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PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 1:56 am 
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...today and more relevant 100 years ago...

Found at a job site, what is a Banker ... Nothing to do with money!

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Would it be someone who used to make banks, as in waterways, or trenches? Im thinking abotu canals, and drains.

Or maybe not.

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A tool used to ensure coal or peat fires lasting overnight or over an unsupervised period.


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Sorry I have been neglecting you guys...

A banker is a stone mason's bench often found on a building site alongside the carpenters...

...I get to keep the soggy point this time!

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Ralph Laughton wrote:
...A banker is a stone mason's bench often found on a building site alongside the carpenters...


Egadz! That's so patently obvious why didn't I get this one!

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