True, but they were called tin cans when they were mostly made out of
steel...
Rob Studdert wrote:
On 30 Dec 2005 at 23:28, Ryan Lee wrote:
Not sure what it might be like in other states, but I've been in Brisbane
for 4 years, and in all that time, every reference to a tinnie referred to
tinnie as in this context:
Maybe it's an age thing, cans haven't always been aluminium :-)
Consider to oft mentioned phrase; a couple of tinnies short of a slab ;-)
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