This is one of those situations where someone (the US government) has taken a generic term for use for their own specific purpose.
Leslie Turriff MO ITSD -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grinsell, Don Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 09:43 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT measures was Re: Out damn'd GMT ... I think in this case the term state is not wholly inappropriate: state (n): 8.the territory, or one of the territories, of a government. Respectfully submitted by a former resident (and still citizen) of said province. -- Donald Grinsell State of Montana 406-444-2983 [email protected] "Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself." -- Eleanor Roosevelt -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Friday, 04 November 2011 17:48 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT measures was Re: Out damn'd GMT ... Still province not state - Ted MacNEIL [email protected] Twitter: @TedMacNEIL -----Original Message----- From: John Gilmore <[email protected]> Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 18:36:32 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: OT measures was Re: Out damn'd GMT ... The 'O' in LCBO stands for 'Ontario'. It thus seemed likely that the LCBO was a creature of the Province of Ontario even before this was confirmed for us so definitively. --jg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
