On 2018-01-16 at 21:17, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 16/01/18 12:15 PM, davidson@freevolt.org wrote: > >> Is there a natural law or something, that every email message sent >> must contain at least one distracting error that is totally beside the >> point? >> >> Anyways, over and out. > > "Over" means "My transmission is finished; I expect a reply." > "Out" means "My transmission is finished; I do not expect a reply." > > One more distracting error... :-) I usually think of "Over and out" as being effectively equivalent to "You can respond if you want to, but I'm not going to be listening". -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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