Date:  Wed, 25 May 1994 06:57:42 CDT

From:  Natalie Maynor <maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CS.MSSTATE.EDU>

Subject: More Old Mail (spring chickens and dead cats)



> Date:     Thu, 19 May 1994 20:07:02 -0400

> From: BITNET list server at UGA (1.7f) <LISTSERV[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uga.cc.uga.edu>

> Subject:   ADS-L: error report from UCLAMVS

>

> The enclosed mail file, found in the ADS-L reader and shown under the spoolid

> 5866 in the console log, has been identified as a possible delivery error

> notice for the following reason: "Sender:", "From:" or "Reply-To:" field

> pointing to the list has been found in mail body.

>

> ------------------ Message in error (24 lines) -------------------------

> Date:  Thu, 19 May 94 17:04 PDT

> From:  benji wald              <IBENAWJ[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UCLAMVS.BITNET>

> Subject: Re: Re: Spring chicken

>

> A propos to spring chickens, where do they say

>      "there's a dead cat on the line"

> to mean there's static on /my/ end of the telephone line ... and why?

>

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>

> > Date:     Tue, 17 May 1994 20:53:40 CDT

> > Subject:   Re: Spring chicken

> >

> > I half remember that we used to use the term 'poult' for chickens between

> > the chick and fryer stage of growth. I may be getting interference from

> > something other than natural memory, if such exists.

> >                           DMLance, U of MO