Phil,
Great post, and since it's Friday, its only slightly off topic. You really
cracked me up.
Well - Me and P&H are now history. I'm home and bothering my wife now. She
is so worried that she'll have to rearrange everything to fit my schedule.
Monday morning, I can start searching job boards. I'll keep in touch with
IBM-Main. Well, gotta go call a couple headhunters.
Eric Bielefeld
414-475-7434
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From: "Phil Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 8:09 AM
Subject: Offensive Language
Pronounced ficking.
Which is the German equivalent of our word, and so Darren's inbox will be
swamped by netnanny
nastygrams in German.
Germans pronounce V as F - so Vick Pharmaceuticals is known as Wick Pharma
in Germany.
I've finally managed to remember the z8 thread and the comment of mine
that probably triggered
all this. I stand by it - the individual concerned has done the platform
almost as much
damage as Software Division. I shall in future Bowdlerize - suggestions
are welcome but
"posterior sphincter" is current favourite.
As for netnannies, I think the Devil's Dictionary definition more apposite
than ever.
Back to z8s - or z9s as it turns out (remember the "Castor-less mainframe"
comment? The
codename was "Pollux") I wonder how long it will be before a chargeable
version of my MIPS
table
is available from another analyst. It won't be worth any more, of course.
Even mine is worth
less than you're paying for it.
Pollux was an odd choice - alternate days in heaven and hell.
--
Phil Payne
http://www.isham-research.co.uk
+44 7833 654 800
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