On 8/15/2008 5:01 PM Oliver Mueller-Heubach wrote: > Sorry. Diarrhea of the mouth/keyboard. Studying for doctoral exams It shows! > and guess it has me in an ornery mood. Or in a frame of mind to present a good argument. Thanks for not including a references section, though. > Shutting up now. No need to shut up -- just match the speech to the forum. Here we talk Vanagons. <Jams hands into pockets, and whistles tunelessly while rocking back and forth on feet. Acting all innocent and everything as if he himself had never been guilty of the sin of going Off-Topic on a buff* forum.> ===================== * See meaning #4, below. buff(1) /b?f/ –noun 1. a soft, thick, light-yellow leather with a napped surface, originally made from buffalo skin but later also from other skins, used for making belts, pouches, etc. 2. a brownish-yellow color; tan. 3. a buff stick or buff wheel. 4. a devotee or well-informed student of some activity or subject: Civil War buffs avidly read the new biography of Grant. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR |
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