From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jan 14 05:48:24 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA07946 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 05:48:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.brann.org (doorman.brann.org [166.84.191.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA07928 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 05:48:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from john@freebie.brann.org) Received: (from john@localhost) by freebie.brann.org (8.9.1/8.8.7) id IAA22586; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 08:47:08 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from john) Message-ID: <19990114084708.A22574@brann.org> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 08:47:08 -0500 From: John Brann To: aw1@stade.co.uk, FreeBSD-chat Subject: Re: Jobs in Seattle Area References: <19990113062602.A25352@titus.stade.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19990113062602.A25352@titus.stade.co.uk>; from Adrian Wontroba on Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 06:26:03AM +0000 Organization: Not while I'm at home Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 06:26:03AM +0000, Adrian Wontroba wrote: > On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 12:32:38PM -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: > > The funny part is me being called "expert". > > You can always defuse it with Blaster Bates'[1] definition - "'ex' is a > has been, and a 'spurt' is s drip under pressure" (8) The version I heard (not from Blaster Bates) broke expert down into: 'x' - the algebraic unknown and spurt. Making the full definition: "An unknown drip under pressure" > > [1] An english demolition expert who later switched to telling extremely > funny and crude tales based on his experiences. I had tapes of many of > his records but ... > > -- > Adrian Wontroba, Stade Computers Limited. phone: (+44) 121 681 6677 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message John -- Unreal City, Under the brown fog of a winter dawn, finger john@doorman.brann.org for pgp public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message