RE: Plex Pricing

["Steven R. Murrell" <smurrell@ford.com>]

> Collier Hyams wrote:
>>>matthias and olivier.
>>>tupkal is the achronym ...
>
>Ray helped:
>>I think they were wondering about the "shoot my wad" idiom that you so
>>skillfully employed.  ;-)
>
>Yes, I did not feel like asking again, but continue curious to learn.

>>>I'll tell you that it's a phrase not often uttered in mixed company.

  I hate to take the edge off of this but the term "shoot your wad" or "I 
shot my wad" originally is referenced to the days when muzzle loaders 
(guns) used a "wad" of some type of cloth material to retain the charge of 
gunpowder and shot in their guns.  Since it was a pain to reload, the 
shooter was generally very careful not to waste his "wad" on a poor shot 
or something not worth shooting (you get my meaning?).

  A friend of mine was almost fired from a college lecturing job because 
he used this term.  A mutual friend, who is an avid gun enthusiast, came 
to his aid with the above information.


Steve Murrell