I've heard that's the amount of cloth required to make a burial shroud. The other one I've heard is that its the amount of concrete in an old type of mixer.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 4:51 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Some useless trivia (to lighten the mood) > > > Don't be a tease - tell us... > > Howie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 4:48 PM > Subject: Re: Some useless trivia (to lighten the mood) > > > > There's a lot of controversy as to where the phrase came > from. I have a > > book at home with two different possible origins. > > > > >The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the > > >Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the > > >50-caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 > feet, before being > > >loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their > > >ammo at a target, it got the whole 9 yards." > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=cold fusiona Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
