On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, at around 09:01:25 local time, StevesTR
<StevesTR@veroquest.com> wrote:
>After working on some projects with some British engineering colleagues,
>I noticed that they used a lot of words to talk about broken things. I
>like to think of these when I am fixing the car.
>
>Please forgive me if some of these are incorrect.
>Pair Shaped = Something off balance like a vibrating drive shaft. Will
>probably result in broken u-joints eventually.
Dear Steve,
It's "pear-shaped" and it rarely has anything to do with shape (or
balance, or alignment). "It's all gone pear-shaped" is just another
British term for what I believe is known in America as "FUBAR" or "It's
all gone horribly wrong".
ATB
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Mike
Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV
Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 DL
Carly - 1977 Inca Yellow Spitfire 1500 FH105671
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