Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/04

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Subject: [Leica] Explanation please!
From: chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)
Date: Thu Jan 4 14:09:09 2007
References: <f2f825f20701040906y7a852b28lbfefaf1b249cae8f@mail.gmail.com> <001501c73045$b678df80$65caa8c0@shulman>

I suppose if you get into on-line retail that may have to change. :-)

Chris

At 04:17 PM 1/4/2007, you wrote:
>OK, here's the explanation:
>
>Several years ago I wanted to sign up for the New York Times online.  That
>required me to select a user name, one that I could easily remember.  Well,
>tried my name--that was taken.  So was first name, last name, and virtually
>every clever moniker I could imagine.  I thought, what's the one thing that
>probably wouldn't be selected by the New York Times' readers, many (if not
>the majority) of whom are Jewish.  I selected "goyim", which is a Yiddish
>term meaning non-Jews.  Instantly, the password was accepted.
>
>Since then, I've used "goyim" as the log-in name for many websites.  Like my
>experience with the Times, it's almost never taken, and I can easily
>remember it!
>
>So there you are!
>
>Best,
>Jim Shulman
>Bryn Mawr, PA
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org
>[mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Victor
>Rubin
>Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 12:06 PM
>To: lug
>Subject: [Leica] Explanation please!
>
>I was just about to order the yearbook when I noticed the heading of the
>"bookstore": Please explain the meaning and what it is doing there?? vroger
>
>http://www.blurb.com/user/goyim
>
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Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York Presbyterian Hospital
chs2018@med.cornell.edu
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In reply to: Message from vroger at gmail.com (Victor Rubin) ([Leica] Explanation please!)
Message from jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] Explanation please!)