Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:00:07 -0400
Reply-To: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: pretend it's already Friday (was RE: Spare-tire Pan Bolt Spec
When I was in the Navy ... (22 years before I decided not to make it a
career) ... the term "Jury Rigged" was commonly used, but I believe it
started out as "Jerry Rigged" in World War I. The Germans, whom we called
Jerry at the time, were known for making things work or at least trying to
make things work with the materials at hand. Anything rigged with anything
other than materials intended for that purpose were said to be Jerry rigged.
Mike (A veritable fount of useless information)
> 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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> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>
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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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