Nautical in origin. In the "olden days" of sailing ships, if you broke a
mast, you would limp ashore, cut down a tree to make a pole, lash it in
place of your broken mast as a "jury-rig" or "jury-rigging". Origin of the
"jury" part is unclear, but it may have come from the Old  French "ajurie",
meaning "help"

John Bange
'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"

>English question:  Should this snip from the email below:
>
>:::Right now I have a
>:::jury-rigged wire holding things up
>
>
>say "jury-rigged" or "gerry-rigged?" or "jerry-rigged?"
>
>jury-rigged - as in rigging a jury
>
>gerry-rigged - as in gerrymandering, which would of course be quite
>appropriate for this list - Gerry, I mean, not elections.
>
>jerry-rigged - doesn't relate to anything, I think.  Jerry cans?  I don't
>know what they are anyway.
>
>Sorry, I'm sometimes a bit of a word geek...  In eastern Canada it's already
>Friday, I think, even though somewhere west of Minneapolis, where I am right
>now (in a rather nice state park at which I am the ONLY camper!), I believe
>it's still Thursday.
>
>
>
>Joy
>
>****************************************************************
>Joy Hecht
>and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>
>For musings about life and the vanadventures:
>http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy
>
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>
>:::-----Original Message-----
>:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
>:::Of gary hradek
>:::Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:06 AM
>:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>:::Subject: Spare-tire Pan Bolt Spec
>:::
>:::I believe busdepot may have something.
>:::gary
>:::http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=N90920501
>:::Date:    Wed, 22 Sep 2004 22:48:58 -0400
>:::From:    Barry Muller <ekab_muller@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
>:::Subject: Spare-tire Pan Bolt Spec
>:::
>:::Hello All,
>:::
>:::The other day, while replacing the radiator on my '91
>:::Carat I mislaid,
>:::er lost, the bolt that holds the front of the spare
>:::tire pan to the
>:::frame.  Does anyone know the specs of that bolt?
>:::Right now I have a
>:::jury-rigged wire holding things up.  Sure don't want
>:::that to fail at
>:::highway speeds!
>:::
>:::Thanks in advance,
>:::
>:::Barry