Date:  Tue, 14 May 1996 14:00:14 -0500

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

Subject: Re: out-of-pocket



> For those of you who know "out of pocket" to mean 'unavailable, out of the

> usual place' (as in "I'll be out of pocket for a week, but you can leave a

> message on my machine"), are you also familiar with the analogical "in

> pocket"? We have only one example: "We called to tell her that we are



I offer myself as one negative datum. I consider "out of pocket" =

"unavailable" quite well known and ordinary but have never heard "in

pocket."

  --Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)