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The Medway Handyman

wrote:
Here`s what you get for trying to help a beginner.
Who was asking how to join 3/4" copper to 22mm fittings.
I used to think people were a bit unfair on him.Well,I`m one of these
people now.
He won`t know what a real merchant is as he won`t go into them to be
embarrassed when the counter guy asks what he wants as he obviously
hasn`t a clue.

Just to clear this up;

You suggested I go to a real merchant and ask for a 'green' olive. This
sounded like a wind up to me, similar to 'tartan paint' & a 'long wait'.
'Green Olive' as in something you eat or drop into a Martini.

I assumed, perhaps incorrectly, that you thought it a good idea to encourage
me to go to a plumbers merchant, ask for a 'green olive' and be ridiculed by
them.

There are people around here who would go out of their way to
embarrass/denigrate others. It makes you kinda wary.

So, if there is such a thing as a 'green' olive in plumbing terms, 'green'
meaning "not fully developed or perfected in growth or condition" - IOW
perhaps not properly hardened - then I publicly apologise to you and thank
you for your help.

I have only heard the phrase 'green olive' in connection with fruit.

For the record I buy all my plumbing stuff from a local independent plumbers
merchant rather than online/shed. They are featured on my web site.

Sorry if I misunderstood.

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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk