Bad Machinery by John Allison for September 02, 2019

Life is sarcastic.

Love Amy’s face when asked if she is insured. Really BUMMED. Shauna is surprised there is no insurance. The margins are so small in most small businesses they can’t afford it.

Well, that’s no fun.

Anger that an upgraded trailer full of expensive stuff was stolen in the morning. Relieved that the perps were arrested and jailed before nightfall and trailer recovered intact. The upgrade was a tracking device that led the sheriff to the perps back yard.

“What about selling all this junk?” Just what did you think the shop did, Shauna? (Ah, well, you’re still smarter than your brother, at least.) :D

Shauna doubts it highly.

Shag, in British

(ʃæɡ ) British vulgar, slang. verb

Word forms: shags, shagging or shagged

1. To have sexual intercourse with (a person).

knack·er /ˈnakər/

verb

past tense: knackered; past participle: knackered

INFORMAL•BRITISH

tire (someone) out; exhaust.

“you look absolutely knackered”

synonyms:exhausted, tired out, worn out, weary, dog-tired, bone-tired, bone-weary, ready to drop, on one’s last legs, asleep on one’s feet, drained, fatigued, enervated, debilitated, spent; Moredamage severely.

synonyms:broken, damaged, faulty, defective, unsound; not working, not functioning, nonfunctioning, malfunctioning, in disrepair, inoperative, out of order/commission, not in working order, broken-down, out of kilter, down; informalon the blink, on its last legs, kaput, bust, busted, conked out, acting/playing up, gone haywire, gone phut, finished, done for, wonky, dud, duff; vulgar slangbuggered

“the computer was knackered”