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14-12-2011, 23:37
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Thresther
Had a problem last Friday, my thresher broke, went to Homebase, didn't have a clue what I was after, suggested Screwft, tried them, and after 20 mins one searching the computer, the other seaching their catalogue, they couldn't help either, so I promised them when I got a new one, I would use the old one as a suposistry on the pair of them. Went round to Whewells, no they hadn't had any for 5 years, tried Jewsons, same story they'd never heard of them, try thowd chap in timber store, he knew what I wass after, but they had none.
Came home, and after as search on the net, finally found what I was after.
Stormguard Rain Drips & Door Seals @ JAS Hardware Suppliers Blackburn Lancashire North-West UK. / JAS Timber / Timber Doors Windows Stairs Pine Furniture Kitchens Blackburn Lancashire UK
Got one today, paid a visit to Screwfit on my way back, they don't like it upem.
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15-12-2011, 00:04
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Re: Thresther
Its a while since I heard one called that.
They probably thought you were looking for agricultural machinery.
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15-12-2011, 11:53
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Re: Thresther
Better known now as Door Sills but they still should have understood what you meant.
Have you put fresh straw down for Christmas?
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15-12-2011, 12:29
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Re: Thresther
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Originally Posted by Benipete
Better known now as Door Sills but they still should have understood what you meant.
Have you put fresh straw down for Christmas?
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Thats the next job, they are not door sills Screwfit had a lot of those, but they were no good for what I wanted.
Last edited by Retlaw; 15-12-2011 at 12:34.
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15-12-2011, 12:58
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Re: Thresther
Never heard the word except in connection with agriculture. Should it be thrreshold? Screwfix have a lot of those on their website. From the website you posted Walter it looks like what you wanted is called a rain deflector.
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15-12-2011, 13:38
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Re: Thresther
nah it was always Thresher susie. back in the day.
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15-12-2011, 13:53
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Re: Thresther
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Never heard the word except in connection with agriculture. Should it be thrreshold? Screwfix have a lot of those on their website. From the website you posted Walter it looks like what you wanted is called a rain deflector.
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That may be what they call them now for posh folks, but when I fitted the first one 40 odd years ago they were called threshers, when I went to Whewells, he immediately knew what I wanted, when I went to JAS Timber he knew what I wanted.
Lots of things have changed over the years, dust bin chaps are now called Refuse Disposal Officers, but they still empty dustbins, only they now call them wheely bins.
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15-12-2011, 13:58
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Re: Thresther
Definately thresher, I imagine it's a corruption of the threshold which was used to keep the straw on the floor in houses in days past.
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15-12-2011, 14:12
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Re: Thresther
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Definately thresher, I imagine it's a corruption of the threshold which was used to keep the straw on the floor in houses in days past.
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As always the clue is in the name,It was used to hold the straw (thresh) in place.
Hence the name Threshold.
I never heard of a bride being carried over the thresher.
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15-12-2011, 14:15
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Re: Thresther
I stand corrected. Obviously been away from here for too long.
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15-12-2011, 14:21
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Re: Thresther
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I stand corrected. Obviously been away from here for too long.
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You mean away from Accy, Sue?
We don't still have straw on the floor over here...!!
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15-12-2011, 14:26
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Re: Thresther
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You mean away from Accy, Sue?
We don't still have straw on the floor over here...!!
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Have you got sawdust now or that new oil cloth stuff?
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15-12-2011, 14:42
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Re: Thresther
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You mean away from Accy, Sue?
We don't still have straw on the floor over here...!!
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Ha ha baaa baaa humbug!
I meant it sounds like a local word but it obviously isn't. But it's not in my Chambers Dictionary.
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15-12-2011, 14:46
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Re: Thresther
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Originally Posted by susie123
Ha ha baaa baaa humbug!
I meant it sounds like a local word but it obviously isn't. But it's not in my Chambers Dictionary.
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Change to Collins
Definition of thresher | Collins English Dictionary
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15-12-2011, 14:57
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Re: Thresther
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That's a different version of the word to the one we're looking for.
When I get home tonight I'll see if it's in Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.
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