On 22 Jul 96 at 12:20, natasha!kombi@adobe.mv.us.ado wrote:
> >>"...the car itself was still full of bugs." -Heinz Nordhoff, 1948, rebuilding
> >>the VW after the war.
> 
> Was this really written in 1948?  The term "bug" as applied to an engineering
> failure/problem, has been credited to Grace Hopper sometime in WWII, but I
> am quite suprised that it migrated this far in such a short time!
> 
I recall seeing this quote, in a beetle history book, although I 
don't recall if 'bug' was actually used... it may have been 'problem'
 

Shawn
'88 Westy 332k (Kyra)
'85 Jetta TD 350k (Jenni)