Subj : Re: Is There SomeBody
To   : Charles Radley
From : Jasen Betts
Date : Mon Jul 10 2000 01:29 pm

Hi Charles.

 CR> In the English language, to put space equipment into storage is
 CR> called "mothballing"

not only space eqipment, any large machinery that's not going to be used
for a long period

 CR> or sometimes "hibernating".

isn't hibernating usually a process that the equipment pust iteself
through, whereas mothballing takes outside intervention.

 CR> In the Russian language it is called "greasing".

Interesting, the English "mothballing" comes from the practice of storing
clothes, blanletrs, rugs etc,  for long periods in chests with mothballs
(which stop carpet moths and other insects from attacking them.

The Russian "greasing" would seem to come from the practice of storing
military rifles and other similar machinery packed in grease or oil to
prevent it from rusting or deteriorating in other ways...

 CR> It took us both a long time to figure out what it really meant.

yeah, I can see that ...

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