What is a "stud"?

[leer]

IMO a stud would be a guy who has his brains in his bollocks

[EvenOlderButWiser]

A stud is in the eye (and hands) of the beholder :-)

In other words whatever you think a stud is or looks like is a stud ;-)

ObW
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[Bowyn Aerrow]

As a carpenter I pretty much think of an upright wooden member to support sill plates, set with other studs then sheathed with another material to create a wall.

I don't consider men to be 'studs'.

Some horses, yes... but that's the farm boy in me recollecting breeding of horses, which leads me to have more of a 'breeder' understanding of the term 'stud'.

[EternalYouAndI]

I pretty much think of an upright wooden member.

Oh my......

[princealbertofb]

YOU ARE!!!

xD

Lol.... cute!!!!

[spencer]

John Travolta in Grease.

[EternalYouAndI]

John Travolta covered in Grease.

Oh hell yeah!

[Bowyn Aerrow]

John Travolta in Grease.

You understand he is now old enough to be your grandfather.

John was a 'sex idol' in my youth. He is ten years older than me (56 I think he is).

Yeah he was hot in his ultra small underpants in Saturday Night Fever... I doubt he looks that hot now in the same undergarment. Age is a cruel beast that makes tiny underwear look horrible.:biggrin:

[Bowyn Aerrow]

Oh my......

Actually we can do this better...

I think of a stud as a long, hard stiff member that is strong enough to hold up a roof. Never going limp, and requiring lots of hammering and pounding to make it work right.

Nothing more satisfying to a carpenter than to make certain a stud is completely upright and perfectly straight and true. Its hot, sweaty work to get the stud perfect, but its well worth the effort and there isn't anything quite like the satisfaction that hammering one stud after another can give you.

Feel better?

[EternalYouAndI]

llooll......