[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: thermal bridging--letting it go

Chris Green pojeros at telus.net
Wed Dec 27 21:00:53 CST 2006


Alan Abrams wrote:
> 1. What's a chiroquero?
>
>  
> "sheetrock" becomes "chiroc;" hence "chiroqueno."  
>   
You jogged my memory that a few years ago I coined a term for drywall 
installers, "dry wallahs," from the Anglo-Indian term 'wallahs,' defined as:
> *1. * One employed in a particular occupation or activity: a kitchen 
> wallah; rickshaw wallahs.
> *2. * An important person in a particular field or organization: "the 
> Ritz, a favorite haunt of Republican wallahs" John Robinson.
Source:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/wallahs

After the dry wallahs are done, the mud wallahs and paint wallahs do 
their thing... :-)

Cheers,

Chris Green.






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