Fwd: GR translation: veteran automotive jobber Edouard Sanktwolke

[J Tracy]

I agree with Michael’s first interpretation, really a middle man but kind of  wholesaler/dealer  dealing  in stolen automotive  material, including tanks. 

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> From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: GR translation: veteran automotive jobber Edouard Sanktwolke
> Date: February 22, 2025 at 1:51:08 PM EST
> To: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
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> Which Mike? I don’t.
> 
> I should have looked it up but I thought i knew.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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> On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> A jobber is a middleman, middle company, a wholesaler....I would copy and
>> paste this proof
>> but I won't and Mike knows why.
>> 
>> On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM Michael Bailey <
>> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Jobber afaik is a catch-all term for one who makes a living dealing in
>>> something.
>>> 
>>> It’s a looser term than retailer or dealer, and allows (perhaps even
>>> suggests) an implication of less-formal and possibly criminal activity.
>>> 
>>> Sanktwolke (German for “holy cloud”) has a collection of rotor arms, which
>>> also points to frequent (habitual, devoted) auto theft.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> V385.38-386.2, P392.5-10   Most of the transportation was furnished
>>> through
>>>> the expertise of veteran automotive jobber Edouard Sanktwolke, who could
>>>> hot-wire anything on wheels or caterpillar tracks—even packed around a
>>>> custom-built ebony case full of the rotor arms, each in its velvet
>>> recess,
>>>> to every known make, model, and year, in case the target’s owner had
>>>> removed that vital part.
>>>> 
>>>> What does "automotive jobber" mean here?
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