GR translation: veteran automotive jobber Edouard Sanktwolke

[Mike Jing]

Gotcha. Thanks, Joseph.

On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM J Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> I agree with Michael’s first interpretation, really a middle man but kind
> of  wholesaler/dealer  dealing  in stolen automotive  material, including
> tanks.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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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>
>
> Which Mike? I don’t.
>
> I should have looked it up but I thought i knew.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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:
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> 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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