RE: completely off-topic question...

Believe it or not,

OK is short for "Old Knickerbocker" which was the local beloved name of Martin Van Buren, our 8th president. He was born in Kinderhook NY, and his mansion is still there, run by the National Parks service.

He ran a very successfull farm, and was very organized. He laid out his "to-do" list every day, and would give his orders to the local workers by initialling everything with "OK".

I took the house tour last year, and found this quite intersting!

Tom Mercadante
Oracle Certified Professional

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Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 10:16 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I got one, but I am sure it will be answered in no time. Does anyone know where the terms "ok" and "going the whole nine yards" came from. Right now I am a little shady on the ok, but I will remember it soon:)

KK
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To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 8:51 AM

> This Is a simple one: BTW-bye the way.
>
> I visited www.acronymfinder.com. Here is something I wanted to share.
> /SOS [not an acronym] a common misconception is that SOS means Save Our
> Ship/Souls (a distress call); the letters don't actually stand for
> anything./
>
> I always wanted to know what SOS really meant. It is not an acronym at
all.
> Cool site.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 4:56 AM
>
>
> > ROFL - rolling on the floor laughing
> >
> > I believe there actually is a web site somewhere that keeps track of
these
> > acronyms.
> >
> > Patrice Boivin
> > Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Babette Turner-Underwood [SMTP:babattt_at_home.com]
> > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 2:25 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Re: completely off-topic question...
> >
> > Or Happy To Help ...
> >
> > Also ... YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary (this took me FOREVER to
> > guess)
> > LOL - laughing out loud
> > RTM - read the manual
> > RTFM - read the Fine manual
> > IMHO - in my humble opinion OR in my honest opinion
> > OT - Off topic
> >
> > Babette
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 1:02 AM
> >
> >
> > > hope this helps
> > >
> > > hth
> > >
> > > yosi
> > >
> > >
> > > Michael wrote:
> > >
> > > > ...which means it's probably going to start a great big thread
> > :) I
> > > > see a lot of emails with HTH on them, seemingly some sort of way
> > to
> > > > say "thankyou" or something... as they're always at the end of
> > > > somebodies message right before they sign off their name.. I
> > have
> > > > pondered, and pondered as to what HTH could stand for, could
> > somebody
> > > > be so kind as to fill me in ? Thanks,Michael.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Yosi
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > > Yosi Greenfield
> > > Oracle Certified DBA
> > > ygreenfield_at_compuserve.com
> > >
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