-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 david.l...@preisshare.net wrote: >> sstein...@gmail.com wrote: >> Hmm ... I think you meant "bikeshedding" (energetic discussion of >> meaningless details) -- "woodshedding" *is* an actual slang term, but >> one that originated among musicians, meaning "to practice one's skills >> alone" (i.e., to go off to a woodshed where no one can hear you). > > Sometimes a woodshed in the country is the best place to write music. > There's a special character that you get in the music that isn't possible > living in the city.
On another face of living in the country: the woodshed is also where recalcitrant youth receive their more-or-less-well-earned beatings. Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 tsea...@palladion.com Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAks38zYACgkQ+gerLs4ltQ5EqgCdGFdBkmY40ohDy8zFibsTlD3v jjsAn3KOf4tGCvh1dWQM1eZ05zZty19z =3Maz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig