OT: It's a German word that translates to "end of burn"....Dr. Von Braun & co used it as a rocketry term(pre WW2). I prefer to associate it with the feeling that I have when the burning is done.I must know the story behind your username.
What is it?
Coming right up, DudeI'll take a white Russian and make it a double.
Well no. The actual German term is Brennschluß (note three (3) differences in orthography) and it contains a subtlety you did not mention. A subtlety of intention; one I consider central.OT: It's a German word that translates to "end of burn"....Dr. Von Braun & co used it as a rocketry term(pre WW2). I prefer to associate it with the feeling that I have when the burning is done.
OT(again): Thanks for the clarification. I learned the term from reading books by Willy Ley many years ago. ...and I'll never claim to be the smartest(or coolest) person in the room.Well no. The actual German term is Brennschluß (note three (3) differences in orthography) and it contains a subtlety you did not mention. A subtlety of intention; one I consider central.
Thus I am inclined to believe that you hijacked the term for coolness, but not from knowledge.
But thanks for playink.
This is possibly a gracious response.OT(again): Thanks for the clarification. I learned the term from reading books by Willy Ley many years ago. ...and I'll never claim to be the smartest(or coolest) person in the room.
fifyI enjoy drinking Dog piss, the sweetness just makes my mouth water
brenschluss is the point in a rocket's trajectory where it's engines cut off and gravity takes over. closest term i could find...It is perilously akin to a specific term of art that I recognize from (my having spent) a life in a sort of geekery.
That bespeaks either an esoteric knowledge or a vast presumption.
Until shown otherwise, I am selecting option B.
AKA "Burn out" Ya stoners!brenschluss is the point in a rocket's trajectory where it's engines cut off and gravity takes over. closest term i could find...
I used to play that on my mandolin when I was in the navy
I'd like to hear thatI used to play that on my mandolin when I was in the navy