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| From | "Vince Coen" <VBCoen@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.networking |
| Subject | Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! |
| Date | 2013-03-10 18:47 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <1362941261@f1.n250.z2.fidonet.ftn> (permalink) |
| References | <khg3oi$6pt$1@dont-email.me> <khg5fs$3rp$4@dont-email.me> <khg692$kam$2@dont-email.me> |
Hello Aragorn! 09 Mar 13 20:34, Aragorn wrote to All: >>> That's why I refuse to "buy yourself a ding-dong". >> >> Thank you for sharing this excellent advice. >> >> I am sure all readers of these news groups support your most >> commendable, resolute, and steadfast decision not to buy yourself >> a ding-dong. >> > Over here in Belgium, a "ding-dong" is a generic nickname for a kind > of doorbell which makes a sound like, uhh, "ding dong!". ;-) In the UK it is a old expression for an object or device that one is not sure what it does, however there are many other generic names that have replaced it over the years related to different industries, eg, bloggs = Student pilot Aviation) or dummy test data username in IT. Vince
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Which SSL is links using? Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2013-03-09 19:49 +0000
Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-03-09 20:19 +0000
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-03-09 21:34 +0100
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-03-09 20:59 +0000
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! "Vince Coen" <VBCoen@gmail.com> - 2013-03-10 18:47 +0000
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-03-10 21:02 +0000
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-03-10 23:26 +0100
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-03-11 15:13 +0000
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-03-11 21:09 +0100
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-03-11 21:14 +0000
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-03-11 23:32 +0100
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-03-13 21:29 -0400
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-03-14 01:54 +0000
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! Alastair Black <abqab.nemo@example.net> - 2013-03-15 11:28 -0600
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-03-15 21:05 +0000
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! Alastair Black <abqab.nemo@example.net> - 2013-03-15 17:05 -0600
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-03-15 23:43 +0000
Re: Which SSL is links using? Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2013-03-09 14:21 -0800
Re: Which SSL is links using? Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2013-03-10 15:18 +0000
Re: Which SSL is links using? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-03-10 15:32 +0000
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