Where did the expression "No Joy" originate to indicate an unsuccessful  
repair effort? 
 
 
 
In a message dated 7/8/2007 7:19:59 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

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(mailto:[email protected]) ,  "Eric Lemmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
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> Readers who have a  military background may also remember:

My favorite military acronym is  NRTS, not for what it means (not
repairable this station), but how it was  used. "NRTS the damn thing
and lets go surfing". Which translates to "take  this piece of
equipment that we're suppose to fix out back and shoot it,  put a
"NRTS/battle damage" tag on it and ship it back to the states."  Made
for an easy work load.

No I wasn't in the military, but I  worked with an ex-military Vietnam
era radio tech who had many colorful  stories.

73's Skip WB6YMH 







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