geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) (09/15/89)
In article <9542@cbnews.ATT.COM> wbt@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker,00440,cb,1D211,6148604019) writes: >"BTW, WRT SNAFU; IMHO FUBAR is better. :-)" There was a memo which circulated around here back in 1981. I quote it in its entirety: Date May 15, 1981 To: Distribution From: W. S. Nechodom Subject: Plea for Help (PFH) Writing in acronyms (WIA) seems to confuse rather than enlighten me (CRTEM). I keep having to page back (PB) in order to remember what the acronym (A) stands for (SF). Please avoid WIA so that you don't CTREM unless you are deliberately trying to CRTEM so that I won't find out what the ASF even if I PB. T (Thanks) W (Warren) >- - - - - - - - valuable coupon - - - - - - - clip and save - - - - - - - - >Bill Thacker wbt@cbnews.att.com > "C" combines the power of assembly language with the flexibility of > assembly language. OK, I saved it. Now what do I do with it? -- Geoff Allen - WINCO Computer Process Engineering ...{uunet|bigtex}!pmafire!geoff ...ucdavis!egg-id!pmafire!geoff