Morning!

[janet_52square@sunny.garden]

Morning! Family have all gone back to their homes. We are quiet. Hoping an electrician will call today - as to add to our house issues the lights aren’t working. I am anxious this is connected to our roof leak but it might not be…

[skyfire747@aus.social]

@Janet_52square good luck with the sparky*

*what we call an electrician in Australia.

[janet_52square@sunny.garden]

@skyfire747 yes oh, we say sparky too. Wonder if we exported the term?

[suearcher@toot.wales]

@Janet_52square @skyfire747

It's a funny term, because the one thing you expect not to happen once the electrician has been successful, is sparks!

[skyfire747@aus.social]

@suearcher @Janet_52square it may have been exported to Australia at some point in the distant past...

[maker_of_things@cupoftea.social]

@skyfire747 @suearcher @Janet_52square
Hmmmm.....
Electrician = Sparky
Carpenter = Chippie
Brick layer = Brickie
Plumber = ?
Plasterer = ?

[skyfire747@aus.social]

@Maker_of_Things @suearcher @Janet_52square no idea about the last two.

[jwcph@helvede.net]

@skyfire747 @Maker_of_Things @suearcher @Janet_52square I don't know where everyone is but thanks to Mark Knopfler I know they use "Chippie" & "Brickie" in the UK, too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrwSDX95wCs

[janet_52square@sunny.garden]

@jwcph @skyfire747 @Maker_of_Things @suearcher Big hello from Scotland 󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Can’t beat a bit of Knopfler we saw him ‘unplugged’ at the SECC in Glasgow some years ago - amazing night.

[jwcph@helvede.net]

@Janet_52square Ooh, Scotland... I have a few old friends there that I never got around to visiting - some day, hopefully

[janet_52square@sunny.garden]

@jwcph Kettle’s always on if you fancy dropping by for a cuppa.

[jwcph@helvede.net]

@Janet_52square