20 definitions by tom from the shore
1) A specific type of model electric train. Known both as H.O. scale and H.O. gauge. The letters come from "Half-O", since H.O. was originally half the size of an O gauge train. The scale of H.O. is 1/67, and its gauge is 16.5mm. H.O. trains are the most popular size in the world.
2) the scale of H.O. trains, which is 1/87. It can eb applied to trains, minitaure figures, or model kits.
2) the scale of H.O. trains, which is 1/87. It can eb applied to trains, minitaure figures, or model kits.
1) Jimmy has a set of H.O. trains running in his basement.
The Hobby Shop carries H.O. trains
2) Are those model plains 1/72 or H.O. scale?
This diorama is done to a precise H.O. scale.
The Hobby Shop carries H.O. trains
2) Are those model plains 1/72 or H.O. scale?
This diorama is done to a precise H.O. scale.
by tom from the shore November 15, 2007
Among soldiers in the 1970s, there was no such thing as a sky hook. It was a fictional item used to send rookies on a wild goose chase.
by tom from the shore October 30, 2007
A bartender. So called because Australians gets so drunk that the bartender feels more like a babysitter.
Jimmy is the Australian babysitter at Mickey's Pub.
Joe had a side job as Australian babysitter at a gin mill
Joe had a side job as Australian babysitter at a gin mill
by tom from the shore April 11, 2012
A drunk. So called because Australians have a well-deserved reputation for excessive drinking. It is one of the few things at which they excel, probably because most of them are of Irish or Scottish ancestry.
Benny used to be okay, but since he's been hitting the sauce he has become a real Australian intellectual.
by tom from the shore April 2, 2008
A manual laborer, expecially one involved in digging, excavation. So called because the Australians are known as "diggers" and regarded as being rather dense.
by tom from the shore October 25, 2007
A German self-propelled gun used during World War II. It was an 88mm gun on a Panzer 4 chassis. Literally, Hummel is German for "bumblebee."
A Hummel battery was providing antiaircraft protection for that German convoy.
Two Hummels were destroyed by bazookas.
Two Hummels were destroyed by bazookas.
by tom from the shore April 2, 2008
An older type of toy electric train, so named beccause it was meant to travers a 27 inch diameter curve. Usually sold as a cheaper version of O Gauge, a common train typified by makers such as Lionel. O27 was made by Ives, Lionel, Marx and K-Line. It is still made by Lionel.
O27 has the same gauge (distance bwteen outer rails) as regular O Gauge trains. This distance is 1 and 1/4 inches.
O27 has the same gauge (distance bwteen outer rails) as regular O Gauge trains. This distance is 1 and 1/4 inches.
by tom from the shore November 15, 2007