A quick vent about word choice.

[Otis413]

........It is murky, steam engines would technically fall under the "motor" category but I have never ever heard them referred to as such.

A tourist, taking a tour through our shop once asked me (with a big s#!t eating grin) "So, Is it Steam Engine or Steam Locomotive"??
I replied: "It's a locomotive powered by an external combustion engine.
The grin disappeared, and with a sideways look at me he moved on, I think I should have also explained how they don't run on steam, but on heat..

We had this exchange while I was getting a soda from the pop machine, which says Coke on the front....

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

soda from the pop machine, which says Coke on the front

lol

 

[chewy012]

A tourist, taking a tour through our shop once asked me (with a big s#!t eating grin) "So, Is it Steam Engine or Steam Locomotive"??

I replied: "It's a locomotive powered by an external combustion engine.

The grin disappeared, and with a sideways look at me he moved on, I think I should have also explained how they don't run on steam, but on heat..



We had this exchange while I was getting a soda from the pop machine, which says Coke on the front....

Right on!

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[Ranger850]

They're all cokes. Sprite is a coke, Coca-Cola is a coke, Pepsi is even a coke. Lol.

"What'cha drinkin'?
"A coke"
"What kinda coke?"
"Dr Pepper"
My step-dad called them pops. Old people called them sodas.I call them cokes.

 

[chewy012]

They're all cokes. Sprite is a coke, Coca-Cola is a coke, Pepsi is even a coke. Lol.

"What'cha drinkin'?
"A coke"
"What kinda coke?"
"Dr Pepper"
My step-dad called them pops. Old people called them sodas.I call them cokes.

I think I could get on board with everything being called a coke. Soda water could be thought of as coke-water (like coke fuel).

Careful asking "what do ya got for coke?"

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