[Gllug] gearboxes (was Geforce2)

Les Till les_till at cableinet.co.uk
Thu Jan 24 11:30:31 UTC 2002


Paul Brazier wrote:
> 
> > Those wierd motions are the reason why the manual gearbox is
> > known as a
> > 'Christian gearbox'.
> > Seems the current discussion is well into politics just thought I'd
> > introduce religion.
> >  Les
> 
> Never heard this one and a Google search for "christian gearbox" doesn't
> bring anything up?
> It shows my age. First heard it around 1948. 
> On a slightly related but also OT note where does the abbreviation
> "prolly" for "probably" come from?
> I've only ever seen it used in computer contexts and it doesn't really
> save you much letters.
> 
> Paul.
> 
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