On Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:27:42 -0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
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On Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:21:27 -0000, wrote:

On Thu, 08 Feb 2018 15:17:19 -0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
wrote:

On Thu, 08 Feb 2018 01:04:51 -0000, wrote:

On Wed, 07 Feb 2018 21:02:34 -0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
wrote:

I've never heard "loused up" before. Where does that come from?

WWI, It refers to being full of lice (Plural, louse), common in the
trenches. That is also where "cooties" came from.
Now it is just anything that seems screwed up.

I see. Odd, as the Brits had trenches too, and I've never heard that here. Only "****ed up", "screwed up", "messed up", "arsed up".

In New Zealand they just say buggered but that has become an all
purpose word, I even have an Australian "bugger" license plate (colors
inverted from the New Zealand plate). The guy who had that plate in
New Zealand still has the plate but they won't let him use it on his
car anymore. It is at his coffee shop The Bugger Cafe.

https://youtu.be/cbBx4Ql6Umo?t=13s

Yup that's about it. You really should check out New Zealand if you
want to see a cool place. The weather will be familiar and the people
are really laid back. They even drive on the correct side of the road
for you. It was an adventure for me but being dyslexic anyway, the
transition was faster than you would think. I made my wife nuts when I
said "OK we turn left here" and we went right but from the driving
mechanics it is the same. (traffic approach, lanes you cross etc) I
just let my whole brain flip over.
She did like me being a gentleman every time we got in the truck. I
always opened her door first. ;-)
Nope no steering wheel, here you go baby, hop in.