On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 07:50:19PM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > On 7/31/2011 19:19, John Francis wrote: > >On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 05:11:29PM -0400, Doug Franklin wrote: > >>On 2011-07-31 14:42, Bruce Walker wrote: > >>>Just imagine being a server-poke, riding around the great open spaces in > >>>Montana, herding and roping those servers. > >> > >>Servers don't crap on the floor, but cows don't start fires as often. :-) > > > >Tell that to the folks in Chicago ... > > > > > welllll , he did say [not] "as often".. > > Just occured to me the expression "kicked the bucket" may well have > come from that 1871 event.
Unlikely, as it shows up in at least one dictionary almost 100 years earlier. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
