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[baconsdozen]

Spoodling..It's not (as far as I know) in a dictionary but its the art of seeming to be busy doing something that ultimately makes no difference what so ever. Advanced spoodling is doing the same but using equipment and making the actual spoodling seem far more complex as a result.
For example,cleaning an area of a car that cannot be seen at all even with major contortions is spoodling,doing the same using detergents,solvents and brushes on sticks is advanced spoodling (which always takes much longer than the basic version).
I wonder though,is there a name for another operation normally carried out on sundays by men of a certain age. This involves altering points,ignition timing,cab settings and cleaning plugs all at once the use of spotless overalls or a clean shirt is essential and the normal conclusion is that on completion the engine must run worse than before.
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Thirty years selling imperial hand tools for old machinery(Now happily retired).

[Penguin45]

That's "fettling", isn't it? Advanced fettling is when you have to get a more knowledgable mate to come round to sort it out properly.

P45.
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'67 Wolseley MkI 18/85, '70 Austin MkII 1800 The Landcrab Forum.

[baconsdozen]

Yes fettling could be right. Whats the word for bodges that get bigger and bigger?. For example the guy who paints underseal on the bottom of the sills to hide a bit of rust.The rust is a bit worse than he thought and gradually he underseals higher and higher until its up to the door handles.
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[alanb]

Maybe the definitions could read?
Spoodling is when you do something purley for the sake of doing it, it has no benefits to whatever you are doing it to, it does not improve or enhance the item, the only plus side is the personal satisfaction of having done it.

Fettling is where you make fine adjustments to or minor alterations of to make as near perfection as possible.

Bodging is making a rough item from bits and pieces not normally for that purpose, or half heartedly trying to make good an area or item beyond ones ability.


Alan
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Morris 8 two seater

[BigJohn]

So, Spoodling is doing something unimportant whilst catching "me" time in the workshop away from SWMBO, and having your own choice of music at your choice of volume.
Advance Spoodling involves the above, plus a beverage of your choice and either, Pies, fruit cake, or both.

[Peter_L]

Spoodling has neither a time frame, anticipated end result or DETS. It is therefore an ideal activity.

Rick: The forum should have a place to list Spoodle Jobs.

I vacuum under the seats with the same gusto as I do the rest of the car and wipe off the fluff that sticks to the seat adjust mechanisms.

I have been known to polish the interior surfaces of the glove box.

The spare wheel is underslung. I lower it down, wash the wheel and tyre and clean and lubricate the mechanism.

Remove the lenses from the interior lights and clean the dust off the lens and the bulb.






DETS: Disclose Expense To Spouse.

[Penman]

Hi
Re: Bodging and Bodgers, please do not denigrate the art of generations of greenwood turners using pole lathes, they are (there still are some) highly skilled artisans.
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Any 2 from:-
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[Peter_L]

Urban Dictionary Version

1. Anyone who creates objects (machines, vehicles, buildings , etc.) from a mishmash of found or improvised materials

2. An expert in bodging: bodge

3. An unorthodox hobbyist or artist whose body of work has been hobbled together from garbage or materials used in ways that deviate from their intended pupose

Every bodger knows that PVC pipe and duct tape are two most important resources on Earth.

You can commonly find bodgers in their natural habitat: hardware stores, dumpsters, and junkyards.

Also to assist with erections

A single ended spanner with a pointed end that is used for matching the holes in steel construction. bodger

[Penman]

hi
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Bristols should always come in pairs.

Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
V8 V10

[alanb]

Apologies,
Perhaps I should have put "botched" not bodged.
To botch is to mess something up.

Alan
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Morris 8 two seater

[baconsdozen]

A spanner with a pointed end is a Podger,not a bodger. So a podger could have a bodger on the other end,or vice versa.
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[Rootes75]

'Spudling' or 'fettling' down here in Somerset.

[Peter_L]

This thread shows how even in a fairly small country, UK, words can have different meanings.

I was brought up with "bodger" as a one ended spanner with the other end at a point. Or a badly done job or repair, "bodged up".

Air, hydraulic, water hose, known as "bagging"

A "podger" was a pointed tool for making holes in leather or similar.

I guess not a lot of right or wrong just a huge variation. Over here if I was to say "Bray it a bit harder" they would not have a clue what I meant. In Barnsley, and some Yorkshire areas it would mean hit it harder.

[PAUL BEAUMONT]

Offer them a bag of spice and they will quickly get the message, Peter!

[Peter_L]