[Elecraft] Re: Customs
Christoph Rheker
[email protected]
Wed Oct 23 09:58:01 2002
This is all well-defined:
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3092.html
73... de Chris, DL4YAO
[email protected] schrieb am 23.10.02 15:21:33:
> On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Geert Jan de Groot wrote:
>
> > > Dear John Doe,
> > >
> > > This is to inform you that a package was shipped to you today via
> > > foobar shipper. The tracking number is 1234abcd and can be tracked
> > > via http://www.foobar.com
> >
> > This should also help Lisa to keep her sanity ;-)
>
> Agreed. But, if I remember correctly from my Marine Corps days, the word
> is spelled FUBAR. I have no idea what the acronym FOOBAR would stand
> for. I can't come up with words (that make sense) for the two O's.
>
> For those of you non-military types, FUBAR means
>
> F(igure it out yourself) U(p) B(eyond) A(ll) R(ecognition)
>
> It is used to describe a situation that is worse than SNAFU.
>
> IE;
>
> "The night before I got married, my friends got me FUBAR."
>
> and...
>
> "At the wedding, I was so hung over that I tossed my cookies on the
> bride. It was a major SNAFU!"
>
>
> 73 de John - KC4KGU
>