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Originally Posted by PCC
Les, Bernie.....
A spade is not a shovel as a shovel is not a spade 
A shovel has sides and is designed for moving materials whereas a spade generally has no sides and is designed to cut through materials such as earth.
Things you learn working in the Construction Industry 
And that is why the Oxford Dictionary evolved from the motherland
I know being a losing ashes fan - and Les, don't start on that one  |
Ahhhh Uncle Pete, what a fine analogy you make. Shovels, spades, edges and cricket.
During my recouperation, I had the opportunity to watch the game of gentleman. Not often do I watch this as it is a little like watching paint dry and secondly, I certainly don't make claim to being a gentleman.
What I did notice tho Uncle Pete, that had the visiting team used a bat with a wider edge like a shovel, that just maybe they could have made more runs.
