Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hokey Smokes, Bullwinkle! Do you suppose he spells it Mark Rabider sometimes! Dan :o}~ - ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: GeoCities Yahoo > Gary Elshaw wrote: > > > > 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!