Posted by grim (206.162.192.39) on October 13, 2003 at 06:36:15:
In Reply to: Re: Michael/PS posted by grim on October 13, 2003 at 05:21:53:
: "The jack fires"-a jack being a lifting device, a device for turning the spit over a fire, on a playing card a soldier.
: So you've got lifting something or firing up a cooking setup for meat, or gun and archery contests?
Of course it is determind by the context of the original German in this case.