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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 25072 invoked from network); 16 Feb 2022 21:23:28 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 16 Feb 2022 21:23:28 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BAFA99D3AD; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:23:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D2109D036; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:21:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 3B1849D036; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:21:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: from nsstlmta20p.bpe.bigpond.com (nsstlmta20p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.20]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42F3D9D035 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:21:53 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.24.4]) by nsstlfep20p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20220216212150.WTXR14739.nsstlfep20p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:21:50 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvvddrjeeigddugeejucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehttddttddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepkeeiteejueeuhfefgeeuvdduieefvedugfevtdffkefhffejkefhuddtteehtefhnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopedupdhrtghpthhtohepthhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgh X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.806) id 61B80FA30C5BC81A for tuhs@tuhs.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:21:50 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 21GLLnGh056971 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:21:50 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 21GLLmHA056968 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:21:49 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:21:48 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <0A48E54B-368D-44F2-853B-1106AA28032C@cfcl.com> Message-ID: References: <20220216140519.BB6182111F@orac.inputplus.co.uk> <0A48E54B-368D-44F2-853B-1106AA28032C@cfcl.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Wed, 16 Feb 2022, Rich Morin wrote: > To understand this, you have to know the American idiom "raining cats > and dogs". A "shower of dogs" is thus a heavy burst of large drops, > which would of course be of concern to a pilot (:-). Also used in British/Australian English; the Americans probably picked it up from the British. -- Dave, who is British/Australian