Pushing tin

In our last episode,
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[nq:1]Hi. What does "pushing tin" mean? TIA[/nq]
It means doing the work of air traffic controllers. It could mean many other things depending upon context.

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[nq:2]Hi. What does "pushing tin" mean? TIA[/nq]
[nq:1]It means doing the work of air traffic controllers. It could mean many other things depending upon context.[/nq]
There's also "tin-bashing", the contemptuous term picked up and used by '80s Tories for manufacturing industry.
Mike.

[nq:1]Hi. What does "pushing tin" mean? TIA[/nq]
It's used to describe people who sell aluminum siding. In case you are not in an area where this is done, aluminum siding sales is considered to be high-pressure sales where deception, fraud, and over-pricing is rampant. Consequently, it can be used to describe someone that is doing something unethical. "You're pushing tin." could mean "You're t

[nq:2]Hi. What does "pushing tin" mean? TIA[/nq]
[nq:1]It's used to describe people who sell aluminum siding. In case you are not in an area where this is ... be used to describe someone that is doing something unethical. "You're pushing tin." could mean "You're trying to scam me."[/nq]
Ironic that what may be the definitive movie about selling alumin(i)um siding is called "Tin Men" while

[nq:2]It's used to describe people who sell aluminum siding. In ... "You're pushing tin." could mean "You're trying to scam me."[/nq]
[nq:1]Ironic that what may be the definitive movie about selling alumin(i)um siding is called "Tin Men" while "Pushing Tin" is what may be the definitive movie about air traffic controllers.[/nq]
I didn't see "Pushing Tin". My basis for saying that "pushing

[nq:2]It's used to describe people who sell aluminum siding. In ... "You're pushing tin." could mean "You're trying to scam me."[/nq]
[nq:1]Ironic that what may be the definitive movie about selling alumin(i)um siding is called "Tin Men" while "Pushing Tin" is what may be the definitive movie about air traffic controllers.[/nq]
Years ago, in a pub in England, I chatted with a man who said,

[nq:1]Years ago, in a pub in England, I chatted with a man who said, "I travel in aluminium tubing". He then explained he was a pilot with British Airways.[/nq]
One factoid I learned recently is that mercury decay aluminum just as quickly as oxygen does iron, so you aren't allowed to bring thermometers onto airplanes.

[nq:2]Hi. What does "pushing tin" mean? TIA[/nq]
[nq:1]It's used to describe people who sell aluminum siding. In case you are not in an area where this is ... be used to describe someone that is doing something unethical. "You're pushing tin." could mean "You're trying to scam me."[/nq]
Here's another meaning (new one on me):

[nq:2]It's used to describe people who sell aluminum siding. In ... "You're pushing tin." could mean "You're trying to scam me."[/nq]
[nq:1]Here's another meaning (new one on me): http://www.pseudodictionary.com/search.php?letter=p&browsestart=1360[/nq]

[nq:2]It's used to describe people who sell aluminum siding. In ... "You're pushing tin." could mean "You're trying to scam me."[/nq]
[nq:1]Here's another meaning (new one on me): http://www.pseudodictionary.com/search.php?letter=p&browsestart=1360[/nq]
I also found one exampl