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>Is there a difference between a reciprocating engine and an internal combustion engine?
Yes. All reciprocating engines (the type found in most automobiles, whether they are gasoline or diesel) are internal combustion engines. But not all internal combustion engines are reciprocating. The other type of IC engine is called the Wankel engine after its inventor. It was used quite a bit in Mazdas, though I don't know if it still is. The Wankel has a rotating triangular piston that pulls in a gas-air mixture, compresses it, blows it up, then gets rid of the exhaust (the same four cycles that a book I cherished when I was six or so referred to as "suck, squeeze, pop, fooey.")
By the by, external combustion engines are those in which the fuel is burned in the open air -- steam engines mostly.
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I sketch a tick mark in the air with my finger to indicate to the waitron unit that I want my bill.
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I sketch a tick mark in the air with my finger to indicate to the waitron unit that I want my bill.
I, on the other hand, being the classy dame that i am, mime signing the bill. The implication being (in the days before credit card) that I had a "house account" which allowed me to sign the bill and be billed privately. Please don't call me a snob before you look the word up in the OED!  wow
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What about "tab"? (As in "Waiter, I'll have the tab now").
Thought this was a US'ism as well? I've used it and they seem to know what I'm talking about over 'ere.
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What about "tab"?
In my experience (on both sides of the bar), tab usually applies when one (or more) is at a bar/pub and plans to order a series of drinks. Rather than paying for each one as it arrives, one starts a tab, which is paid when one can (or should) drink no more.
I spent a fair bit of time waiting tables in the Northeast of USA and don't recall hearing "tab" to mean "check" - although the meaning would have been clear.
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Our tree frog notes: tab usually applies when one (or more) is at a bar/pub and plans to order a series of drinks.
I concur. I also agree that it would be understood in related contexts although probably not primarily used that way. If you're a regular the bartender might ask you if you want to "run a tab" after serving you your first drink. If you indicate that you will be eating before or while ordering the first drink it will probably be assumed that you will get a check for the entire amount when you are done, which may correspond to the finishing of the meal. The bartender would ask you if you'd like anything else after clearing the dishes. This is all assuming that you are eating at the bar, which is not common if you are in a group but not that rare if you are alone.
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I think that next time I will have to revenge" I said, "I think you mean 'reciprocate!!' Hi bikermom - great handle  You were quite right to correct the German - revenge and reciprocate have very different meanings, and very different roots. There's the idea of avenging built into revenge, which ain't ever going to be nice, whereas if you reciprocate in a negative sense then it's fairly immediate retaliation rather than something you plot for years and exact with relish and an evil chuckle. [evil grin emoticon] Fisk
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Thanks. I ride bikes of all kinds but I do not go fishing----and I love to eat fish of most kinds.
You gave me the most excellent explanation of all. All I knew was that revenge is used in a mean way and to reciprocate in a most positive ways. And yes, revenge usually has been planned for quite some time.
By the way, I still can't figure out how to do all those extra things with a post!!! Any helpful clues!!!!!!
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>Any helpful clues!!!!!!
FAQ... upper right on menu... all is revealed.
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In reply to:
you tick something off a list with a check mark. Hmmm, do you call it a tick mark over on your side of the ocean?
Just a tick, not a tick mark.
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