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This week's theme: eponyms (words coined after people's names).

Vulcanian (vul-KAY-nee-uhn) adjective

Relating to a volcanic eruption; volcanic.

Relating to metalworking.

The word is coined after Vulcan, the god of fire and metalworking in
Roman mythology. Other terms derived from his name are volcano and
vulcanization, the process of treating rubber with sulfur and heat to
make it more durable.

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I sort of remembered Vulcan was the god of fire, but that metalworking
part was news to me.

So, I guess we could call ourselves vulcanians. Sounds very much like
something from Star Trek, doesn't it?

Jeff

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"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:10:17 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

Today's "A Word a Day"* email was this one:

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This week's theme: eponyms (words coined after people's names).

Vulcanian (vul-KAY-nee-uhn) adjective

Relating to a volcanic eruption; volcanic.

Relating to metalworking.

The word is coined after Vulcan, the god of fire and metalworking in
Roman mythology. Other terms derived from his name are volcano and
vulcanization, the process of treating rubber with sulfur and heat to
make it more durable.

No no no, it is a neologism coined from Vulgar and Canadian -- a
rather rare bird but not entirely unknown...

In article ,
Jeff Wisnia wrote:

Today's "A Word a Day"* email was this one:

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This week's theme: eponyms (words coined after people's names).

Vulcanian (vul-KAY-nee-uhn) adjective

Relating to a volcanic eruption; volcanic.

Relating to metalworking.

The word is coined after Vulcan, the god of fire and metalworking in
Roman mythology. Other terms derived from his name are volcano and
vulcanization, the process of treating rubber with sulfur and heat to
make it more durable.

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I sort of remembered Vulcan was the god of fire, but that metalworking
part was news to me.

So, I guess we could call ourselves vulcanians. Sounds very much like
something from Star Trek, doesn't it?

Jeff

* "A Word a Day" is an interesting site which offers free subscriptions
that send you emails defining unusual words and describing their
origins. I enjoy them:

http://wordsmith.org/awad/sub.html

I prefer the italian word for blacksmith "Ferrari"

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they fly by" - Douglas Adams

In article , Ernie
Leimkuhler says...

I prefer the italian word for blacksmith "Ferrari"

An erronious translation. The *real* one is "Ducati."

Jim


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On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:10:17 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

....the process of treating rubber with sulfur and heat to
make it more durable.


I remember seeing my dad patch tire inner tubes back in the early
60's. The patch was a thin metal "piece" with the patch on one side
and a flammable material on the other. It was clamped over the hole
with the patch side against the inner tube and the flamable material
was ignited with a match. This adhered the patch to the tube and was
called "vulcanizing".
Randy

jim rozen wrote:
In article , Ernie
Leimkuhler says...


I prefer the italian word for blacksmith "Ferrari"


An erronious translation. The *real* one is "Ducati."

Jim


That, my friend, translates to 'dollars'

cheers
T.Alan

"Randy Replogle" wrote: (clip) This adhered the patch to the tube and was
called "vulcanizing".
^^^^^^^^^^^^
The process was "vulcanizing," but we called them "hot patches."

"jim rozen" wrote: An erronious translation. The *real* one is "Ducati."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So, the, tell me what a desmodromic anvil would look like.

In article , Leo
Lichtman says...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So, then, tell me what a desmodromic anvil would look like.

Don't know what it would look like, but I'm sure it would real
expensive and built like a ship in a bottle!

Jim


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Randy Replogle wrote:

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:10:17 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

...the process of treating rubber with sulfur and heat to

make it more durable.



I remember seeing my dad patch tire inner tubes back in the early
60's. The patch was a thin metal "piece" with the patch on one side
and a flammable material on the other. It was clamped over the hole
with the patch side against the inner tube and the flamable material
was ignited with a match. This adhered the patch to the tube and was
called "vulcanizing".
Randy


I remeber those too, and I don't think they're around any more.

I also remember when tire blowouts were far more commonplace than they
are now.

My dad's idea of heaven was a place where as you entered one of St.
Peter's flunkeys handed you a set of four brand new "Goodyear Lifeguard"
tires and tubes.

Those beasts had a second inner tube so that if the main one blew out
the backup one kept you from swerving into oblivion.

Here's a radio commercial for them, probably from near the end or just
after WWII:

http://www3.telus.net/public/xerog/goodyear.mp3

The references to "today's maximum speeds of 35 MPH" and "not rationed"
sound like holdovers from WWII. IIRC petroleum supply wasn't the major
reason for gas rationing then. Rather it was because we hadn't much of a
synthetic rubber capability and the Japanese had occupied the places we
got much of out natural rubber from. Rationing gas had the direct effect
of reducing the number of tires needed for civilian autos.

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."

In article ,
Jeff Wisnia wrote:

Randy Replogle wrote:

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:10:17 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

...the process of treating rubber with sulfur and heat to

make it more durable.



I remember seeing my dad patch tire inner tubes back in the early
60's. The patch was a thin metal "piece" with the patch on one side
and a flammable material on the other. It was clamped over the hole
with the patch side against the inner tube and the flamable material
was ignited with a match. This adhered the patch to the tube and was
called "vulcanizing".
Randy


I remeber those too, and I don't think they're around any more.

I also remember when tire blowouts were far more commonplace than they
are now.

My dad's idea of heaven was a place where as you entered one of St.
Peter's flunkeys handed you a set of four brand new "Goodyear Lifeguard"
tires and tubes.

Those beasts had a second inner tube so that if the main one blew out
the backup one kept you from swerving into oblivion.

Here's a radio commercial for them, probably from near the end or just
after WWII:

http://www3.telus.net/public/xerog/goodyear.mp3

The references to "today's maximum speeds of 35 MPH" and "not rationed"
sound like holdovers from WWII. IIRC petroleum supply wasn't the major
reason for gas rationing then. Rather it was because we hadn't much of a
synthetic rubber capability and the Japanese had occupied the places we
got much of out natural rubber from. Rationing gas had the direct effect
of reducing the number of tires needed for civilian autos.

Makes sense, sort of... Until you consider that both gas AND tires were
rationed.

When she died, one of the many interesting tidbits that my grandmother
was found to have collected over the years was a partially used up,
clearly WWII-vintage booklet of ration tickets. Among the items I can
remember it containing tickets for were sugar, nylons, gasoline, tires,
coffee, and a box of .30-30 shells.

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Short form: I'm trashing EVERY E-mail that doesn't contain a password in the
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See http://www.sonic.net/~dakidd/main/contact.html for full details.

"Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message
...
Today's "A Word a Day"* email was this one:
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* "A Word a Day" is an interesting site which offers free subscriptions
that send you emails defining unusual words and describing their
origins. I enjoy them:

http://wordsmith.org/awad/sub.html


Jeff,

You SOB, the last thing I need is to subscribe to another one of these
things but this has not stopped me from subscribing to one more that you
suggested.

To get even for this temptation, I shall tempt you with similar inbox
clogging freebie subscriptions for the verbivore.


http://www.askoxford.com/contactus/wotd/
http://register.yourdictionary.com/cgi-bin/register.cgi
http://www.startsampling.com/sm/wod/register.iphtml
http://www.wordorigins.org/newsltr.htm

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If knowledge is power, and power corrupts, what does this say about the
Congress?

In Birminghan, Alabama there is a huge iron statue of Vulcan which depicts
him as an ironworker/blacksmith.
Don Young
"Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message
...
Today's "A Word a Day"* email was this one:

************************************************** **************

This week's theme: eponyms (words coined after people's names).

Vulcanian (vul-KAY-nee-uhn) adjective

Relating to a volcanic eruption; volcanic.

Relating to metalworking.

The word is coined after Vulcan, the god of fire and metalworking in
Roman mythology. Other terms derived from his name are volcano and
vulcanization, the process of treating rubber with sulfur and heat to
make it more durable.

************************************************** **************
I sort of remembered Vulcan was the god of fire, but that metalworking
part was news to me.

So, I guess we could call ourselves vulcanians. Sounds very much like
something from Star Trek, doesn't it?

Jeff

* "A Word a Day" is an interesting site which offers free subscriptions
that send you emails defining unusual words and describing their origins.
I enjoy them:

http://wordsmith.org/awad/sub.html

--
Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."

Don Bruder wrote:
In article ,
Jeff Wisnia wrote:


Randy Replogle wrote:


On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:10:17 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

...the process of treating rubber with sulfur and heat to


make it more durable.



I remember seeing my dad patch tire inner tubes back in the early
60's. The patch was a thin metal "piece" with the patch on one side
and a flammable material on the other. It was clamped over the hole
with the patch side against the inner tube and the flamable material
was ignited with a match. This adhered the patch to the tube and was
called "vulcanizing".
Randy


I remeber those too, and I don't think they're around any more.

I also remember when tire blowouts were far more commonplace than they
are now.

My dad's idea of heaven was a place where as you entered one of St.
Peter's flunkeys handed you a set of four brand new "Goodyear Lifeguard"
tires and tubes.

Those beasts had a second inner tube so that if the main one blew out
the backup one kept you from swerving into oblivion.

Here's a radio commercial for them, probably from near the end or just
after WWII:

http://www3.telus.net/public/xerog/goodyear.mp3

The references to "today's maximum speeds of 35 MPH" and "not rationed"
sound like holdovers from WWII. IIRC petroleum supply wasn't the major
reason for gas rationing then. Rather it was because we hadn't much of a
synthetic rubber capability and the Japanese had occupied the places we
got much of out natural rubber from. Rationing gas had the direct effect
of reducing the number of tires needed for civilian autos.


Makes sense, sort of... Until you consider that both gas AND tires were
rationed.

You could be correct, but I know the rubber part is true, you couldn't
legally buy a new tire without begging the ration board for permission
and giving them affidavits from not one, but two, repair shops that your
old tire was irreparable. The used tire market went through the roof
during WWII.

Here's a bit of nostalgia on the rubber tire part:

http://media.nara.gov/media/images/19/5/19-0402a.gif

And, "Straight Dope" concurs with my memories of those times:

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_382b.html

Peace,

Jeff



When she died, one of the many interesting tidbits that my grandmother
was found to have collected over the years was a partially used up,
clearly WWII-vintage booklet of ration tickets. Among the items I can
remember it containing tickets for were sugar, nylons, gasoline, tires,
coffee, and a box of .30-30 shells.


All I've got left is my mom's little black change purse full of red and
blue dime sized fibre tokens ("ration points"). Blue ones for butter and
other stuff, red ones for meat.

Jeff


--
Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:51:25 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

,;Don Bruder wrote:
,; In article ,
,; Jeff Wisnia wrote:
,;
,;
,;Randy Replogle wrote:
,;
,;
,;On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:10:17 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:
,;
,;...the process of treating rubber with sulfur and heat to
,;
,;
,; make it more durable.
,;
,;
,;
,;I remember seeing my dad patch tire inner tubes back in the early
,;60's. The patch was a thin metal "piece" with the patch on one side
,;and a flammable material on the other. It was clamped over the hole
,;with the patch side against the inner tube and the flamable material
,;was ignited with a match. This adhered the patch to the tube and was
,;called "vulcanizing".
,;Randy
,;
,;
,;I remeber those too, and I don't think they're around any more.
,;
,;I also remember when tire blowouts were far more commonplace than they
,;are now.
,;
,;My dad's idea of heaven was a place where as you entered one of St.
,;Peter's flunkeys handed you a set of four brand new "Goodyear Lifeguard"
,;tires and tubes.
,;
,;Those beasts had a second inner tube so that if the main one blew out
,;the backup one kept you from swerving into oblivion.
,;
,;Here's a radio commercial for them, probably from near the end or just
,;after WWII:
,;
,;http://www3.telus.net/public/xerog/goodyear.mp3
,;
,;The references to "today's maximum speeds of 35 MPH" and "not rationed"
,;sound like holdovers from WWII. IIRC petroleum supply wasn't the major
,;reason for gas rationing then. Rather it was because we hadn't much of a
,;synthetic rubber capability and the Japanese had occupied the places we
,;got much of out natural rubber from. Rationing gas had the direct effect
,;of reducing the number of tires needed for civilian autos.
,;
,;
,; Makes sense, sort of... Until you consider that both gas AND tires were
,; rationed.
,;
,;You could be correct, but I know the rubber part is true, you couldn't
,;legally buy a new tire without begging the ration board for permission
,;and giving them affidavits from not one, but two, repair shops that your
,;old tire was irreparable. The used tire market went through the roof
,;during WWII.
,;
,;Here's a bit of nostalgia on the rubber tire part:
,;
,;http://media.nara.gov/media/images/19/5/19-0402a.gif
,;
,;And, "Straight Dope" concurs with my memories of those times:
,;
,;http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_382b.html


"Straight dope" forgot about the "T" stamp which were for commercial
trucks. How do I know? My father had a bulk gas delivery dealership
for a major oil company. We had mountains of those ration stamps piled
on the table from the gas stations and farmers.

Unfortunately we burned the leftovers after WII.

Roger Shoaf wrote:

"Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message
...

Today's "A Word a Day"* email was this one:

snip

* "A Word a Day" is an interesting site which offers free subscriptions
that send you emails defining unusual words and describing their
origins. I enjoy them:

http://wordsmith.org/awad/sub.html



Jeff,

You SOB,


My mother never saw the irony in her calling me that.....


snipped

Jeff

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(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."