> The relation to British cars is up to the
> reader to determine. I suspect,
> though, that the "technical lucubrations"
> that Aldous refers to were no
> doubt the 1925 equivalents of
> Slick-50 and Redline... :-)
>
> -- Scott
No, Scott those are technical lubrications. A lucubration in this
context is probably a "studied or pretentious expression in speech or
writing" (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary). Or are you subbing
for Norm Crosby? :-)
For a few moments, I thought Phil had mixed up some
attributions. After all, I think I exemplify "technical
lucubrations" about as well as anyone since Polonius...
--Scott "Very like a Swallow Doretti" Fisher
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