Re: A Railway Slang Quiz for the Knowledgeable. 
| May 17, 2018 07:00PM |
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Andy Walker Wrote:
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> Total guesses here (and it will probably show!):
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> > 2) Having a boil-up
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> Cooking on the backhead / shovel
Andy did get that #2 correct, restbreak between the 4th and 5th hour for a cuppa. Used to get another after 11 hrs if requested. We stopped working after 11hrs back in 1990.
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> What language do they speak down there again?
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Not Australian
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> Total guesses here (and it will probably show!):
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> > 2) Having a boil-up
>
> Cooking on the backhead / shovel
Andy did get that #2 correct, restbreak between the 4th and 5th hour for a cuppa. Used to get another after 11 hrs if requested. We stopped working after 11hrs back in 1990.
>
> What language do they speak down there again?
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Not Australian
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