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- From: neil@pio.gid.co.uk (Neil Todd)
- Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
- Subject: Re: Current San Diego weather + mud report
- Date: 20 Jan 1993 10:36:58 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan19.183225.7244@Cadence.COM> jerpseth@sd.cadence.com (James Jerpseth) writes:
- | Neil,
- |
- | The sun is once again shining in San Diego. There is probably about
- | 1 to 2 feet of water in the parking lot of the convention center
- | where USENIX will take plce but that should drain shortly.
- | It is only feet away from the San Diego river bed.
- |
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- (stuff deleted)
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- | (where they belong for this time of year) by the end of the week.
- |
- | What are "wellies"? -- some sort of rain gear, I presume.
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- I had a private bet with myself whether Wellies would translate from
- English English to North Americian English, looks like I lost.
- "Wellies" - informal abbreviation for "Wellington Boots", rubber galosh
- perhaps, although a galosh is defined as a rubber overshoe (in my
- dictionary at least), a Wellington boot is either calf or knee high.
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- Neil
- --
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