Headwork on a cracked head?

[Peter Berrevoets]

The precision of the german language borders on fanatically anal - indeed a
thread is not circular rather a series of turns or arcs. Even the
translation uses coil, as relating to a threaded hole, in the vague english
language to refer to a continuous series of turns, specifically regarding
the first series of said turns that completes the orbit to a point of origin
when viewed in relation to two of three axis. ;-)

<<edited for content - snippage throughout>>

> >
> >> Cracks in spark plug threads (where applicable) may not be
> >longer than
> >> through the first coil of threads."
> >
> >Coil - singular.  See below.
> >
> >Here you see the difficulty that I often have with Bentley.  The
> >German expression:
> >
> >     >>>>> .. die ersten Gaenge ..
> >
> >is plural.  The singular "der Gang" in this context means
> >'turn', i.e.,
> >the German text literally means " .. the first turns .. ".  This
> >plurality is triple-confirmed - the definite article, the
> >noun and the
> >inflected "ersten" all tell us this is no simple typo.
> >Don'tcha love a
> >multiply-redundant language?

> >There is no diagram in the microfiche - most Germans can read.

Imagine if the Florida ballots had had some form of diagram - democracy
would have at least failed faster!

> >It is said that, during the Cold War, the Russians got hold of an Honest
> >John missile handbook.  It frightened them witless because it was a
> >picture book with almost no text.  I remember being mightily insulted
> >(and saying so) when IBM shipped us some operator manuals about
> >mainframe card readers containing little cartoons showing
> >how you were supposed to put cards into the stacker and take them out of
> >the hopper.

See aforementioned note re: ballots above. Who said average intelligence was
worthy of self determination? Ben Franklin? No average intellect there!

> >
> >Bentley's translations are often crap,

Need to read the german between the lines...

> >as are their wiring diagrams.

> >> BTW you refer to your 89 turbo quattro avant as a 100 - I
> >assume that you
> >> are playing sneaky with others on the road and driving a stealthy
> >> underbadged 200TQA rocket?


> >
> > and general
> >functionality are 200.  The 'diesel' badge might be described as
> >sneaky.

ROFL

> >
> >Of course, Audi detuned the engine to 165 bhp.  But there's this guy
> >over in Portland, OR. ..

Saving my allowance for this one..

Cheers,

Peter Berrevoets
1990 200TQ
Toronto, Canada