Skinning a cat is certainly an idiom. Like most idioms, its origin is obscure or even controversial--not so much the idea, but the history of the phrase. I Googled it and delighted in the variations. For one,
"There's more than one way to skin a cat means there are many ways to do something, there are many ways to achieve a goal. The oldest known use of the phrase dates back to 1854, in the work 'Way down East; or, Portraitures of Yankee Life by Seba Smith." Yet another citation says "But by the 19th century, the tide had turned decisively against poor Kitty. In 1840, American humorist Seba Smith indicated as much in her short story “The Money Diggers” when she wrote: “As it is said, ‘There are more ways than one to skin a cat,’ so are there more ways than one of digging for money.” Same person, different work cited. As I said, no one has ever detailed the options. And in the end, does it matter to the cat? . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2020 1:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: (External):Re: Is there a JES2 command to submit a job? *** EXTERNAL EMAIL - Use caution when opening links or attachments *** W dniu 19.11.2020 o 21:48, David Spiegel pisze: > Hi Skip, > "... That means your job may contain DD * statements, etc. ..." > As of z/OS 1.13, Cataloged Procedures can have DD * Yes, I wanted to say that as well, but simply forgot. There are also new features in JCL since z/OS 2.1, which I didn't mention. However my point was to focus on started job - which is very, very close to the topic. And it is really simple, isn't it? BTW: "Hi Skip" - is it some kind of idiom? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
