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15 March 2024 (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] MD756@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago

Reminds me of the time when my uncle asked me to go get the dolly from his garage. I, being a kid and having no context for why he’d need a dolly, spent a few minutes in his garage but eventually returned with a Barbie doll still in its box. Fortunately, my uncle just chuckled, clasped my shoulder, and went to the garage to get his dolly so he could move his laundry machine. I often remember that day as a lesson in humility.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

what's a dolly then? some kind of skateboard, right?

[-] TeryVeneno@lemmy.ml 18 points 8 months ago

A dolly is a wheeled tool for moving heavy stuff. They come in various shapes and sizes. They generally look something like this

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

That's a wheely transporter

[-] Grabthar@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

No, I believe that is a lifty-shifty.

[-] TeryVeneno@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Wheely transporter? Everyone I’ve ever known has always called these "dollies". Maybe it’s just an American thing. Also I actually looked up dolly to get this image.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

what's the name of that thing that mechanics lie on to slide under cars?

[-] TeryVeneno@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Not sure, the thing they use to lift it is a car jack but what they lie on? Not sure

[-] elmicha@feddit.de 2 points 8 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeper_(tool) (I copied your question into Google).

[-] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 1 points 8 months ago

We'd call that a sack barrow on NZ, usually. I'd think of a dolly as being four wheels.

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

It's an American millennial thing. From the folks who brought you boaty mcboatface and heckin puppers, it's the "half of our humor is using babytalk out of context" generation

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Thats a hand truck.

Dolly is usually more like this

[-] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago
[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Whoa, why are the wheels all clustered together and tilted 45° diagonal?

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

Probably to allow for a heavier load (clustered) and for keeping the dolly on rails (tilted) although the rails seem proprietary, not something you find just everywhere

[-] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 17 points 8 months ago

Guy returns with a wrench. Gets beheaded.

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

Gets bi-headed instead, that guy is just bad with specifics

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Is there something to get here or is it….. just a guy upset that he has been handed the wrong tool

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

wench (probably referring to 2a):

1 old-fashioned : a young woman or girl

2a old-fashioned : a female servant
b archaic : a girl or woman of a socially low class

3 archaic : a lewd or promiscuous woman : a female prostitute

winch:

2: a crank with a handle for giving motion to a machine (such as a grindstone)

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

I’m retarded I read it as winch / wrench, and got the wrong end of the far side as usual 🤦‍♂️

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

No worries, it's easy to misread, and I do it all the time. Hopefully it helps the next person. 😀

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