putterings       520   <   521   >   522       index

puttering about with clocks, a long association with and affinity for this art
 

were puttering about with clocks.
      The word tüfteln means to puzzle or mull over a technical problem until a solution is found. The Swabians, just like the Yankees, have a long association with and affinity for this art, which is called “tinker-
... puttering " down east . One of the oldest - if not the oldest ... Philipp Matthäus Hahn ( 1739-1790 ) of Kornwestheim and Echterdingen loved ...

ex Bob Larson, Your Swabian Neighbors (1980) : 138 : link

second landing

original landing, from search for “philipps” + “puttering”

—

Swabia, “a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.”
wikipedia : link
 

12 February 2025