No way, everyone would see all my empty coffee cups, discarded socks, dog leashes, pens, gardening tools, books, maps, hair clips, etc that reside on the floor of my car.
No way, everyone would see all my empty coffee cups, discarded socks, dog leashes, pens, gardening tools, books, maps, hair clips, etc that reside on the floor of my car.
ogod, you're right, Green Witch, I'd pull into the mall parking lot, drop the doors and a hundred and fifty newpaper pages would start blowing out all over the place.
Joe(Excuse me, did you see a Con Edison bill go flying by here?)Nation
That's okay if it's not raining hard. Here, it rains hard a lot.
Joe, you understand hardware. (slight change of subject here, sorry). Why do the Americans call the type of knife which we call a clasp knife, or pocket knife, or penknife, or folding knife, a jack-knife?
That's okay if it's not raining hard. Here, it rains hard a lot.
Joe, you understand hardware. (slight change of subject here, sorry). Why do the Americans call the type of knife which we call a clasp knife, or pocket knife, or penknife, or folding knife, a jack-knife?
Where did the name jack-knife come from?
I was going to guess from the French 'Jacque' and perhaps used in a pejorative sense because the tool was smaller than a sheath knife, but then I read this:
Quote:
jackknife
Origin: 1711
Americans may not have been the first to think of making a knife safe and portable by giving it a blade that folds into the handle, but we were the first to call it a jackknife. Our earliest notice is in the official records of Springfield, Massachusetts, for 1711: "One Dozen of Jack Knives, at six pence the knife" on one occasion, and "Eleven iron handled Jack knives" on another.
Jackknives were a traditional accouterment for boys who were growing up in America. Without them the playing of mumble-te-peg (an English game which antedates jackknife by eighty years at least) and the whittling of sticks (which probably antedates English and perhaps even the Bronze Age) can only be practiced by the possessors of the larger and more formidable sheath knife (1837). The practical advantage to the jackknife lies in its relatively safe transportability in one's pocket.
Where did we get the term? Perhaps it came from the Scottish word for a similar knife, jockteleg knife or Jock the Leg Knife, attested as early as 1672. Or perhaps it was from Jack meaning "sailor," since the knife was used by sailors.
hmmm, i don't see why would it be any different from opening regular car door in the rain? you still expose the same area of the car...the open door does not protect that much from water.
Joe, you understand hardware. (slight change of subject here, sorry). Why do the Americans call the type of knife which we call a clasp knife, or pocket knife, or penknife, or folding knife, a jack-knife?
Also, it seems the doors need to be light in order to slide underneath
thus not very thick which would create a security problem in case of
an accident.
So no, I rather open the heavy door of my car manually.
What if they decided not to slide open, or shut afterwards? Then what? lol
Stumble It!
Tweet This
Bookmark on Delicious
Share on Facebook
Share on MySpace
