Re: dumb question.
 

Hootowl proclaimed:

> On 20 Aug 2006 19:17:42 GMT, "Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 22:01:12 UTC "DougW"
>><post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>That's my feeling. Maby they will send me up to Peterson AFB this winter. :)
>>
>>Still not needed, Doug. COS hasn't seen more than 2 days below zero
>>in a long time and AIR the coldest we saw this last winter was like
>>-5. This global warming thing is questionable in it's extreme
>>application, but we haven't had much winter for a good 8-10 years. Of
>>course, the decade following the last string like that made brass
>>monkies an endangered species <g>.
>
>
> Ok, this is also OT, but serious-what is a "brass monkey", if anyone
> knows (they very well may not)? It appears to be an old (circa
> 1890's-early 1900's) railroad term, but all efforts of historians to
> find out have been so fruitless that no one can even speculate as to
> what it was. I find the origins of old terms in our language
> interesting, so I would love to know if ANYONE in here has any idea.

Old sailor's term, predates railroads.

Re: dumb question.
 

Hootowl proclaimed:

> On 20 Aug 2006 19:17:42 GMT, "Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 22:01:12 UTC "DougW"
>><post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>That's my feeling. Maby they will send me up to Peterson AFB this winter. :)
>>
>>Still not needed, Doug. COS hasn't seen more than 2 days below zero
>>in a long time and AIR the coldest we saw this last winter was like
>>-5. This global warming thing is questionable in it's extreme
>>application, but we haven't had much winter for a good 8-10 years. Of
>>course, the decade following the last string like that made brass
>>monkies an endangered species <g>.
>
>
> Ok, this is also OT, but serious-what is a "brass monkey", if anyone
> knows (they very well may not)? It appears to be an old (circa
> 1890's-early 1900's) railroad term, but all efforts of historians to
> find out have been so fruitless that no one can even speculate as to
> what it was. I find the origins of old terms in our language
> interesting, so I would love to know if ANYONE in here has any idea.

Old sailor's term, predates railroads.

Re: dumb question.
 

Hootowl proclaimed:

> On 20 Aug 2006 19:17:42 GMT, "Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 22:01:12 UTC "DougW"
>><post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>That's my feeling. Maby they will send me up to Peterson AFB this winter. :)
>>
>>Still not needed, Doug. COS hasn't seen more than 2 days below zero
>>in a long time and AIR the coldest we saw this last winter was like
>>-5. This global warming thing is questionable in it's extreme
>>application, but we haven't had much winter for a good 8-10 years. Of
>>course, the decade following the last string like that made brass
>>monkies an endangered species <g>.
>
>
> Ok, this is also OT, but serious-what is a "brass monkey", if anyone
> knows (they very well may not)? It appears to be an old (circa
> 1890's-early 1900's) railroad term, but all efforts of historians to
> find out have been so fruitless that no one can even speculate as to
> what it was. I find the origins of old terms in our language
> interesting, so I would love to know if ANYONE in here has any idea.

Old sailor's term, predates railroads.

Re: dumb question.
 

http://www.alaskastories.com/Stories8.html

>
> Ok, this is also OT, but serious-what is a "brass monkey", if anyone
> knows (they very well may not)? It appears to be an old (circa
> 1890's-early 1900's) railroad term, but all efforts of historians to
> find out have been so fruitless that no one can even speculate as to
> what it was. I find the origins of old terms in our language
> interesting, so I would love to know if ANYONE in here has any idea.
>
> Dan

Re: dumb question.
 

http://www.alaskastories.com/Stories8.html

>
> Ok, this is also OT, but serious-what is a "brass monkey", if anyone
> knows (they very well may not)? It appears to be an old (circa
> 1890's-early 1900's) railroad term, but all efforts of historians to
> find out have been so fruitless that no one can even speculate as to
> what it was. I find the origins of old terms in our language
> interesting, so I would love to know if ANYONE in here has any idea.
>
> Dan

Re: dumb question.
 

http://www.alaskastories.com/Stories8.html

>
> Ok, this is also OT, but serious-what is a "brass monkey", if anyone
> knows (they very well may not)? It appears to be an old (circa
> 1890's-early 1900's) railroad term, but all efforts of historians to
> find out have been so fruitless that no one can even speculate as to
> what it was. I find the origins of old terms in our language
> interesting, so I would love to know if ANYONE in here has any idea.
>
> Dan

Re: dumb question.
 

http://www.alaskastories.com/Stories8.html

>
> Ok, this is also OT, but serious-what is a "brass monkey", if anyone
> knows (they very well may not)? It appears to be an old (circa
> 1890's-early 1900's) railroad term, but all efforts of historians to
> find out have been so fruitless that no one can even speculate as to
> what it was. I find the origins of old terms in our language
> interesting, so I would love to know if ANYONE in here has any idea.
>
> Dan

Re: dumb question.
 

In article <ec84kj$emu$1@reader2.panix.com>,
Lee Ayrton <layrton@REMOVE_ME.panix.com> wrote:
#Here's one, though: The guy at the lube shop claimed that the red dye
#in ATF fluid is designed to give up and turn brown about the same time
#as the additives in the fluid give up. Anyone know if that's true?

Maybe for older ATF fluids but not for the newer ATF+4.

A lube place tried to sell me a ATF change stating that they had a
additive to make the stuff they had on hand into ATF+4.

Yeah. Right. ATF+4 is full synthetic by spec...
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/transmissions/fluids.html

Speaking of which, I actualy found some non-mopar ATF+4 at the
local autoparts store. 'Bout time...

/herb

Re: dumb question.
 

In article <ec84kj$emu$1@reader2.panix.com>,
Lee Ayrton <layrton@REMOVE_ME.panix.com> wrote:
#Here's one, though: The guy at the lube shop claimed that the red dye
#in ATF fluid is designed to give up and turn brown about the same time
#as the additives in the fluid give up. Anyone know if that's true?

Maybe for older ATF fluids but not for the newer ATF+4.

A lube place tried to sell me a ATF change stating that they had a
additive to make the stuff they had on hand into ATF+4.

Yeah. Right. ATF+4 is full synthetic by spec...
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/transmissions/fluids.html

Speaking of which, I actualy found some non-mopar ATF+4 at the
local autoparts store. 'Bout time...

/herb

Re: dumb question.
 

In article <ec84kj$emu$1@reader2.panix.com>,
Lee Ayrton <layrton@REMOVE_ME.panix.com> wrote:
#Here's one, though: The guy at the lube shop claimed that the red dye
#in ATF fluid is designed to give up and turn brown about the same time
#as the additives in the fluid give up. Anyone know if that's true?

Maybe for older ATF fluids but not for the newer ATF+4.

A lube place tried to sell me a ATF change stating that they had a
additive to make the stuff they had on hand into ATF+4.

Yeah. Right. ATF+4 is full synthetic by spec...
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/transmissions/fluids.html

Speaking of which, I actualy found some non-mopar ATF+4 at the
local autoparts store. 'Bout time...

/herb