Moderator Wizcrafts Posted December 8, 2011 Moderator Report Posted December 8, 2011 I'm an old BBS and IRQ guy. Did a little with news groups but not enough to remember all the acronyms and stuff. I don't think I ever knew that one.... I'll wait and see what ya stir up outta the woodpile though Think back to 1996, just at the end of the BBS period, when USENET became popular. Every Email Client also included a Newsgroup reader. CLUE NUMBER ONE: Quote Posted IMHO, by Wiz My current crop of sewing machines: Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.
Moderator Wizcrafts Posted December 8, 2011 Moderator Report Posted December 8, 2011 CLUE NUMBER TWO: NANAE Newsgroup Quote Posted IMHO, by Wiz My current crop of sewing machines: Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.
gtwister09 Posted December 8, 2011 Report Posted December 8, 2011 Wiz, I was reading this for someone that has a problem with his 111 and ran across your question. I ran back as far back as the BBS days and a 300 baud modem. Anyhow the answer is Coffee and Cats. Lately I have been seeing it used in groups/forums as critique and comment. Regards, Ben Quote
Moderator Wizcrafts Posted December 8, 2011 Moderator Report Posted December 8, 2011 Wiz, I was reading this for someone that has a problem with his 111 and ran across your question. I ran back as far back as the BBS days and a 300 baud modem. Anyhow the answer is Coffee and Cats. Lately I have been seeing it used in groups/forums as critique and comment. Regards, Ben Congratulations to Ben for correctly defining a C&C warning as Coffee and Cats! The N.A.N.A-E newsgroup was run by network administrators responsible for email systems, many of whom were very geeky people, like me. Many such folk had familiars, er, cats, to assist them with the magic of keeping email servers up and running and in combating spammers. This assistance was provided by the cat curling up on their laps. The trick was to be able to read through various fresh topics, while drinking coffee and trying not to disturb the familiar, er, cat. Sometimes, a member would post a really funny joke, or sarcastic statement, which was as a courtesy prefaced with a warning in the subject: C&C Warning, or C&C Alert. This was to alert all members holding a cup and a cat to rid themselves of both before reading the funny comments. Failure to do so could result in coffee being spit out all over the keyboard and monitor and getting clawed by the cat as it flees for its life, off the comfy perch on our laps. Quote Posted IMHO, by Wiz My current crop of sewing machines: Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.
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