Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEC3FB.0C0559A0 Content-Type: text/plain Am I the only one who assumed he meant Jonathan Swift's Yahoos? Or is Mark Rabiner being merely ironic. If I had to vote now, I would vote for the meat-packer...where do you come up with this? Buzz Hausner > > Then again there is the Swiftian meaning to this, which can mean > we're better than than everything else. Horses for courses I guess. > > Mark wrote: > > "Basically the invocation of the name "Yahoo" worldwide has to do with > things catastrophic. <Snip>" > > Gary > I never knew Tom Swift was fond of that Expression, I've read all those books! Tom Swift junior in my case. I rigged up a flashlight bulb with two wires to a battery under the covers to do it. My eyesight hasn't been the same since. maybe you are referring to: Swift (sw*ft), Gustavus Franklin. 1839-1903. American meatpacker who was the first to use refrigerated railroad cars (1877). or Swift, Jonathan. 1667-1745. Irish-born English writer known for his satirical works, including Gulliver's Travels (1726) and A Modest Proposal (1729). Speaking of mistaken identities perhaps people on this list should specify which Mark is their subject: Mark Rabiner: Me Mark Newport, new guy Mark Cohen, newer guy Marc James Small, been around guy, He's been addressed as "Mark" plenty of times. Our posts overlapped on the cold light head and I don't know jack about Costa Rica. Mark Rabiner Hey Mark! Hey Tom! Hey Dick! Hey Harry! Do you "Yahoo"? Not on the first Date! - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEC3FB.0C0559A0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.0.1460.9"> <TITLE>RE: [Leica] OT: GeoCities Yahoo</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Am I the only one who assumed he meant Jonathan = Swift's Yahoos? Or is Mark Rabiner being merely ironic. If = I had to vote now, I would vote for the meat-packer...where do you come = up with this?</FONT></P> <P> <FONT SIZE=3D2>Buzz = Hausner</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Then again there is the Swiftian meaning to = this, which can mean</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> we're better than than everything else. Horses = for courses I guess.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Mark wrote:</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> "Basically the invocation of the name = "Yahoo" worldwide has to do with</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> things catastrophic. <Snip>"</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Gary</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>I never knew Tom Swift was fond of that Expression, = I've read all those</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>books! Tom Swift junior in my case. </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>I rigged up a flashlight bulb with two wires to a = battery under the</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>covers to do it. My eyesight hasn't been the same = since.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>maybe you are referring to:</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Swift (sw*ft), Gustavus Franklin. 1839-1903.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>American meatpacker who was the first to use = refrigerated railroad cars (1877).</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>or</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Swift, Jonathan. 1667-1745.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Irish-born English writer known for his satirical = works, including</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Gulliver's Travels (1726) and A Modest Proposal = (1729).</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Speaking of mistaken identities perhaps people on = this list should</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>specify which Mark is their subject:</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Mark Rabiner: Me</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Mark Newport, new guy</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Mark Cohen, newer guy</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Marc James Small, been around guy, He's been = addressed as "Mark" plenty</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>of times.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Our posts overlapped on the cold light head and I = don't know jack about</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Costa Rica.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Mark Rabiner</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Hey Mark!</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Hey Tom!</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Hey Dick!</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Hey Harry!</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Do you "Yahoo"? Not on the first = Date!</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEC3FB.0C0559A0--