NOTE (to nannies): replying on top - for simplicity -- and I forget if we can do not-plain-text. Below, I enboldened the key parts, leaving the rest for context.
Anyway, these first few lines are still plain-text -- and provides Lyle and others with answer. correction to my prior answer (which is below). Explanation is at end of my message (quoted below) Here's the link: http://www.acronymfinder.com/Been-There%2c-Done-That%2c-Got-The- T_Shirt-(BTDTGTTS).html J On Sep 13, 2008, at 7:59 PM, J Winter wrote: > > > On Sep 13, 2008, at 6:41 AM, Lyle Syverson wrote: > >> >> In another thread, JWinter<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> recently wrote, in part: >> >>> BTDT. HTTS. Sounds like you've been given good advice. >> >> What does HTTS stand for? >> > > Bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] (of course) ;-) and > [EMAIL PROTECTED] gave the correct answer. > > Been There Done That. Have The T-Shirt. > > The entire thing (both sentences) is used together. Acronymfinder may > have it as one word: BTDTHTTS, but it is easier to understand as two. > > Thanks, guys, for answering Lyle. I had not had a chance. (Unless > someone lends me a laptop, I'll be absent for a while when this baby > goes in for repairs.) Yeah, it's stuff I can't/won't do. (Even so, > when prior repairs done, they forgot to do one requested thing, so, > promised me that when I was readt to swap the drive (now/soon), > they'd do requested task they had forgotten to do -- and not charge > me bench fee for opening it again. Er, ah, THIS time, I will insist > they use the correct screwdriver -- even if I have to provide it ; I > might even buy a set of screws -- as I can trace current problems to > a screw having fallen out. Gee, I should have suspected something > like that when they thought (even after the fact) that opening a > Titanium was "no big deal." :-) There's someone here who can say > NTDT.GTTS. of this one. Oops, goes to show you that "have" can be > "got" ? Maybe that acronym exists. :-) > > Sorry about "topic change" - but, this doesn't need further > discussion, AFAIK. > > J. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
