Spyke
lemmy.world

Reminds me of the time when my uncle asked me to go get the dolly from his garage. I, being a kid and having no context for why he’d need a dolly, spent a few minutes in his garage but eventually returned with a Barbie doll still in its box. Fortunately, my uncle just chuckled, clasped my shoulder, and went to the garage to get his dolly so he could move his laundry machine. I often remember that day as a lesson in humility.

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tetris11reply
lemmy.ml

what's a dolly then? some kind of skateboard, right?

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TeryVenenoreply
lemmy.ml

A dolly is a wheeled tool for moving heavy stuff. They come in various shapes and sizes. They generally look something like this

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TeryVenenoreply
lemmy.ml

Wheely transporter? Everyone I’ve ever known has always called these "dollies". Maybe it’s just an American thing. Also I actually looked up dolly to get this image.

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tetris11reply
lemmy.ml

what's the name of that thing that mechanics lie on to slide under cars?

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Not sure, the thing they use to lift it is a car jack but what they lie on? Not sure

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We'd call that a sack barrow on NZ, usually. I'd think of a dolly as being four wheels.

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It's an American millennial thing. From the folks who brought you boaty mcboatface and heckin puppers, it's the "half of our humor is using babytalk out of context" generation

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Probably to allow for a heavier load (clustered) and for keeping the dolly on rails (tilted) although the rails seem proprietary, not something you find just everywhere

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lemm.ee

Is there something to get here or is it….. just a guy upset that he has been handed the wrong tool

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sh.itjust.works

wench (probably referring to 2a):

1 old-fashioned : a young woman or girl

2a old-fashioned : a female servant
b archaic : a girl or woman of a socially low class

3 archaic : a lewd or promiscuous woman : a female prostitute

winch:

2: a crank with a handle for giving motion to a machine (such as a grindstone)

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casmaelreply
lemm.ee

I’m retarded I read it as winch / wrench, and got the wrong end of the far side as usual 🤦‍♂️

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