I moved from Brooklyn to an area in NJ where housing was affordable at
the time. Little did I know as German new comer... I was looking for
the right terminology for quite some while and rabble is the word I
was missing for a few years now. Thanks! 8).
Rainer

PS: 'People of no consequence' sounds very arrogant...

Here is a great Dictionary:
http://www.alcyone.com/max/lit/devils/
I got the book and love to read in it once in a while. I like the one
entry a lot which is missing in this site:

Hell: The absence of reason.

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Dave Engvall <[email protected]> wrote:
> Webster defines 'riffraff' as: "those people or that segment of
> society regarded as of no consequence".
>
> In my early days I also drove Volvo's. Had a 544 and a couple of
> 122's. one with the 108 HP engine... more fun.
>
> Dave
>
> On May 12, 2009, at 11:07 AM, Lars Andersson wrote:
>
>> For us not natives, what is "riff raff"? Tried to google it, maybe
>> means
>> plebeian or so?
>> Anyway, I drive an old Volvo.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Gene Heskett [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> Sent: den 12 maj 2009 19:41
>>> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
>>> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] almost for how helpful
>>>
>>> On Tuesday 12 May 2009, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
>>>> doesn't keep all the riff raff out - I am here and grateful for
>>>> it :)
>>> :)
>>>
>>> Same here Stuart.  They even tolerate old farts like me.  Amazing...
>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Rainer Schmidt
>>>> <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> Yes, I have the same experience. This is a smart list! Seems UNIX
>>>>> keeps the riff raff out... How I got here? Never mind...
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Douglas Pollard
>>> <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>    I recently posted an e-mail to this list and also posted an e-
>>> mail
>>>>>> to another list about the proprietary CNC software that is
>>> discussed
>>>>>> there as I have the choice to use either.
>>>>>>    Here I got several thoughtful answers there I got none. They
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> nice people on that other list and seem to try to be helpful. It
>>> dawned
>>>>>> on me that they simply don't know anything about the software they
>>> are
>>>>>> using or the windows program it's running on.
>>>>>>    I find myself felling pretty dumb in the face of a lot of
>>> superior
>>>>>> knowledge here on these Linux groups,thenI think about most of the
>>>>>> Windows user I know who haven't got a clue.
>>>>>>    This list alone makes running EMC2  a worthwhile endevour.
>>>>>> It is
>>> not
>>>>>> everyday in life that you run across a bunch of people who help
>>> each
>>>>>> other and help others as goes on here. Anyway everyone involved
>>> here
>>>>>> deserves a little well earned praise.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      Doug
>>>>>
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