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1. Nick Star
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   Hi! Need an A-Frame for Thurs. Oct 14. Please let me know! Will take extra good care of it!

   Posted 1 year ago #         

2. MargL
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   Hmmm - so many choices!
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Frame

   I'd like to borrow Disney's Contemporary Resort for a day... promise to pay a damage deposit!

   Posted 1 year ago #         

3. redblack
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   nick: you mean an a-frame for moving granite or glass?

   Posted 1 year ago #         

4. Ken
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   I'll take the "Whataburger" for 200 Alex.

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataburger

   Posted 1 year ago #         

5. Ken
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   Nick: What is an "A-frame" on your planet. Request for ambiguous geometric shapes, while entertaining, are unlikely to get you the help you apparently need.

   Define A-frame and someone might have one.
   Pick from the list:
   * A roof on a home
   * A frame camping tent
   * Folding ladder
   * Double wishbone suspension (cars)
   * Some suspension bridges
   * A-frame for hang gliders, trikes, and ultralights
   * at the stern of ships for fishing or research
   * The main building of Florida's Disney's Contemporary Resort, in which the Walt Disney World monorail has a station
   * Some Wienerschnitzel and Whataburger restaurants use the A-frame
   * The London Eye is supported by only one A-frame on one side.

   A saw horse is an a-frame structure as well. I have several of those you can borrow.

   Posted 1 year ago #         

6. redblack
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   ken, it would probably be difficult to borrow most of the things on your list, except for a step ladder, which i have never heard referred to as an a-frame. if it's a tent frame, the OP stated one specific date, so my assumption would be that he would probably not need a tent, unless he's maybe doing something nefarious in camp long and wants to remain unseen. also, an unpaired saw horse has limited use, and the OP specifically requested an a-frame.

   i was thinking practically, but practically not thinking.

   Posted 1 year ago #         

7. JoB
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   redblack...

   i thought of a similar apparatus used to hoist car engines..

   Posted 1 year ago #         

8. Que
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   redblack - those are the things listed on Wikipedia under "A-Frame"

   Posted 1 year ago #         

9. West Seattle Art Attack
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   I need an A-frame too. Please deliver it to my house on that street in West Seattle. You know, the street with the tree? Leave it in the driveway next to that sweet car that should be sitting there. . . . . And I want a good A-frame, not a scratched up one. By noon or forget it!

   Posted 1 year ago #         

10. Que
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    WSAA - YOU are hilarious!!! That totally cracked me up!!!

    Posted 1 year ago #         

11. sam-c
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    when I saw A-frame, I thought it meant they needed a sawhorse. I didn't realize there were so many other options!
    (the 2 saw-horses we have are home made, out of scrap wood pieces, so not really transport-able....:)

    Posted 1 year ago #         

12. homedk
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    Perhaps it is an A-board(a freestanding sign)?

    Posted 1 year ago #         

13. KBear
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    "And I want a good A-frame, not a scratched up one."

    Make it a noice one. And not too expensive!

    Posted 1 year ago #         

14. sunshine
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    I'll wager a 10$ donation to the west seattle food bank that the OP wants this kind: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pnl.gov/contracts/hoist_rigging/images/a_frame_fig1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pnl.gov/contracts/hoist_rigging/a_frames.asp&h=480&w=432&sz=49&tbnid=VwkDJ8jAifkUFM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3DA-frame&zoom=1&q=A-frame&hl=en&usg=__AoobTcnmnRhWejgQGAU9rxrildU=&sa=X&ei=hPmvTIWwDIS4sAOauuHyAw&ved=0CDoQ9QEwBg

    Posted 1 year ago #         

15. JoB
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    sunshine...

    i couldn't take that wager because i agree with you...

    but i would be glad to buy you a donut anyway.
    if only we had a local top pot:(

    Posted 1 year ago #         

16. Ken
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    Is it a colloquialism? I know I was baffled when I moved here to find that locals all seemed to call plastic sheeting "visqueen". Is an engine hoist called an A-frame?

    Posted 1 year ago #         

17. JoB
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    Ken...

    it was in Portland when i grew up...
    wish Nick Star would enlighten us...

    interesting conversation anyway:)

    Posted 1 year ago #         

18. SarahScoot
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    I'm a Seattle native - though I guess a young one, at about 27 - and I've never heard "A-frame" used as a term for any specific item. Have heard of an A-frame house/building, definitely, but nothing just called "an A-frame."
    Also, I've never heard of "Visqueen" referring to anything other than the band; a quick Google search tells me it's what I would simply call "plastic sheeting." :-)

    Posted 1 year ago #         

19. Sus_M
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    I have one you can borrow. Just contact me at this number:

    Posted 1 year ago #         

20. Nick Star
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    And the winner is....homedk!!!!

    That's right, I was being cryptic on purpose to see which of you could figure it out!!

    (Sorry for the confusion and will be more specific/get my wording correct for future posts)

    PS - no longer in need of one, decided to go with a B-Frame instead

    Posted 1 year ago #         

21. JoB
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    thanks for the entertainment

    Posted 1 year ago #         

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