I was with in another life serviced their Freezer Vans & a bigger motley heaps of old **** systems you never did see. Mind you, that was probably 50 years (half a century ago) so they probably have invested heavily in new up to date equipment by now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4bee View Post
    Lets hope Swire put some big money into them. The Co. I was with in another life serviced their Freezer Vans & a bigger motley heaps of old **** systems you never did see. Mind you, that was probably 50 years (half a century ago) so they probably have invested heavily in new up to date equipment by now.
    Probably not, just a tin of Dulux. To put it delicately, they weren't renowned for their high wages, either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jonesfam View Post
    Dream? Nightmare!
    Same sort of thing I guess.
    Jonesfam
    You're in Outback Qld, so you can do 500 ks and she can do 500ks, so can't you just take a tent, meet in the middle somewhere between Doom and the Curry and send her to the bank on her return trip?
    I remember passing through some pretty isolated locations in that area.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    You're in Outback Qld, so you can do 500 ks and she can do 500ks, so can't you just take a tent, meet in the middle somewhere between Doom and the Curry and send her to the bank on her return trip?
    I remember passing through some pretty isolated locations in that area.
    Not really.
    Yes in QLD you can drive 500k - as long as you are not entering a Discrete Community!
    All Aboriginal Communities are the above.
    To enter (or re-enter) an Aboriginal Community you must have a Pass that has been approved by the Council, Police & some Covid-19 mob in Brisbane. Doesn't matter that you are a resident.
    The Council knocked me back. They will have a hard time getting after hours fuel from now on!
    We can travel to the boarder of the Burke Shire (surrounds Doomadgee Shire) but once you cross that you need the Pass to get back in.
    And, yes, there are police stopping all travellers to check.
    Even on the back roads which the police are only patrolling I know my luck I would get stopped.
    There are several locals, nurses & teachers doing 14 days at the Burke & Wills Roadhouse because they thought "She will be right."

    My boss has instructed me "If you leave Doomadgee you better bloody well be able to get back in."
    So here I am & here I stay!
    For the foreseeable future anyway.

    Jonesfam
    PS I am sending my Asst Manager, he is single, got the Pass & I couldn't car less if he did 14 days locked up.

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