From: Mark B. Anderson (mark@aasurplus.ca)
Date: Sun Jun 27 2004 - 07:04:40 PDT
Thanks for all the great comments I have had a good laugh :)
BUT does anyone have the cable I'm looking for and no I will not use the
word SLAVE in my post anymore LOL
Cheers,
Mark still searching for NATO cable for boosting vehicles single plug.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul A. Thomas" <bluewhale@jaxkneppers.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] cable slaves
> This brings to mind Los Angeles, Ca.
>
> Last year they ( SOME group with the power to dictate ) decided that the
> everyday usage term master/slave to describe two hard drives or CD
> players in a computer was racist.. The alternative they chose to promote??
>
> Shoot, I forgot! But I believe it was ' dominant/submissive '. It
> brought to mind a woman in high heels with a whip. But then I rarely see
> ads for such movies: perhaps it was a cattle prod?
>
> I found it hilarious as most peoples were slaves at some time over the
> past 10,000 years thus it was not racist, and to decide the rest of the
> world was wrong about terminology regarding a piddly part of building a
> computer....
>
>
> ******************************
>
>
> Dey outlawed dat 'round here wit sum kinda proclamashun....
>
>
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 21:29:43 -0400
> From: m35products <m35prod@optonline.net>
> Subject: Re: [MV] need nato cable
> Message-id: <00ab01c45b1d$0eeda110$6501a8c0@Bloom>
>
> I believe that Amnesty International has come down pretty hard on anyone
> possessing a cable slave. I was once a cable splicer, and FELT like a
slave,
> at times. But then a paycheck would miraculously appear, and I would feel
> better. I'm sorry, what was the question, again? apb
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark B. Anderson" <mark@aasurplus.ca>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 7:03 PM
> Subject: [MV] need nato cable
>
>
>
> >> Hi all
> >>
> >> I'm in need of a nato cable slave for boosting trucks.
> >>
> >> does anyone have one????
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Mark Anderson
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>
>
>
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