Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 23:28:43 -0600 From: "R.Munden" <orbitmaster@netorbit.com> To: "Chris Hill" <chris@monochrome.org>, "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> Cc: "Tim McMillen" <timcm@umich.edu>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: OT: Culture (Was: BSD toques - You must be Canadian, Eh?) Message-ID: <NDBBLMNJCLEHDNNGEDMOGEEMEBAA.orbitmaster@netorbit.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1001117002038.43213D-100000@localhost>
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See this page for the bumper sticker... http://www.freebsdmall.com/promotional/ "... one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs." > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Chris Hill > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 11:39 PM > To: Mike Meyer > Cc: Tim McMillen; questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: OT: Culture (Was: BSD toques - You must be Canadian, Eh?) > > > On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> types: > > > Yeah we just call those winter hats. > > [snip] > > > Winter? You mean that stuff they keep up in the mountains? No, that's > > snow. > > We didn't get much snow in Albany; never more than 48 inches on the > ground at one time. But man, it was COLD. We got regular two-week > periods of sub-zero (Fahrenheit) temperatures. > > > Does no one remember SCTV and Great White North? To bad. > > When that show was on the air, I worked at a TV station in upstate New > York (yes, we aired it). Overnight shift - f*cking cold! I quickly > learned what a toque was, and why it was my friend. Also learned the > value of parking my car in the garage with the remote trucks for an > overnight deicing. Yes, you can keep a sandwich warm inside the control > panel of a Grass Valley video production switcher. > > FWIW, when I was a child we called them "knit hats." No imagination, > these East Coast folks. Now that I live in Dixieland, I'd still buy one > if it had the Daemon on it. Better yet, a "powered by FreeBSD" sticker > for the car :^) > > -- > Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org > [1] Bus error netscape > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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