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October 8, 2010 at 4:32 am #596620
Nick StarMemberHi! Need an A-Frame for Thurs. Oct 14. Please let me know! Will take extra good care of it!
October 8, 2010 at 4:54 am #705242
MargLMemberHmmm – 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!
October 8, 2010 at 2:47 pm #705243
redblackParticipantnick: you mean an a-frame for moving granite or glass?
October 8, 2010 at 3:45 pm #705244
KenParticipantOctober 8, 2010 at 3:51 pm #705245
KenParticipantNick: 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.
October 8, 2010 at 4:51 pm #705246
redblackParticipantken, 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.
October 8, 2010 at 10:38 pm #705247
JoBParticipantOctober 9, 2010 at 1:03 am #705248
QueMemberredblack – those are the things listed on Wikipedia under “A-Frame”
October 9, 2010 at 3:13 am #705249
West Seattle Art AttackMemberI 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!
October 9, 2010 at 3:48 am #705250
QueMemberWSAA – YOU are hilarious!!! That totally cracked me up!!!
October 9, 2010 at 4:10 am #705251
sam-cParticipantwhen 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….:)
October 9, 2010 at 4:34 am #705252
homedkParticipantPerhaps it is an A-board(a freestanding sign)?
October 9, 2010 at 4:35 am #705253
KBearParticipant“And I want a good A-frame, not a scratched up one.”
Make it a noice one. And not too expensive!
October 9, 2010 at 5:14 am #705254
sunshineParticipantI’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
October 9, 2010 at 5:22 am #705255
JoBParticipantsunshine…
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:(
October 9, 2010 at 1:55 pm #705256
KenParticipantIs 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?
October 9, 2010 at 3:39 pm #705257
JoBParticipantKen…
it was in Portland when i grew up…
wish Nick Star would enlighten us…
interesting conversation anyway:)
October 9, 2010 at 4:17 pm #705258
JustSarahParticipantI’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.” :-)
October 9, 2010 at 7:39 pm #705259
Sus_MMemberI have one you can borrow. Just contact me at this number:
October 9, 2010 at 9:46 pm #705260
Nick StarMemberAnd 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
October 10, 2010 at 1:16 am #705261
JoBParticipantthanks for the entertainment
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