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Subject:Re: Acronyms--RTFM From:Gurudutt Kamath <guruk -at- GIASBM01 -dot- VSNL -dot- NET -dot- IN> Date:Sat, 8 Nov 1997 18:16:16 +0530
On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, joanne grey wrote:
> Matt Ion wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 7 Nov 1997 15:02:06 -0800, Sella Rush wrote:
> >
> > >This was a new one for me. Does it mean what I think it means?
> > >> >read the F$%#! manual--?
> > > Please! This is a FAMILY listserv.
>
> Read the *funny* manual. I recently got one of those hieroglyph
> pendants - the ones that are made to order, usually with your initials.
> Mine spells out "RTFM".
Read the Funky Manual? Read the Fantastic Manual? For my interpretation,
see my page.
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