Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:07:22 -0700
Reply-To: Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
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From: Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject: Re: pretend it's already Friday (was RE: Spare-tire Pan Bolt Spec
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Well, fryday already!
You don't know the story of Joe Hakkapelliitta? Oh, my. Well according to
Unca Joel there was this Italian guy who took a wrong turn driving his Van
one day [rvc] and ended up in Finland. Being as how the Italians and the
Finn are so close, kind of like step brothers and sisters, and their
languages are so similar he got along just fine.
So he stayed.
But, the only thing he didn't like about the place was that there were no
Pirelli tires available. Being Italian, much like being a Finn, he invented
his own Pirelli tires. Being as how it was Finland he made them work really
well on snow and ice. Well he marketed them and did very well but his
Finish Marketing manager got a bit confused by the name Pirelli so when he
spelled it the name came out Hakkapelliitta, which as you can see, is very
similar.
And thus the Finnish tire company Hakkapelliitta was born.
See, now you know.
Want me to explain jerry rigged to you too?
Mike
Formerly Sacramento, now Fairfax.
On 9/23/04 9:34 PM, "Joy Hecht" <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:
> But it was half past ten in Minnesota when I sent that email! So it was one
> in the morning in Newfoundland, and I'm okay. Whew! Now I only have half
> an hour to go even in Minnesota. So even back on the east coast of the US
> I'd be okay.
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> More Friday irrelevancy: Where on earth does the name Hakkapelliitta come
> from??? It's a delightful name!
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> Joy
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> Joy Hecht
>
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
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> For musings about life and the vanadventures:
>
> <http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy> http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy
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> From: Katherine J. Maas [mailto:kathmaas@telus.net]
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 11:16 PM
> To: Postings Vanagon
> Cc: Joy Hecht
> Subject: Re: pretend it's already Friday (was RE: Spare-tire Pan Bolt Spec
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> When it's 8:30 pm in MN, it's 2.5 hours later in Newfoundland, the
> easternmost province of Canada. So not quite Friday. But who's counting?
> --
> Katherine J. Maas
> "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
> safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in
> sideways, champagne in one hand - strawberries in the other, body thoroughly
> used up, totally worn out and screaming WOO HOO - What a ride!" -- Unknown
>
>
> From: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:32:18 -0500
> Subject: pretend it's already Friday (was RE: Spare-tire Pan Bolt Spec
>
>
>
> 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.
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> Joy
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> ****************************************************************
> Joy Hecht
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>
> For musings about life and the vanadventures:
> http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy
>
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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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