Ummm, given that I was born in the early 60s, no, it's probably apparently a good thing(tm) that I didn't read Fear of Flying in the 70s! Thanks, Noel, for the link. I feel so much older now @;-)
Judy http://revined.blogspot.com On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Neal Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > You must not have read Fear of Flying in the 70s! If you do not know > what it means, more than likely you do not want to know. > > Best regards > Neal > Neal Campbell > Abroham Neal Software > Programming Services for Windows, OS X and Linux > (540) 242 0911 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Try Spot for OS X, the intelligent DXCluster Client at > www.abrohamnealsoftware.com - $15.99 > ------------------------------------------------- > For a great dog book, visit www.abrohamneal.com > ------------------------------------------------- > See the FlexRadio Systems Flex-5000a in > action at www.flex-videos.com > > > > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Judy Perry <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ummmm.... I'm feeling more stupid than usual. What exactly does > "hoovering" > > mean in the US? > > And how long ago was this heaux conversation? (yes, I've seen it spelt > that > > way). > > > > Judy > > http://revined.blogspot.com > > > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Richmond Mathewson < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > >> [TT] - Totally Tangential. > >> > >> Ha, Ha, Ha . . . > >> > >> When I was studying at SIU Carbondale I rushed into a teaching > assistants' > >> meeting fresh from vacuuming the carpet at home and said: > >> > >> "Sorry I'm late, I have just been hoovering . . ." > >> > >> There was a deathly silence in the room! > >> > >> My understanding supervisor (A Canadian) took me outside and told me > >> that 'hoovering' did not mean vacuum-cleaning in America. > >> > >> Late, I was working in the married students' garden plots when a > pleasant > >> woman from Wyoming asked me how I managed to break up the clods of earth > >> so effectively. My reply; "I always use a hoe." was received in silence, > >> and then she walked off, never to speak to me again. > >> > >> In Britain, 'beavering away' means (or, maybe, meant, when I was at > school) > >> "working away extremely eagerly"; no doubt connected with "eager beaver" > - > >> which, no doubt, you North Americans will resemanticise as a > >> synonym for "loose woman". > >> > >> Divided by a common language we may be; united by a love of programming > in > >> Runtime Revolution I hope we all are. > >> > >> Welcome to the silly season !!! > >> > >> Love, Richmond. > >> ____________________________________________________________ > >> > >> A Thorn in the flesh is better than a failed Systems Development Life > >> Cycle. > >> ____________________________________________________________ > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-revolution mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
