Hi Mark,
I have attended 6 of the last 8 Shares and I thought I hadn't been snubbed - I mean to the point of feeling a little 'left out'. :-( Now I know that I have been roundly and thoroughly snubbed! :-)))) Thanks for the dictionary link. Linda Mooney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Zelden" <mark.zel...@zurichna.com> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 9:46:20 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: RIP "snubbing" On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:33:35 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht <elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote: >>I was not snubbed by anyone! I found everyone to be friendly and inclusive. > >What is 'snubbing'? Or rather what is 'snubbing at SHARE'? > >Free Online Dictionary said: > >1. To ignore or behave coldly toward; slight. To treat, or speak to, in a cold, >scornful way. >3. Verb: to insult (someone) deliberately >4. Noun: a deliberately insulting act or remark > >Merriam-Webster: 'to treat with contempt or neglect' > >>This old joke once had a point, but now it simply is old and not very funny. > >True! What is so funny about being insulted/ignored? > That is not the SHARE definition. See The Devil's IT Dictionary: http://www.isham-research.co.uk/dd.html#snubbing Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:mark.zel...@zurichna.com z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
