VANAGON archives -- September 2004, week 4 (#172)

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:32:18 -0500 Reply-To: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> Subject: pretend it's already Friday (was RE: Spare-tire Pan Bolt Spec In-Reply-To: <20040923150609.46828.qmail@web41301.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

English question: Should this snip from the email below:

:::Right now I have a :::jury-rigged wire holding things up

say "jury-rigged" or "gerry-rigged?" or "jerry-rigged?"

jury-rigged - as in rigging a jury

gerry-rigged - as in gerrymandering, which would of course be quite appropriate for this list - Gerry, I mean, not elections.

jerry-rigged - doesn't relate to anything, I think. Jerry cans? I don't know what they are anyway.

Sorry, I'm sometimes a bit of a word geek... In eastern Canada it's already Friday, I think, even though somewhere west of Minneapolis, where I am right now (in a rather nice state park at which I am the ONLY camper!), I believe it's still Thursday.

Joy

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:::-----Original Message----- :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf :::Of gary hradek :::Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:06 AM :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM :::Subject: Spare-tire Pan Bolt Spec ::: :::I believe busdepot may have something. :::gary :::http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=N90920501 :::Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 22:48:58 -0400 :::From: Barry Muller <ekab_muller@SBCGLOBAL.NET> :::Subject: Spare-tire Pan Bolt Spec ::: :::Hello All, ::: :::The other day, while replacing the radiator on my '91 :::Carat I mislaid, :::er lost, the bolt that holds the front of the spare :::tire pan to the :::frame. Does anyone know the specs of that bolt? :::Right now I have a :::jury-rigged wire holding things up. Sure don't want :::that to fail at :::highway speeds! ::: :::Thanks in advance, ::: :::Barry

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