Bill,
I think the same company made the brake fluif that was mentioned years ago ?
It is totally Lucas reliable.
David
From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of wbeech
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 11:10 PM
To: 'Andrew Uprichard' <auprichard at uprichard.net>; 'William Brewer'
<billbrewer59 at yahoo.com>; 'Triumphs List' <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] - Re: [TR] Proper English for a Proper Car
I believe Dave Templeton just referred to ?Starting Fluif? in a post last
month. So how many times does a new word have to be used before Webster will
recognize it as a real word?
Bill
From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of William
Brewer
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 2:08 PM
To: Triumphs List
Subject: [TR] Proper English for a Proper Car
I drove my TR3 to work the other morning. When I left my home at o'dark
thirty it was in the mid-50's and I wore a leather coat. I live at about the
mile high elevation in the southern Sierras. When I left my work in Mojave that
afternoon, it was 109 degrees. The car interior felt hotter and hotter inside
as I drove and I was looking forward to getting up the hill to cooler
temperatures. Soon thereafter I ran across a new proper English word -
"Calescent" which means "growing warm; increasing in heat". I also enjoy using
the word "Recalcitrant" to describe the TR's too-fast-a-shift from 1st to 2nd,
"recalcitrant" meaning "resisting authority or control; not obedient or
compliant". A synonym could be "balk".
Another word that has come in handy many times, especially at parties, is
"calipygous". I use it in conversation whenever possible. Usually, ladies say
"thank-you" for the compliment and then go home and look it up.
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A word I haven't seen used on the Triumphs list recently would be "Fluif".
I can't remember who used that misspelling two decades ago, but it has still
stuck in my vocabulary. Who was that? Are you still on the list? I think that
his name was Joe-something.
Have a good Friday. Triumph over conformity.
Bill in Tehachapi
Anglophile, Logophile
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