I was talking to another scrapper and we got on the subject of vehicles and she said she took one in once and it was liquified before she even made it to the pay window. How do they do that so quickly?
I was talking to another scrapper and we got on the subject of vehicles and she said she took one in once and it was liquified before she even made it to the pay window. How do they do that so quickly?
If by liquified, she meant shredded, I suppose it's possible. Around here they get flattened, then stacked and hauled out.
She said it went into barrels and they use it for metallic paint. I guess I never thought about cars since I dont do them. I figured they would go to some smelting place to be melted but didnt know a car yard did that.
That's an outrageous claim she had there.
Or she could have meant figuratively.
I think She was telling a fibQuote:
Originally Posted by newattitude
She was pulling your leg to see how far you would stretch!
It would take an incredible amount of time to dissolve a car into a liquid state. It would take acids that do not exist, then you have to separate the metals because you can't have an amalgam of organics (plastics) and other metals, and make anything out of it worth anything substantial. Then you would have to add that to a paint base, in a form that would allow it to be metallic paint. Literally it's not possible. But I bet she got a big kick out of dragging you down that imaginary path.
She's a tall teller, I forget what those people are called but they are the most colorful story tellers. It's a bit of American history, an art form that is fast disappearing, it's a type of folk art. Be glad you experienced someone who still practices it.
Scott
Yeah, just like that idiot who fell for getting a power supply fan to run using only hard drive magne--Quote:
Originally Posted by NobleMetalWorks
Oh wait. That was me. Never mind.
"prevaricator"Quote:
She's a tall teller, I forget what those people are called but they are the most colorful story tellers. It's a bit of American history, an art form that is fast disappearing, it's a type of folk art.
Personally I call them a BS artist.Quote:
Synonyms for prevaricator
cheat
deceiver
dissimulator
equivocator
fabricator
fabulist
falsifier
fibber
maligner
misleader
perjurer
phony
promoter
storyteller
trickster
con artist
deluder
fabler
false witness
New England used to call this a "gollywhopper" from a story about a giant bird called a gollywhopper
parts of the south this was known as "callin' the dog"
England it's "cut from whole cloth" or "drawing the long bow"
high-brow types call it "Munchhausen Syndrome"
anybody remember Commander McBragg?
good fun
It could have been the story they told her, and she was merely passin it on ; )
The best ones start entirely believable and gradually get taller and taller. That way, the listener wants to believe and they keep telling themselves "well, maybe". It gets so tall, the listener is saying "oh come on" but they don't want to admit they were taken in. Regardless, they all start with "You're not going to believe this, but ...". I got to where I'd tell my stepfather "Yeah, you're right. I'm not." But he'd somehow convince that THIS time was different. Five minutes later, I'm going "Bulls...".
You forgot - lawyer, attorney, politician, doctor (this won't hurt a bit), dentist (see doctor), car salesman, loan officer, actor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mechanic688
Give me a minute - I'm sure I can come up with more.
or as I call them...Fisherman..oh wait I'm repeating all that mech listed...;)
How can you tell someone who fishes is full of it? Soon as they say.."one time while I was out fishing..."
Hahahaha!
Sirscrapalot - Hears a lot of bs..err fishing tales on his sandbar. ;)
thanks everyone, I thought it sounded far fetched