Just one more case of "no good deed goes unpunished!"
The "punishment" was the innocent misuse of an infrequently used phrase when the writer clearly intended to praise Eric for far exceeding customer expectations. Not to belabor the point, but "beyond the pale" means exactly the opposite of what the writer intended: "Outside the bounds of morality, acceptable behavior or good judgement" 73 Frank W3LPL > On Apr 26, 2019, at 12:08 PM, Andy Durbin <[email protected]> wrote: > > " When an owner of the company calls to assist, that is beyond the pale. " > > I wonder if that is what you really thought. > > https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/beyond-the-pale.html > > Maybe it means something completely different in other lands. > > 73, > Andy, k3wyc > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
