You know you're old when...

[Rick Mitchell]

or the venerable MAC and Cheese.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Schwartz (PC Support)" <mschw at athenet.net>
To: "'filePro Mailing List'" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 7:55 AM
Subject: RE: You know you're old when...


> > The honourable and venerable GCC Consulting spoke thus:
> > >
> > > Just guessing but how about "Thanks" - enjoy your dinner"?
> >
> > Should have been clearer...  I knew that, but 'transmit' was my first
> > thought.  Yes, it is thanks--usually ty or thx, but sometimes tx.
> >
> > m->
>
>      Abbreviations and mnemonics have always been a double edged sword.
> It's especially tough on us consultants who work in multiple industries.
>
>      For example, I particularly hate "MAC".  If I have by military cap
on,
> it means "Military Assistance Command".  If I'm in a hospital environment,
> just in the anesthesiology arena alone it could mean "Mean Alveolar
> Concentration" or "Monitored Anesthesia Care", depending on context.
>
>      The first "Mac" I learned in high school was "machine address code",
> and whenever somebody says "mac" in a computer context, that always pops
> into my head first.  Of course, now days, it's more likely to mean
> "Macintosh Computer" or "Media Access Control".
>
> Mike Schwartz
>
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