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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:09 PM Original message |
Did you ever use the term 'snow machine' before the Palins came on the scene? |
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That Is Quite Enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. I know I've always called them boxcutters. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Snowmobiles, parcel vans, and utility knives. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:38 PM Original message |
I first thought he raced a snow grooming machine or something... |
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NEDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. never heard 'snow machine' until they came along |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've never said snow machine or snowmobile |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes, it's what they use to make snow at ski resorts. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. I thought a snow machine was one of those artificial snow makers |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. You're right. |
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WindRiverMan (693 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. It is an Alaskan thing. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Yeah, but no matter how you pronounce it, |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 05:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
36. actually, it's not solely an Alaska thing. I've heard them called |
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mile18blister (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Boxcutter yes. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. That's a snowmaker. n/t |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. I have never used the term "psycho bitch from hell" until now. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. Snow machine was what I called those machines that make fake snow. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. I've never heard boxcutters called anything else |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. "Snow machine" goes with the secret AIP handshake |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. Always called them "snowmobiles" in IL, |
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phaseolus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. I've heard "snowgo" |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Yeah, that's exactly what I always called a box cutter .... |
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ferrferr (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. I worked for Amazon, it's always been box cutter... |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. Most snowmobile owners I know use both terms, |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
18. In Jersey... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
20. That's a Utility Knife, not a Box Cutter |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. That's what they've ALWAYS been called up here. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. What are you even talking about? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. Gotta say I used the word box cutter back in 1980 when |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. I never heard "metro van"...is that an Eastern thing? |
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lithiumbomb (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. i think you might be looking at this too deeply |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. yes |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
29. I used to stock groceries and used box cutters. But snow machines |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
30. Snowmobile, delivery truck/van, box cutter. I've never seen a snowmobile, but I've opened boxes... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
31. "Snow machine" is fairly common here in Canada |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 02:08 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Old? I was born in the eighties and they called them Skidoos where I lived (nt) |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
32. Um, well, no; I live in California's Cent Valley and the only 'snow machines' we use... |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
33. In Michigan, we call them SNOWMOBILES! |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 05:47 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Same here in NY and in fact, I have never heard them called snow machines..ie tv, movies,books, etc. |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
34. Yes, but only in Alaska. I had to have the term explained to me when I first moved there because I |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
37. LOL! When I heard he raced snow machines, I thought..why do they need snowmaking machines in Alaska? |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
39. Snow machine? Yes, but in reference to snow-making, not recreational vehicles. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
40. A Snow Machine to me is used to make Snow on Ski slopes at night when it is cold. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
41. No, Yes, Yes |
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