From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 6414 invoked from network); 16 Feb 2022 14:57:28 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 16 Feb 2022 14:57:28 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5B2929D3AC; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:57:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4653B9D044; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:57:11 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key; unprotected) header.d=humeweb.com header.i=@humeweb.com header.b="kWbkybqm"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 405A09D046; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:57:02 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 1470 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:57:01 AEST Received: from gateway7.unifiedlayer.com (gateway7.unifiedlayer.com [69.89.24.137]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 074239D04B for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:57:01 +1000 (AEST) Received: from cm3.websitewelcome.com (unknown [108.167.139.23]) by gateway7.unifiedlayer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCA3F200A9B68 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 08:09:32 -0600 (CST) Received: from dallas136.arvixeshared.com ([23.91.70.4]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id KKzsnzqvWuhW2KKzsnbN66; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 08:09:32 -0600 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=humeweb.com ; s=default; h=To:References:Message-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Date: In-Reply-To:From:Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID :Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To: Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe :List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=xttkTUgBBxb0/ayAr8W2gHpVhGKh8hYpGRfHgUEy6FM=; b=kWbkybqmaOJGSUAuZmtk9B7csY tqYLSgp3dEob72c7Vko7jvW5+abFlepujy31z/wI34sTUEYQfh2kbQJ/JstKwgkfHOpdEGsxD97N0 lST40vliw3I5nYZgMBWoklVJn7U6TB4npcyfNWF8Or1tzw/DqTHO0jYSHRfD7ibTFa5s=; Received: from 99-98-248-85.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net ([99.98.248.85]:64202 helo=smtpclient.apple) by dallas136.arvixeshared.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1nKKzs-002Jeg-DC; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 08:09:32 -0600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 15.0 \(3693.40.0.1.81\)) From: Andrew Hume In-Reply-To: <20220216140519.BB6182111F@orac.inputplus.co.uk> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 06:09:31 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: References: <20220216140519.BB6182111F@orac.inputplus.co.uk> To: Ralph Corderoy X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3693.40.0.1.81) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - dallas136.arvixeshared.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - minnie.tuhs.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - humeweb.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 99.98.248.85 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1nKKzs-002Jeg-DC X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: 99-98-248-85.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net (smtpclient.apple) [99.98.248.85]:64202 X-Source-Auth: andrew@humeweb.com X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: YWh1bWU7YWh1bWU7ZGFsbGFzMTM2LmFydml4ZXNoYXJlZC5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes Subject: Re: [TUHS] Shower of Dogs. X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS , Douglas McIlroy Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" lorinda was an avid dog owner. she spent a long time recycling racing greyhounds. she would own a few of these at any one time > On Feb 16, 2022, at 6:05 AM, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Hi, > > Doug wrote: >> Then, while there were several pilots among us, >> there was only one shower of dogs > > What's a shower of dogs refer to in this context? > > I've been mulling it over for a while. I checked Wiktionary for shower > and dogs and nothing obvious pops out as to what the phrase may mean in > American to this English speaker. > > -- > Cheers, Ralph.