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<blockquote data-quote="HoLeChit" data-source="post: 4144972" data-attributes="member: 35036"><p>It’s all highly dependent on the situation for me.</p><p></p><p>A couple eggs= 3</p><p>A couple guys= 2-3</p><p>A couple= 2 people.</p><p></p><p>A few= usually 3. </p><p>But a few gallons typically means whatever you need to get the job done. A few gallons in my truck means enough to get me where I am going and then back to my favorite gas station. </p><p>A few gallons when I was a field mechanic was enough to get me to the next job. A few gallons could also means enough to not worry about getting air in the fuel system of my 40 ton excavator, or 30ish gallons. </p><p></p><p>Some= varies widely.</p><p>Some guy= one guy</p><p>Some berries/bolts/screws/welding rods/paper towels= same as a handful.</p><p></p><p>Many people= whoever is in the room.</p><p>I don’t use many very often.</p><p></p><p>Handful= what you can fit in your hand. A handful of guys can be as few as 3, but no more than 5. A couple beers could mean two buckets. Or 3 longneck bottles. A handful of waters could be three gallon jugs.</p><p></p><p>A big handful means you better drop a few on the trip back.</p><p></p><p>All of these could change unexpectedly, as I can be moderately sarcastic and I also have a tendency to over or under estimate just about everything. When I tripped over a piece of extruded metal and cut a jagged 4” long by 1/2” deep cut in my ankle, bleeding enough to get light headed, I walked into the ER with a towel taped to my leg and said “I may have cut myself a little”.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HoLeChit, post: 4144972, member: 35036"] It’s all highly dependent on the situation for me. A couple eggs= 3 A couple guys= 2-3 A couple= 2 people. A few= usually 3. But a few gallons typically means whatever you need to get the job done. A few gallons in my truck means enough to get me where I am going and then back to my favorite gas station. A few gallons when I was a field mechanic was enough to get me to the next job. A few gallons could also means enough to not worry about getting air in the fuel system of my 40 ton excavator, or 30ish gallons. Some= varies widely. Some guy= one guy Some berries/bolts/screws/welding rods/paper towels= same as a handful. Many people= whoever is in the room. I don’t use many very often. Handful= what you can fit in your hand. A handful of guys can be as few as 3, but no more than 5. A couple beers could mean two buckets. Or 3 longneck bottles. A handful of waters could be three gallon jugs. A big handful means you better drop a few on the trip back. All of these could change unexpectedly, as I can be moderately sarcastic and I also have a tendency to over or under estimate just about everything. When I tripped over a piece of extruded metal and cut a jagged 4” long by 1/2” deep cut in my ankle, bleeding enough to get light headed, I walked into the ER with a towel taped to my leg and said “I may have cut myself a little”. [/QUOTE]
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