OT: Car number plate details

[charles]

no, but I've heard of a Brumagum Screwdriver - possibly the same animal

[Fredxx]

You won't hear of a Brummagem or a Brummy screwdriver in Birmingham :-)

[Tim Streater]

Never heard of it.

[Kevin]

Used in particular in the railway industry, as in a faulty locomotive. A faulty wagon would be a "cripple", as in "knock out a cripple" - remove a wagon from a rake - e.g. one with a "hot box" (overheated journal bearing). "Drop off a hot box", although apparently referring to a similar occurrence, extends to other reasons for taking a PNB (private needs break).

[charles]

interstingly, I first heard the term when helping equip Pebble Mill.

[Fredxx]

From outsiders no doubt?

[Dave Plowman (News]

I'd say you need treatment for paranoia.