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Top-Quality Plastering Services in Austral — Your Ultimate Solution for Flawless Walls and Ceilings

When it comes to high-quality finishes for your home or commercial space, hiring expert Plasterers Austral is crucial. Whether you are renovating, repairing, or starting a new construction project, choosing professional Plastering Services Austral ensures durability, aesthetic appeal, and long-lasting results. If you are searching for top-notch plastering solutions in Austral, this guide will…

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Why Bricks are Great for Homes in Sydney's Weather

Sydney is known for its hot summers, mild winters, and frequent rainfalls. That's why it's important to consider the type of building materials for creating a comfortable and durable home. Among the materials available, bricks are one of the most ideal options. So, if you're looking to build a long-lasting home, here are some reasons to consider using bricks and working with reliable brick suppliers in Sydney.

Understanding Sydney's Weather Patterns Sydney's weather is characterised by its temperate climate, with warm summers, mild winters, and high humidity. In fact, the city's coastal location also means homes are often exposed to salty winds and the occasional rainfall.

If you want a long-lasting home, choosing materials that can withstand Sydney's climate is important. It's a good thing that Australian brick manufacturers like Austral Bricks produce high-quality bricks that can meet the needs of the city's climate. They also offer a range of styles that can easily blend in with the city's landscape while providing durability and resilience.

Reasons Why Brick is the Ideal Material If you're on the fence when it comes to using bricks for your project, knowing its features may help you want to reconsider your decision. Learn more about these features here!

Thermal Performance of Bricks One of the reasons why brick suppliers in Australia recommend brick material for building is its high thermal mass. Bricks have the natural ability to regulate indoor temperatures. Thus, it can absorb and store heat from the sun and release it slowly as temperatures cool. This helps your home keep a stable temperature, so you'll need less heat in winter or air conditioning during summer.

In addition to that, bricks can be handy for keeping your home comfortable despite Sydney's extreme temperatures. For instance, bricks can absorb excess heat during hot summer months, preventing it from entering your house. When the temperatures cool, the heat stored in the bricks is released, so your indoor space remains cool.

However, the opposite happens during winter. Bricks absorb heat from the sun and internal heating systems. When it's night, they'll release it which keeps your home warm.

Moisture Resistance Another advantage of using bricks for home construction is their excellent moisture resistance feature. Bricks suit Sydney because they withstand the city's heavy rainfall and humidity.

In fact, the natural properties of bricks help them resist water absorption. Thus, it can reduce the risk of structural damage and damp-related issues. That’s why, buying materials from trusted brick suppliers in Sydney can help ensure you're using quality bricks that can withstand the wear and tear of the city's current weather conditions of the city.

Durability and Longevity Bricks are known for their durability and longevity, which is why they've been a top construction material for centuries. Whether it's extreme heat, cold, or heavy rainfall, bricks are designed to withstand a range of weather conditions.

For example, bricks are fired at high temperatures during the manufacturing process. This hardens them, making them resistant to cracking. Unlike concrete or plaster, bricks can remain intact during temperature fluctuations or moisture penetration. In short, it can maintain its structural integrity over time.

Brick companies in Sydney also continue to innovate with these materials to produce high-performing bricks that have a combination of beauty and long-lasting strength.

Fire Resistance It's important to build houses that protect against fire hazards in a location where bushfires and extreme heat occur. Fortunately, bricks are one of the most fire-resistant building materials. Well, this is the main reason why they're ideal for Sydney homes.

Bricks are made from natural materials like clay and fired at high temperatures. This makes them non-combustible and highly resistant to fire compared to wood or vinyl siding. Plus, highly regarded brick suppliers in Sydney ensure that their products meet or exceed Australia's fire safety regulations.

An additional fact about fire-rated bricks is that they are tested to withstand prolonged exposure to high temperatures. This makes them an essential building material for buildings in bushfire-prone zones.

Choose Austral Bricks for High-Quality Brick Materials Sydney is known for its unique weather conditions. So, it's important to consider the type of materials you use to create a durable home. That said, bricks are an excellent choice for this city's temperatures. Why? Simply because they can withstand extreme temperatures and resist moisture.

If you’re looking for top-quality materials, Austral Bricks is one of the most reputable brick suppliers in Sydney. We're recognised globally as the leading manufacturer of quality building products. For more information, contact us today!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) If you're considering using bricks for your Sydney home, here are additional information to keep you guided:

How is brick manufactured? It depends on the brick manufacturing company. However, most processes include raw material preparation, brick moulding, drying, firing, and cooling.

What bricks are used in Australia? Australia uses several bricks, depending on the type of building being constructed. The most common types are clay bricks or commons.

What size are the bricks in Sydney? Australia, including Sydney, uses a standard brick size. These materials are often 230mm long, 110mm wide, and 76mm high. Other brick sizes are also used, but these are the most common.

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Just A Work Out~ Dacre Montgomery 

Requested? Yes

Requested by @lclb13

wanna write a smutty Dacre 🤓 please?? Lol

Warning : Smut ahead

Your alarm beeped around 6:00 a.m on the dot. You decided best way to go to the gym was the earliest as possible before going on with your day. You wren't really the type to be around people; preferred working out alone. Rubbing your eyes, you turned off the alarm and walked to the bathroom to brush your hair and brush your teeth. You didn't really look at the work out clothes you chose, still slightly sleepy, settling something a little more comfortable.

When you walked through the doors of the gym, you took notice of not too many people, most of them were coming out from the locker rooms or on the treadmill. As you took out your headphones, placing them on your head, turning on the music, randomly and settling on the spot near the corner of the gym, your stuff near you. Stretching was first.

You stretched your arms, legs and shoulders. Through the mirror you noticed a familiar man, who came to the gym. You raised your eyes to meet his gaze in the mirror as he took a spot close by you.

You gaped at his beautiful blue eyes as they stared back at you, but he broke your gaze. He set his bag down a few feet away from yours and walked to the treadmill, closest to you.

I'll just choose another, it's no big deal

You shook your head from the man you kept gawking at, stretching once again as he broke your process. You kept glances back at him, noticing of his shoulder, the way his sleeveless tank top looked on him, the way some pieces of hair plastered to his forehead.

One you were done stretching out, you grabbed your bag and headed towards an unocuppied treadmill

-

The following day, you got up at six am on the spot, your plans for the day was go to the gym, do some work, and watch a movie. But you were on a roll going to the gym the second time this week.

Today will go by smoothly

Unfortunately you arrived to the gym a few minutes later than you thought you'd be at. But as you stepped into the gym to go to the same spot you were yesterday at, there he was again.

Absolutely not

You looked around the gym, stepping from one foot to the other, but all you can think of is how this man was in your spot. Couldn't he find a better one? Your eyes scanned the gym seeing how busy it is.

Your heart races with panic as you mutter under your breath, " Fantastic," because the only spot that was open and you had to take was by him.

By the blue eye hottie

You drop your bag close to his, he locks eyes with you in the mirror again today and gives you a small smile, which you returned. When you opened your bag to fish out a water bottle that you had put in your fridge to take with you to the gym, it's not there. You must of forgotten and left it in the fridge, hurrying to get yourself to the gym.

You were trying to not argue with yourself over a stupid water bottle, bot wanting to waste a dollar on a water bottle, on the outside you heavily sighed knowing you had not even any change with you.

Just get on with your stretching and work out, it will be okay. You will survive

As you started to stretch, the guy walks over to the dumb bells and leaned down to get his stretchy bands too from his pocket as he looked into the bag he had that contain them before settling them back into his pocket.

You were watching as he worked out, seeing how some of his hair planted against his sweaty forehead. Shaking your head, trying not to drool over the blue eye hunk behind you as you continued to stretch. He was making it so hard.

You were huffing and puffing, trying to not look at him. Your hair was tangled and strands were clinging to your face. When you finish what work out you were doing, you laid down the grassy prickly floor letting out some heavy breaths.

" Jesus" you mumbled, not expecting anyone to hear, not the blue eye hunk even, but he did.

" You don't need to over work yourself like that" he chuckles, his blue eyes looking down at you. His Australian accent sounded like heaven.

He stood up from the machine he was using and held his hand out to you. You were wide eyed staring up at him.

" Thank you?"

Someone just throw me out the window

" My name is Dacre, Dacre Montgomery," he says with a wink. " How about yours?" Was he really talking to you?

" My name is Y/N" you nodded, taking his hand as he helps you up.

He nods, biting his lip, " well, if you need any help-" he clears his throat, " I'll be around," he smirks. You chuckle, nodding your head.

" Thanks," you say, "but I am going to head out," you mumble getting your bags and quickly walking away from him.

-

You went to the gym every day for the past week, every time you went, he was there. Dacre would glance at you. A shiver down your spine would always go as he stared.

You felt like this was too much. You either felt like you should change gyms or not even go to the gym anymore.

Dacre had caused butterflies in your stomach- it was stupid crush that you had on him. Your head spun just thinking of him and his beautiful eyes.

You leaned back on your bed and closed your eyes, mumbling to yourself, " Don't over stress. If he is there tomorrow, you won't look at him. It's that simple. No need to talk to him either" you opened your eyes running a hand down your face.

" This is crazy"

-

Six am. You had gotten up again this week collecting things in your bag to take with you as you leave, grabbing your phone and keys off the small table by the door.

A few minutes later you walked into the gym, headphones on your head and ears, you felt good about today. You walked to your usual spot and began to stretch without anyone looking at you in the mirror this time.

The feeling good has suddenly dropped, as a familiar man approached you. You don't even continue to stretch as you greet him, " Hey dude," you say, mentally slapping your forehead. Dacre chuckles and he looks over at you, " Hey there, dude,"

You chuckled yourself, " I was just going to get some water," you mumbled and his eyebrows frowned together, looking at the water bottle by your bag, " But you brought one with you, and you just started, right?"

You nod

Dacre notices the change in mood, " well you only began to stretch, and you only started," he scratches the back of his neck, as he averts his gaze from you. He clears his throat asking you, " What are you going to work out today on?" he places his back from his shoulder next to yours.

" Wait, what's today?" you ask, unsure what you would be working on. Dacre shakes his head, " I meant like leg day or chest day or.."

"Oh" your cheeks beet red in embarrassment. " Why don't you do a full body work out?" He asks you, " or would you rather work on legs?" He continues to ask.

" Oh I'm not sure" you scratched the back of your head as you look away from him. He laughs, bending down to open his bag.

" There is a room in the back, you know? People don't usually use it"

" You want to go there?" Dacre catches you off guard once he stands back up, taking his bag and going to the direction where the room is located at. You didn't get to answer him as you gathered your stuff and followed him. The room is pitch black, and only light coming is on a small night light on the wall.

"Well, I didn't know this was here. At all" Dacre turned on the light setting his bag down besides the corner while you followed him in, doing the same.

Dacre shrugs and looks over at you for a moment, " yeah it's been here for awhile. They have finished construction two months ago.

" Okay" he claps his hands together, smiling at you.

" What do you wanna start with?" he asks, " Squats? Jumping Jacks? Some jump rope? Lunges?"

" Anything" as you stand next to him. He nods thinking before doing a squats and looks over to see you poster needs working on. He stands up making his way over to you, " you are squatting wrong."

" Do you need some help?" he asks. Through the mirror you watch him as he makes his way behind you.

Dacre grabbed a hold of your hips with both his hands, fixing your posture. The room seemed to be holding a different kind of atmosphere this time as your heart speed up at how close he is.

You gasped feeling the bulge in his shorts, which happened to be pressed against your ass at the moment.

" Dacre?" you ask, cheeks becoming red as you faced him, forgetting about squatting. But his eyes locked with your as he smirks, " You know you're such a pretty little thing" he reaches to cup your chin with two of his fingers, brushing his thumb across the softness of your skin.

Your mouth opens and closes like a fish. You take a hold of his wrist, feeling the pulse of his heart beat as it races. You desperately want to shove him away but there is a hold on you.

His tongue peeks out as he licks his bottom lip, " Are we not working out?" you ask

He chuckles, a bit darkly, bringing his face a bit closer.

" Don't worry that pretty little head of yours, we most defiantly are but you're going to be my play thing. I can't get you off my mind pretty girl"

His mouth latched onto your neck with his pink plump lips. Both of his hand cupped your ass, squeezing as he lifted you up. You could feel his bulge rubbing up against you. You don't know much about him, but you wanted this.

" On your knees, pretty girl," he says. He doesn't even gives you chance to blink as he pulls down his shorts and boxers down. His dick was big, thick and red with two veins.

He took a hold of your hair and drew you closer to his cock, till the tip touched your lips.

" Open" You licked the tip of his cock, teasing him. You were giving him kitten, and kissing the tip too.

Dacre was growling, he didn't like to be teased, and he took a hold of your head pushing his cock into your mouth, making you gag. Your eyes began to water, he rapidly trusted his cock into your mouth.

He suddenly stopped, removing his cock from your mouth and took a hold of your elbow pushing you up to stand up in front of him.

" Take off your clothes, pet" he lets your elbow go as he watches you undress for him. You obeyed as you removed your shirt, sports bra, pants and your panties. Dacre gazed with hunger and lust in his eyes.

" What a pretty sight," he murmurs, cupping your tits and pinching your nipples with his fingers. You moaned, arching your back and gasping his name. You reached up to kiss him before going to kiss his neck.

"Dacre" you moaned feeling a slap on your ass. You tug on his shirt to have it off and as he takes it off, you can't help but gawk at how beautiful he is.

You can feel his cock brush against your lips, teasing you. You grabbed a hold of his cock in your hand and started to jerk him off, locking eyes with him.

" The things I'd do to you if I took you home, the neighbors would hear you scream my name all night long, pretty girl"

He took a hold of your hair, tugging it back as your hand picked up the pace. He was moaning your name before bringing your head closer, kissing you. You moaned against his lips, kissing him as he takes one of your legs and hooking it around his waist.

" I don't have a condom" he says, stepping back a bit but you pull him back in, shaking your head. His cock teases you again against your lips.

He took a hold of your other leg and hooking it around his waist, as he brought you against the wall as you grab his shoulders in support as his hips pounded into you. His mouth latched onto yours to stop you from moaning too loud.

" Pet, you need to keep quite otherwise we will get caught, and we don't want that. Do we?" he chuckled seeing the marks on your neck he made. You were his.

As he continued to thrust into you, you leaned down biting on his neck and shoulder, you were getting close. He felt too good being inside of you, you didn't want it to stop.

" I want you to cum for me" he says, his thrust becoming faster. " Don't hold it" that's all it took for you to cum, his permission.

He moaned into your neck, " fuck, pet, this pussy is mine." His thrust became sloppier by the minute, and soon you felt him release inside you. The remaining slithering down your thighs as he pulls out.

He leans his forehead on you, panting.

" Do you wanna come over? I'll cook you dinner and we can go round 2?" He asks, placing a kiss on your nose.

" As long as you make me scream to keep the so call neighbors awake"

He smirks, leaning down brushing his lips against yours.

" That's a promise"

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Whether you are suffering from acute back/neck/shoulder or other joint pain, sharp stabbing pain, severe migraines or headaches, or even excruciating back pain, the clinic has got you covered. The emergency physio service also caters to fracture management, requiring plaster/splints or bracing.

The after-hours service was established to cater to patients who have difficulty accessing traditional physiotherapy services during regular hours. The dedicated staff at the clinic, including after-hours physiotherapists, are committed to providing you with the best possible care and to eliminate your pain and discomfort quickly.

The process is simple and stress-free. Once you call the clinic, the staff will attend to your problem immediately. Depending on how far you live and how fast you can make it to the clinic, you should be seen within the hour or two of your call.

During your appointment, you will be assessed by a qualified physiotherapist and provided with effective treatment to alleviate your pain. The clinic ensures that you are treated immediately, and your pain is settled during your appointment.

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In conclusion, if you are experiencing any musculoskeletal pain, whether acute or chronic, Sydney's first and only Emergency Physiotherapy Service located in Austral is the go-to clinic for you. The clinic offers same day physio treatments, and the qualified physiotherapists are available on call 24/7 to provide you with effective treatments to alleviate your pain and discomfort. Just call the clinic on 9606 8258 and get your aches and pains looked after straight away!

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PTerm

In this article Syntax New-Pn PTerm -Name -Id -Lcid -TermSet -TermGroup. Pterm is the terminal emulator program developed by Cyber1 staff, but there are others. Below are operating system releases for Pterm and others. The original PLATO terminals were of several types: Plato IV or Maggie. PTerm - A modern go module to beautify console output. A compound, usu. Of whiting and linseed oil, used to secure windowpanes, patch woodwork defects, etc. Any of various substances for sealing the joints of tubes or pipes. A mixture of lime and water with sand and plaster of Paris, used as a finish plaster coat.

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I use Unix terminal a lot in work, when i work with Pharo and ROS (PhaROS), switching regularly between Pharo and native terminal application (for ROS command line) is kind of inconvenient. I've been thinking of using a terminal emulator application for Pharo. Googling around, i found out that there is no such thing that is ready for production work on modern Pharo, except a prototype work of Pavel Krivanek available at: https://github.com/pavel-krivanek/terminal. However, that code is messy, buggy, and not ready for production work . So i decided to take my time to work on it.

I grabbed the code from Pavel's repository, kept and improved only the UI and protocol parts (fix display/keyboard event bugs, clean up unused code, etc.), then decided to implement my own FFI calls to the underlying system terminal.

Github: https://github.com/lxsang/PTerm

In-image FFI calls to spawn a tty in a child process

Since libc'sfork() does not work really well on Pharo, an in-image (no external C lib calls other than libc) solution to spawn a tty using classic fork() is not feasible in this case. An alternative way is to use posix_spawn(), this function allows to spawn a child process and execute an Unix command on that process (eg. /bin/bash). With posix_spawn and some setting functions (for IO redirection), i am able to spawn a Bash on a new child process and redirect its IO to Pharo using only in-image FFI calls to libC (no external C code needed). However, due to the limitation of posix_spawn we cannot control what happens inside the child process, including making the child process a new session leader (using setsid()). Consequently, the spawned tty is not fully interactive, the following warning will display:

The spawned shell works well for almost single process commands like ls, top, htop, etc, but does not support commands that require job control or command that creates new subprocess like ssh.

Fully interactive shell on Pharo using custom C lib

Since i really need a fully interactive shell, the classic way is to use fork() in an custom C library for spawning a tty in a child process, then make FFI calls to that library in Pharo whenever we want the terminal access. My solution in this case is similar to what Pavel did. However, the C code is a little bit different. The down side is that this solution requires gcc to be installed on the system. This allows to compile the custom C code to shared library on the first run of the application. The compilation is automatic and off-scene without user notice though.

Combine the two solutions into one application

The idea is that we can use the in-image solution as a fallback situation for the custom C library solution. On the first run, the application will try to compile the C code and make FFI calls to the compiled lib in order to spawn a fully interactive shell. For some reason, if the application fail to access or compile the C lib, a second attempt will be made by using the in-image FFI calls, if success, a shell without job control will be spawned.

Install on Pharo 7

Bugs are expected and welcome!

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put·ty

(pŭt′ē)n.pl.put·ties1.

a. A doughlike cement made by mixing whiting and linseed oil, used to fill holes in woodwork and secure panes of glass.

b. A substance with a similar consistency or function.

2. A fine lime cement used as a finishing coat on plaster.

3. A yellowish or light brownish gray to grayish yellow or light grayish brown.

tr.v.put·tied, put·ty·ing, put·ties

[French potée, polishing powder, from Old French, a potful, from pot, pot, from Vulgar Latin *pottus.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

putty

(

ˈpʌtɪ) n, pl-ties

1. (Building) a stiff paste made of whiting and linseed oil that is used to fix glass panes into frames and to fill cracks or holes in woodwork, etc

2. (Building) any substance with a similar consistency, function, or appearance

3. (Building) a mixture of lime and water with sand or plaster of Paris used on plaster as a finishing coat

5. (Elements & Compounds) See putty powder

6. a person who is easily influenced or persuaded: he's putty in her hands.

7. (Colours)

a. a colour varying from a greyish-yellow to a greyish-brown or brownish-grey

8. up to putty informalAustral worthless or useless

vb, -ties, -tyingor-tied

[C17: from French potée a potful]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

put•ty1

(ˈpʌt i) n., pl. -ties,n.

1. a compound, usu. of whiting and linseed oil, used to secure windowpanes, patch woodwork defects, etc.

2. any of various substances for sealing the joints of tubes or pipes.

3. a mixture of lime and water with sand and plaster of Paris, used as a finish plaster coat.

4. a person or thing easily molded, influenced, etc.

v.t.

[1625–35; < French potée, literally, (something) potted. See pot1, -ee]

put•ty2

(ˈpʌt i) n., pl. -ties.

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

putty

Past participle: puttied

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Gerund: puttying

Imperativeputtyputty

PresentI puttyyou puttyhe/she/it puttieswe puttyyou puttythey putty

PreteriteI puttiedyou puttiedhe/she/it puttiedwe puttiedyou puttiedthey puttied

Present ContinuousI am puttyingyou are puttyinghe/she/it is puttyingwe are puttyingyou are puttyingthey are puttying

Present PerfectI have puttiedyou have puttiedhe/she/it has puttiedwe have puttiedyou have puttiedthey have puttied

Past ContinuousI was puttyingyou were puttyinghe/she/it was puttyingwe were puttyingyou were puttyingthey were puttying

Past PerfectI had puttiedyou had puttiedhe/she/it had puttiedwe had puttiedyou had puttiedthey had puttied

FutureI will puttyyou will puttyhe/she/it will puttywe will puttyyou will puttythey will putty

Future PerfectI will have puttiedyou will have puttiedhe/she/it will have puttiedwe will have puttiedyou will have puttiedthey will have puttied

Future ContinuousI will be puttyingyou will be puttyinghe/she/it will be puttyingwe will be puttyingyou will be puttyingthey will be puttying

Present Perfect ContinuousI have been puttyingyou have been puttyinghe/she/it has been puttyingwe have been puttyingyou have been puttyingthey have been puttying

Future Perfect ContinuousI will have been puttyingyou will have been puttyinghe/she/it will have been puttyingwe will have been puttyingyou will have been puttyingthey will have been puttying

Past Perfect ContinuousI had been puttyingyou had been puttyinghe/she/it had been puttyingwe had been puttyingyou had been puttyingthey had been puttying

ConditionalI would puttyyou would puttyhe/she/it would puttywe would puttyyou would puttythey would putty

Past ConditionalI would have puttiedyou would have puttiedhe/she/it would have puttiedwe would have puttiedyou would have puttiedthey would have puttied

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Plato Emulator

Noun1.putty - a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass

cement - something that hardens to act as adhesive material

filler - used for filling cracks or holes in a surface

Verb1.putty - apply putty in order to fix or fill; 'putty the window sash'

apply, put on - apply to a surface; 'She applied paint to the back of the house'; 'Put on make-up!'

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

kyt

gitt

cam macunu

putty

[ˈpʌtɪ]

A.N → masillaf to be putty in sb's hands → ser el muñeco de algn

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

putty

[ˈpʌti]n → masticmput-up job n → coupmmontéput-upon [ˈpʊtəpɒn]adj I feel put-upon → Je trouve qu'on profite de moi.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

putty

1

n → Kittm; he was putty in her hands → er war Wachs in ihren Händen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

putty

[ˈpʌtɪ]n (for windows) → stucco, masticem da vetrai

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to be putty in sb's hands (fig) → essere come la creta nelle mani di qn

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

putty

(ˈpati) noun

a type of paste made from ground chalk and oil, used to fix glass in windows etc. stopverf مَعْجونة لِتَثْبيت الزُّجاج маджун massa de vidraceiro kyt der Kitt kit στόκοςmasilla kitt بتونه kitti masticמרק पुटीन, पुट्टी, लेप gitt dempul kítti stucco パテ (접합제) 퍼티 kitas, glaistas tepe dempul stopverfkitt, sparkelmassekit ګلګل betume chit замазка git kit staklarski git kitt, spackel ปูนอุดรอยรั่ว cam macunu 油灰 замазка для вікон; шпаклівка سفيدہ اور السي تيل کا مرکب جو کھڑکي وغيرہ ميں شيشہ فٹ کرنے کے کام آتا ہے vữa, mát-tít 油灰

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Before Slim Malik Turned Shady

He could bat a bit too, you know?

— Osman Samiuddin Senior editor | ESPNcricinfo | April 2, 2020

In our series Come to Think of It, we bring new perspectives to bear on received cricket wisdom. In this instalment, a reassessment of Saleem Malik, who might be remembered as a fixer but was so much more

You're not going to like this, not one bit. To many of you it won't matter because what you're about to read happened too long ago. But the world is in a rare pose of reflection - really its first ever. If not now then when to think deeper about, and beyond, accepted wisdoms and established truths: that is the central thrust of this series.

Which is how comes the opportunity to remember that before Saleem Malik the fixer there was Saleem Malik the batsman; and that he wasn't any batsman, he was one, more emphatically than is now recalled, capable of genius.

See, you don't like it. Why remember Malik as anything other than a fixer? Australian players called him the Rat and no one ever outraged much. Such is the stain he left that remembering him as we do is the perfect punishment, more robust than Justice Qayyum's life ban.

And sure. That will stick forever, unlike the ban, now overturned.

But forever needs stories to fill it, so here we are telling the one about when Malik first came to notice, way back when the '80s began, as the next big thing in Pakistani batting. These days, when we can finally say that fast bowlers come and go but a Babar Azam is forever, we can truly appreciate and understand how big a deal Malik's arrival must have been.

It happened just as one of Pakistan's most celebrated batting orders was breaking up. Sadiq and Mushtaq Mohammad and Asif Iqbal had gone, Majid Khan was done, and Zaheer Abbas hadn't long left. Javed Miandad, flourishing, needed company.

So landed Malik, a prodigy, with a first-class hundred in his second game, and a star and captain of Pakistan's Under-19 set-up. A hundred on Test debut - in a makeshift side ripped apart by a rebellion against Miandad's captaincy - set the seal on this potential.

England was a happy hunting ground for Malik. He made close to 1000 Test runs there at over 20 points higher than his overall career batting average.

Looking back now he was very much a sportsman of his era. He cut a shapeless figure, ungainly in a very middle-aged, subcontinental-male way. Not avuncular, exactly, but we all know an uncle like him: a little paunchy, a little curvy, a little bottom-heavy.

That doesn't mean he was a liability. On the contrary, he was an outstanding boundary fielder - not in the same way Jonny Bairstow is, but his throws were the work of a sniper, sleek, efficient and lethal. What, after all, do we remember of his contribution to the entire 1992 World Cup other than the throw from deep midwicket to run out Phil DeFreitas? Closer in, check out this catch - it's 1984; it could be 2024.

Bat in hand, waiting for action, the uncle didn't vanish. But once in play, here was a handsome batsman. The easy drives, the light feet, the rubbery whip of the blade whenever he went square either side, even as small an action as the shuffle to the off when he set up to drive had a pleasurable quality to it.

In toto, it could culminate in a range that matched Miandad's, only it played out on vastly different pitches. Miandad had Sharjah but Malik had Eden Gardens. Imran Khan promoted Abdul Qadir and Manzoor Elahi above Malik in the chase, so frustration and a teensy bit of anger, maybe, drove Malik. Rage could have helped a chase of 78 at over ten an over. But Malik was ice-cold, which, as a response, was much more calculating and complex and compelling than dumb old anger. He went hard at an injured Maninder Singh's SLA and dealt with the very mediumy pace of Madan Lal and Kapil Dev with the abruptness and lack of decorum that only a 23-year-old can conjure. Plus, a late chop through point off a Kapil yorker wide of off stump, having moved outside of leg stump to create the room, was the future.

Once he got ahead of the rate, he made sure to retain strike over the last couple of overs, picking up doubles and singles. He wasn't going to waste this. Here was Miandad's nous in killing the chase, but something altogether more formidable in setting it up.

Just as good was another, lesser-recalled gem, the 41-ball 66 in the Nehru Cup semi-final against England. Not just by numbers, in nature both innings were more aughts than '80s.

At another end stand three of the finest, most underappreciated Pakistani Test innings of the era: 99, 82 not out, 84 not out. All three came at Headingley across two Tests when swinging Headingley was a mean little hell for batting. The three innings showcased patience and technique, of course, but also sharp judgement and game awareness, especially the first of them: ground out over a day, alternating between steadying the batting and forging ahead, eventually setting up a famous innings win.

In that time only Queen's Park Oval was tougher to bat at. And Malik's only Test there? Sixty-six and 30, and the half-century was the only one from either team in the first innings. Khan once implied that Malik was a flat-track bully but Khan was sometimes off on his player assessments, just that we only remember the ones he got right. Malik was anything but.

The sweet smell of Sharjah success: Saleem Malik, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Javed Miandad celebrate with the Austral-Asia Cup trophy in 1990.

Khan's ambivalence towards him was curious. Khan loved good body language, that most deceitful quality, which explains a little: Malik was no lion in the field. But Khan also loved men who stood up in crisis, and enough of Malik's best innings came in those moments, right under Khan's nose.

And somehow Khan rarely factored for one of Malik's most remarkable innings, when he batted one-handed, his left arm in plaster, against the toughest opponents of them all, West Indies. Forty-one minutes, 32 team runs, and enabling Wasim Akram's first Test fifty. A reminder not only for Imran but for us that humans are not binary creatures: one can be corruptible but also brave, selfless and committed when situations demand.

What Malik did seem to lack was the raw hunger of more driven, consistent players. He could and did go missing, as during the 1992 World Cup, or for the two and a half years and 19 Tests with just three fifties in the mid-'80s. He also ended with a single fifty in his last 13 Test innings.

The mood had to strike him, that much is true, and only he controlled when it did. When he became captain, for instance, and was afforded the respect he felt he deserved, he couldn't stop scoring. Early in his leadership he reaffirmed the depth of his quality, swatting away early-peak Shane Warne (Warne would dismiss him just once in five Tests, across which Malik averaged 71). Less remembered but a true-blue classic was his other 99, as captain, at the Wanderers - another tough venue, against a spiteful pace attack.

Captaincy suited him to the extent that it forms one of Pakistan's great what-ifs - how good might he have been? He took over a team, remember, much like the one he had debuted in, torn apart by factions and rebellions. He inherited one of the game's spikiest ego clashes, between the two Ws, and massaged it to a degree that both took nearabouts six wickets per Test each under him. Akram - who gravitated to Malik's charisma, not Miandad, after Khan's exit - had a better average under no other captain; Waqar Younis averaged better only under Miandad (among captains who led him in more than two Tests). And to think that initially not only were they not talking to each other, they weren't talking to Malik either because he had assumed the post they most wanted.

Captaincy, sadly, was the undoing; all that power and success merely grease for the ride down. And it's entirely plausible that even if Malik hadn't succumbed as he did, he might have ended up squeezed out between the two great pairings that overlapped and overshadowed his career: Khan-Miandad and Akram-Younis.

That he ensured he'll never be forgotten is, let's wager, no consolation.

[themasterplasterers]

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