Dean said: (quoted from post at 11:57:59 01/18/10) An interesting aside is the phrase "balls to the wall."
The phrase entered the vernacular in the days of stationary steam engines, which were usually housed in engine houses, and was coined by the engine operators to mean "wide open. That's all she'll do."
The engines were equipped with flyball governors usually mounted near one side of the engine near the wall of the engine house. When centrifugal force forced the balls were fully outward, i.e., as close to the wall as possible, the steam valve was wide open and the engine was producing maximum power for the conditions.
Dean
And the story behind, "ballin the jack" would be........?
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