Where is everyone #5

Came across this on YouTube. Maybe the coolest video ever made.

 

That is cool!! Could you imagine how many “drivers” would be weeded out nowadays if we had equipment like that? Those guys had skills! Especially crossing snow and ice covered mountains in equipment like that! Imagine trying to drive that in a pair of flip flops! I wonder if that guy ever called a service tech because he had a marker light out?!

 

I'm not ragging on you my friend. I'm asking because I honestly don't know. I've always heard something was jury rigged, and we all know what jury rigging is. More and more I see jerry rigging being used. What's a jerry?

 

NO thanks.

 

This is getting to be the only forum thread I check out anymore (even though I'm not really in trucking anymore). Easy going and entertaining. Everything else is just not enjoyable, I won't respond if tagged for advice even if I'm sure of the answer. Too much conflict. "Just following along eating popcorn" will get a guy attacked.
I'm starting a thread elsewhere this morning: "What popcorn maker is best for following thread posts?" and see how long it goes until it's locked and members banned.
Keep up the good work here.
Oh, crud I just gave advise. Well let 'er rip and I'll make some popcorn.

 

Jury-rigged means something was assembled quickly with the materials on hand. Jerry-built means it was cheaply or poorly built. Jerry-rigged is a variant of jury-rigged, and it may have been influenced by jerry-built. While some people consider it to be an incorrect version of jury-rigged, it’s widely used, especially in everyday speech.

What does jury-rigged mean?
The word jury has a few different meanings. It can be a group of people that decides the verdict in a legal case or a group of people who judge a contest. Via French, this jury goes back to a Latin verb meaning “to swear (an oath),” also seen in words like perjury.

But, in the nautical world, jury means “makeshift” or “temporary.” The origin of this jury isn’t exactly known.

The word rig is also a nautical term. As a verb, it means “to fit a ship or mast with the necessary elements (such as shrouds and sails).” More generally, it means “to assemble.” Together, these words become jury-rigged by the late 18th century.

A jury-rig, as a noun, is a temporary solution that’s built to replace something that’s been broken or lost overboard. The word can also be used as a verb. For example: “She jury-rigged a new topmast after hers broke in the wind.” Although this expression is rooted in the nautical world, it can refer to any makeshift, MacGyver-like fix: “He jury-rigged a raincoat from garbage bag in the garage.”

What does jerry-built mean?
Jerry-built is an adjective. It describes something that’s cheaply or flimsily built. It can also mean “developed in a haphazard way.” The word can also be used as a verb (present form, jerry-build): “He jerry-built the house, and now, the roof is leaking.”

Here’s where jerry-built differs slightly from jury-rigged: A jury-rig is a temporary solution created with the materials at hand. In some cases, a jury-rig may be poorly put together, but that sense isn’t part of the definition. Jury-rigs can be clever, innovative, and impressive. If something is jerry-built, however, it’s poorly constructed by definition.

What does jerry-rigged mean?
The word jerry-rigged may be a blend of jury-rigged and jerry-built, or it may be a variant pronunciation or spelling of jury-rigged. (Jerry and jury do sound very close.) Jerry-rigged is found by the late 19th-century.

In everyday speech, the word jerry-rig is widely used, though some sticklers insist that it’s incorrect. It’s sometimes used in journalism as well. Its definition is the same as jury-rigged. For example: “She didn’t know how she was going to get home with all of those groceries, but then, using a few old scraps she found, she jerry-rigged a trailer for the back of her bicycle.”Jerry-built, jerry-build, and jerry-builder are all found in the 19th century.

Is the jerry in jerry-built or jerry-rigged offensive?
It’s sometimes thought that the jerry in jerry-built or jerry-rigged comes from Jerry as used as British slur against Germans during Word War I and II. This disparaging term is real, a pun on the name Jerry and the pronunciation of the first part of German. This insult, however, is found by 1915, which is sometime after we first find evidence for jerry-built and jerry-rigged in the 19th century.

So, who (or what) is jerry? We’re just not sure. But, we hope these don’t remember some poor, shoddy craftsman named Jerry (a nickname for such names as Jeremy, Jerome, or Jeremiah) for all time.

Credit: Dictionary.com

 

If you had my bill you'd be rolling in the dough and have 10 trucks.

 

I agreed, I rarely post on other threads anymore.

My three sons, their wives and 6 kids, all like my air popped, pop corn which I then add shaved chocolate, butter and salt to for great movie watching goodness.
I pop indian corn on the stove at Christmas for making garland. It is a little firmer popcorn and hold up very well for crafting. It is then carefully unstrung and placed outside to feed the birds, but probably mice as well.

 

You think trucking forum is bad, repair & heavy equipment forums are really awful.
I've saved all my money and here's my new rig, not new but it's mine looking for help on getting it right. "That's a POS and you are doomed" isn't helpful.

 

No one admits to being from Duck…….