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| Thread ID: 149752 | 2021-04-18 10:35:00 | Why is it called "The Boneyard"? | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1476589 | 2021-04-18 10:35:00 | There is a story in the news lately of the first Qantas aircraft to leave the Alice Springs Boneyard. But why do they call it a Boneyard? I have seen an aerial shot of the area and there are many planes on the ground, but no bones. So why such a strange name?:confused: |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1476590 | 2021-04-18 19:19:00 | Really Roscoe! It is a cemetery for unwanted planes. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1476591 | 2021-04-18 20:30:00 | Really Roscoe! It is a cemetery for unwanted planes. I know that. But you haven't answered the question. Why is it called the boneyard? |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1476592 | 2021-04-18 21:15:00 | www.dictionary.com Slang. a cemetery. Slang. an area where old or discarded cars, ships, planes, etc., are collected prior to being broken up for scrap or otherwise disposed of. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1476593 | 2021-04-18 21:51:00 | Thank you, Piroska. I had not heard that term before. I would have called it a scrap yard, particularly if it was for cars. | Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1476594 | 2021-04-19 02:42:00 | Its just the yanks trying to wind you up with their US English :) Not many would watch a documentary about a junk yard , but have been plenty of doco's on 'boneyards' . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1476595 | 2021-04-19 03:35:00 | It's slang from way back like "Boothill". | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1476596 | 2021-04-19 06:51:00 | It's slang from way back like "Boothill". Are you going to tell me what Boothill is?:confused: |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1476597 | 2021-04-19 06:55:00 | Geez Roscoe, you have got to be joking? Ken ;) |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1476598 | 2021-04-19 08:00:00 | Are you going to tell me what Boothill is?:confused: Watch a few Westerns |
gary67 (56) | ||
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