QuacksO's definitions
"The 'speed' of the Internet --- i.e., how long web-pages take to 'load' and/or respond to you mouse-clicks --- will be in direct inverse proportion to how urgently you need to view the desired material; the connection will be even slower at times there's someone else waiting for you who's also in a hurry.
My buddy needed me to hastily Google engine-bolt-torquing specs during an emergency-repair task he was struggling to get done before a downpour, but the Web was "slower dan molasses runnin' uphill in da wintertime" --- it was a classic "Murphy's Law of Internet-Speed" scenario!
by QuacksO July 28, 2018
Get the Murphy's Law of Internet-Speedmug. Subaru executives had da exportise to finagle their way around da infamous "chicken tax" when selling their foreign-made "Brat" models to da US; they simply mounted bucket seats in da beds of their small pickup trucks, and thus they could market them as tariff-free passenger vehicles, rather than light trucks. If da vehicles' owners subsequently converted them into standard pickup trucks by simply removing said seats, dat wasn't Subaru's problem.
by QuacksO January 31, 2023
Get the exportisemug. Da average time in da early morning when da "man of da henhouse" lets off his famous loud wake-up call.
In da infamous "which side of da barn-roof does da rooster's egg roll off on" riddle, it doesn't matter if you state dat said event happens at 6 o'cluck or 8 o'cluck or anytime in between --- roosters don't lay eggs, so it's immaterial what hour you specify dat he crows.
by QuacksO October 22, 2020
Get the 6 o'cluckmug. A U.B.D. for your pooch-pal.
Now dat he's been fitted for a scooby-diving suit, da '70's-and-'80's-kids' favorite Great Dane can now help his super-sleuth owner look for evidence in lakes and rivers, as well as on dry land.
by QuacksO March 19, 2020
Get the scooby-diving suitmug. A designated person at a betting-meet who retains and cares for one or more juicy sirloins that have been put up as the winner's prize.
For a long-term meat-based wager where any butchered beef might go stale if stored till the end of the betting-period, a steakholder could also mean someone who cares for one or more head of live cattle that's being offered as the prize at said later time.
by QuacksO February 2, 2020
Get the steakholdermug. A molding process whereby precious metals are melted down and formed into household items, sporting-goods, etc., enabling their buyers to be less "obvious" or "visible" in their acquisition of said valuable minerals than they would be if they simply purchased coins, bars, etc.
Two excellent examples of investment casting would be electrical/plumbing components and golf clubs, which can be formed from gold, silver, platinum, etc. and installed/stored in the investor's home without anyone's being the wiser.
by QuacksO May 18, 2019
Get the investment castingmug. I used to have to stop at a pay-phone if I wanted to speak with any of my fellow truckin' buddies; that was way back BCB.
by QuacksO December 28, 2018
Get the BCBmug.