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Post by **Surgeon** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 11:26 pm

I just found this out whilst reading a novel :

Main Entry: caulk
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English caulken, from Old North French cauquer to trample, from Latin calcare, from calc-, calx heel
Date: 15th century
: to stop up and make tight against leakage (as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
- caulk?er noun

An entirely useless fact but interesting just the same

Alcoholic · Post by **Alcoholic** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 11:32 pm

kOOL what book is it?

lefty35 · Post by **lefty35** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 2:02 am

It's probably in the dictionary too.

Sonsai · Post by **Sonsai** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 5:29 am

Heh, interesting.

Post by **jv_map** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 7:38 am

nuggets · Post by **nuggets** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 6:50 pm

now i see why you have over 2,600 posts JV

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Post by **Surgeon** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 11:32 pm

yeah JV - 2599 posts of useless nonsense and a few helpful ones

nuggets · Post by **nuggets** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 12:06 am

lmao!!! we all do it but i didn't want to say it that bluntly

Post by **jv_map** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 10:56 am

Post by **Surgeon** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 11:25 am

lol i'm only kidding - JV posts more good stuff than not - hes allowed the odd "spam" post - he's earned it

Reish Vedaur · Post by **Reish Vedaur** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 5:53 am

PLEASE don't tell me you guys *didn't* know what "caulk" meant

Post by **Surgeon** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 11:28 am

I knew what it meant - I didn't realise that it was first used in the 15th century....I thought it was a modern term

Post by **jv_map** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 12:40 pm

I never heard of it before quake 3

Serph · Post by **Serph** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 2:36 am

ohh my, people gents get off your computers!

the handy mans secret weapon #2 caulking!
the handy mans secret weapon #1 duct tape!

Alcoholic · Post by **Alcoholic** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 2:40 am

i heard of it when my dad patched up the bathtub