Darn Steve, you beat me to that comment... Wayne Driscoll Product Developer NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Conway Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 11:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: The Paddles (was RE: Interesting CS Course Syllabus) Um, Kristine, you DO realize that "as tall as I am" (in your particular case) may be misleading, right? :-) Cheers,,,Steve Steve Conway Lead Systems Programmer Information Systems & Services Division Computer & Network Operations Phone: (703) 450-3156 Fax: (703) 450-3197 Kristine Neely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> 11/21/2008 12:34 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: The Paddles (was RE: Interesting CS Course Syllabus) I wouldn't call them "ordinary", but they certainly are real paddles. They are a nice addition to the décor (and weaponry) in my office, especially in the very nice custom box that John Eells hand-crafted for us. If anyone wants photos of the paddles, please let me know & I can send one to you. I think they are as tall as I am. Kristine H. Neely IMS R&D NEON Enterprise Software, Inc. > They are just "ordinary canoe paddles". > To understand what they represent, you need to be familiar with the > (American?) expression, "Up the creek without a paddle," along with some history that > I'll leave to the "real" old timers here to provide. > -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
