> On Dec 11, 2015, at 8:00 PM, Rich Alderson <ri...@livingcomputermuseum.org> > wrote: > > From: Liam Proven > Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 10:54 AM > >> On 10 December 2015 at 20:42, Rich Alderson <ri...@livingcomputermuseum.org> >> wrote: > >>> From: Liam Proven >>> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 8:33 AM > >>>> *I* never delete my emails. I have a trail back to 1994. So? > >>> Piker. > >> Um. I don't know what that means. In UK English, "pikey" is a highly >> offensive pejorative term for a person of Gypsy or Romany origin, or >> these days, more generically, a person of very lower-class origins: >> "trailer trash". I am guessing you didn't mean that. :-) > >> So, what, it means I'm very young? I'm fine with that, given I'm nearing >> 50. :-D > > Two cultures separated by a common language, and all that. > > According to the dictionaries of American English which I just consulted, it > is > refers to small-time gamblers and others who make limited cash outlays. Hmm. > > In nearly 60 years of reading and watching movies and television program(me)s, > the internalized definition I have for it is any person who does something in > a > small way. Usually used jokingly. Thus, that your collected e-mail is two > decades' less duration than mine leads to such a description. > > Certainly no offense intended. > >>> On the subject line topic, I read this list via an Exchange/Outlook setup, >> [...] >>> Simple. Quick. > >> This must be some strange new usage of the words "simple" and "quick" >> that I wasn't previously aware of. > > Well, given that I first learned EMACS (to give the TECO spelling) when you > were all of 8 years old, the method I described *is* simple and quick, for me. > Isn't this the Old Geezers club? :-) > > Rich > > > Rich Alderson > Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer > Living Computer Museum > 2245 1st Avenue S > Seattle, WA 98134 > > mailto:ri...@livingcomputermuseum.org > > http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/
Thank you for the Museum link Rich.
