Yes, Bogging is (my) obsession, or do you call it a hobby?

Let there be light!
http://www.temporaryservices.org/candle.mov

http://www.amazon.com/Prisoners-Inventions-Temporary-Services/dp/0945323026

Reading an article in the Wall Street Journal about how periods of major un-employment have lead to major innovations in the business cycle.

I think of course: Necessity is the Mother of Invention. So, who said that first? Plato.

So, I look for a picture or image of something invention that was mothered by necessity... first up? A tatoo needle (electric!) made by a prisoner. OK. Where did that image come from?

Off I go looking again: Prisoners' Inventions is a book about the subject of the title!
There are more... and more.

And there are videos, too!
So, folks. I have got to stop and go to work.
However, the simple point is made.
"Man" as in humans is a tool maker.

Freddallas


Let's not forget Jerry-rigged which I have used all my life instead of the more common phrase heard in East Texas in my childhood: "Nigger-rigged."
You find lots of "etynology" writing on the Internet about the phrase, but something tells me that it MIGHT be related to the use of German-made improvised explosives that were left for the Allied forces as the Germans retreated. The English have been calling Germans, Jerries for a long time.

Jerry (offensive)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terms_used_for_Germans#Jerry_.28offensive.29
Jerry was a nickname given to Germans during the Second World War by soldiers and civilians of the Allied nations, in particular by the British. Although the nickname was originally created during World War I [1], it didn't find common use until World War II.[3]
Jerry has analogues from different eras in Tommy (British), Charlie (Vietnam - "Victor Charlie" for VC (Viet Cong), later shortened to just "Charlie"), Sammy (Somalia), and Ivan (Russians).
The name is likely an alteration of the word German. Others have claimed that the World War I German helmet, shaped like a chamber pot or jeroboam was the initial impetus for creation, although this is almost certainly revisionist history[citation needed]. One ongoing use of 'jerry' is found in the term jerrycan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerrycan
A jerrycan or jerrican or jerry can or gerry can is a robust fuel container made from pressed steel. It was originally designed to hold 20 litres of fuel.
The jerrycan was invented by the Germans during a secret project ordered by Hitler. The Germans called it the Wehrmachtskanister. The Germans had thousands of jerrycans stockpiled by 1939 in anticipation of war.[1]
Today similar designs are used for fuel and water containers, some of which are also produced in plastic. The designs usually emulate the original steel design and are still known as jerrycans, although they have also been called "jerryjugs" (or "jerry jugs", just as jerrycan is sometimes spelled as two words as well).
The US version of the jerrycan is covered by military specification MIL-C-1283[2] and has been produced since the early 1940s by a number of US manufacturers, according to a current manufacturer, Blitz[3]. The National Stock Number is 7240-00-222-3088 but it is considered obsolete, having been replaced with plastic versions.

Harry Turtle Dove's new book, The Man with the Iron Heart, is about insurgents that make the occupation of Germany a lot more difficult for the Allies after War World II by using the same techniques that our USa troops have encountered in
The Wars of the Bush Presidencies.

Yep. improvised explosives devices or IEDs are nothing new in warfare.

FD

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/9245
It's unclear whether you're asking about "jerry-built" or "jury-rigged", so I'll give the etymology (word history) for both.from WordOrigins.org :Jerry-built, meaning to temporary or shoddy construction, dates to 1869. The OED2 hazards a guess that it may derive from the name of a builder who was notorious for poor construction. An 1884 source (unconfirmed) says that the phrase is in reference to a particular construction project on the Mersey River in Britain.From Etymonline.com :jerry-built1869, Eng. dial. jerry "bad, defective," a pejorative use of the male nickname Jerry (a popular form of Jeremy), or from naut. slang jury "temporary," which came to be used of all sorts of makeshift and inferior objects (see jury (adj.)).However, we should not confuse "jerry-built" with "jury rigged". While they sound similar, their meanings are DIFFERENT. According to WordOrigins.org:Jury rig, while similar sounding, has a slightly different meaning, emphasizing the temporary nature of the solution and can imply an ingenious solution done with materials at hand. Jerry-built, on the other hand, is often used for a permanent, but poorly built, construction and has no positive connotation.The origin of jury rig is nautical and dates to 1788. It is from the nautical term jury mast. This term dates to at least 1616 and refers to a temporary mast erected to hold sail when the normal mast has been lost due to storm or battle. It is commonly thought that this sense of the word is a clipped form of injury mast, but no evidence of this longer term has been found. This form of jury is etymologically unrelated to the jury that sits in judgment at a trial.


http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2008/08/jerry-rigged-expression.html
A jerry-rigged expression?
Q: Help me, Rhonda! I am so tired of coming across the term "jerry-rigged." Writers great and small, learned and not so learned, constantly get this wrong. The term is either “jury-rigged,” referring to a makeshift emergency repair, or “jerry-built,” meaning thrown together with whatever's handy. These terms are not the same.A: I don’t think Rhonda will be of much help on this one.The term “jerry-rigged” has already made it into both The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.) and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.) – without any warning labels.American Heritage says "jerry-rig" is an alteration of “jury-rig” influenced by “jerry-build.” Merriam-Webster’s says "jerry-rigged" is probably a blend of "jury-rigged" and "jerry-built." Thus, language changes, for better or worse.In fact, this “new” jury-rigged (or jerry-built) phrase isn’t all that new. It’s been with us for nearly half a century, according to Merriam-Webster’s, and means built in a crude or improvised manner.Of the three expressions, “jury-rigged” is by far the oldest, with roots going back to the early 17th century, when a “jury-mast” was a temporary mast put up to replace one that was broken or carried away, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.The earliest published reference in the OED for “jury-rigged” (spelled without the hyphen) is in a 1788 travel book: “The ships to be jury rigged: that is, to have smaller masts, yards, and rigging, than would be required for actual service.” The expression now means to improvise or do something in a makeshift way.The first citation for “jerry-built” is in an 1869 glossary: “Jerry-built, slightly, or unsubstantially built.” The origin of the expression is unknown, but it’s thought to be influenced by the use of the word “jerry” in English dialect to mean defective. The expression still refers to something that’s shoddily made.The language sleuth Hugh Rawson, in his book Devious Derivations, lists eight of the more imaginative theories about the origin of “jerry-built,” including suggestions that “jerry” refers to the biblical walls of Jericho, the prophet Jeremiah, or German soldiers.I’m not ready to use “jerry-rigged” myself, but with 56,000 hits on Google, it’s holding its own with “jerry-built” (79,000) and “jury-rigged” (123,000).

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