[OT] Re: [Elecraft] English

[John GM4SLV]

On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 18:11:48 -0600
"Bill W5WVO" <w5wvo at cybermesa.net> wrote:

> Interesting... Never heard a horse chestnut called a "buckeye"
> before. (Never mind a "conker"!) Where do they call them buckeyes?
> 
> I'm originally from upstate NY, where horse chestnut trees seemed to
> be everywhere you looked. I think we had four or five of them just on
> our one-block-long street. Collecting huge bags of horse chestnuts
> was an autumn ritual.
> 
> Bill / W5WVO
> 


Ah but.."conkers" aren't just the horse chestnuts themselves, it's also
the game played with them once you've collected them!

Is this also the case in the US? 

Do small boys have their pockets full of string and conkers and proudly
declare that (with no help from vinegar/varnish or drying in the
oven ...honest...) that they today they are "playing with a
25-er...come on have a go if you think you hard enough!"

Further guidance can be found here--->

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conker


I live in the Shetland Islands, where there are no trees to speak of,
and no conkers, so haven't been able to play for some years!

Cheers,

John GM4SLV