Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 13:19:13 -0600 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> To: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: Sassinak <sassinak@jfkadatc.net>, "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: (OT) Re: NSFBUFS in kernel config Message-ID: <3A2BEE31.F2338829@math.missouri.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012032320210.385-100000@ipamzlx.physik.uni- mainz.de> <5.0.1.4.1.20001204135928.009f44a0@204.211.2.201> <20001204190650.A27319@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
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David Malone wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 02:00:15PM -0500, Sassinak wrote: > > At 11:23 PM 12/3/00 +0100, O. Hartmann wrote: > > >Dear Sirs. > > > > *I* am NOT a Sir. > > I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one. > > I'm sure it's just someone, who's first language isn't English, > trying to be polite. Politeness is valuable in this world. > Yes, in certain parts of America people often address other people (especially strangers) at Sir or Ma'am. As an Englishman living in Missouri, I have even adopted it myself. -- Stephen Montgomery-Smith stephen@math.missouri.edu 307 Math Science Building stephen@showme.missouri.edu Department of Mathematics stephen@missouri.edu University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 65211 USA Phone (573) 882 4540 Fax (573) 882 1869 http://www.math.missouri.edu/~stephen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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