Mark, of course I understood what you were trying to say. Well, at least this time. It just occurred to me that making a comment about fire will make you smile, which it did ;-).
> To "fire up" is slag meaning to start something or to use something. I > assume it stems from the steam engine era where you had to literally > light a fire and let it burn a while before the steam engine would run. > So, "fire up the fax machine and send this announcement to every sales > rep in the country!" is a slightly more colorful way of saying "fax this > out to everyone". You can google "fire up" for examples. > > (Note - "fire up" also means to be be excited, aroused, or angered - as > in "He was all fired up about the change in his health insurance." It > also refers to igniting combustible material with the intent of inhaling > the resulting smoke and vapors, as in "He fired up a Marlborough.") > > So... I will fire up (start) the healing brush tool (retouching aid in > Photoshop) to touch up the dust specs on those pictures. > > (Though inserting a flaming brush into the *ist-d might be more fun.) Cheers! Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
