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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Post for Vance Bradley
I know about R.C.H. but have never heard of TRCH...what's the T?
Al
VBra676539@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 7/19/00 9:32:16 PM, SFreihof@aol.com writes:
>
> << In a message dated 7/19/00 2:03:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> VBra676539@aol.com writes:
>
> << Anyhow, I will give Pete another call and prod him a skosh. >>
>
> Sorry, this is kind of off topic, but I can't find the word "skosh" in the
> dictionary. I know what it means, but I've never seen it spelled so I'm
> curious why I can't find it. Is it some kind of idiom?
>
> Stan
> >>
>
> Hey, it can't be off topic! It's one of the most important and flexible forms
> of measurement around. As in .... no, no, that ain't tight enough. Give her a
> skosh more with that there crescent wrench, bub. Or .... ease up just a
> skosh, sport, you're bustin' my back here .... and so on. This is valuable
> information for the young and/or inexperienced psubber (or hot rodder, or
> astronaut, or neurosurgeon, come to that). It's our responsibility, nay, our
> duty I say, to pass these valuable tidbits along. And just wait until some
> one asks about the C.H., R.C.H., and T.R.C.H. measurements. They never were
> PC, but we all ought to know how far that is. I mean, a TRCH? Now that's so
> close that it takes an expert to see it. Right?
>
> Vance
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