pics of my GTI

[pilotlars at yahoo.com (Lars Bruchmann)]

ok LT, i was under the impression it was WW1, so david
was right on that part.. here's the kicker... last
night.. The Whole Nine Yards was on tv, how weird.
--- Craig Steiner <steiner_ca@hotmail.com> wrote:

> It was a WWII term.  Ammo belts for fighter aircraft
> were 9 yards long.  
> Giving an enemy aircraft the whole nine yards meant
> you shot everything you 
> had at him.
> 
> Craig Steiner
> LT       USN
> Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 42
> '88 Alpine White 16V
> 
> >From: Tonee Northam <pb3vr6@yahoo.com>
> >To: Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com>,
> fahrvegnugen@cox.net,  
> >smithma7@gmail.com
> >CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: Re: RE: pics of my GTI
> >Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 18:40:56 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >Or a movie!
> >
> >Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com> wrote:The
> whole nine yards is an 
> >old sailor term. Each sail was termed a yard.
> >Therefore raising all the sails (9 of them) became
> the "Whole Nine Yards".
> >
> >9 yards of ammo would be a strip of cloth wrapped
> ammo 27 feet long.
> >
> >
> >
> >Julie Macfarlane
> >1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
> >Amsterdam NY
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: David Utley
> > >Reply-To: fahrvegnugen@cox.net
> > >To: Mike Smith
> > >CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > >Subject: Re: RE: pics of my GTI
> > >Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:15:33 -0500
> > >
> > >Good assesment, I would buy it... I like to know
> where words evolved 
> >from,
> > >9 time out of 10 it is stranger than fiction...
> Example... 'The Whole
> > >Nine'... IIRC, this came from WWII. Whomever was
> loading the machine gun
> > >(which ever type it was), would ask the shooter
> if they wanted the 'whole
> > >nine yards' of rounds. This was apparently an
> issue because the longer 
> >the
> > >ammunition, the higher likleyhood of jamming...
> If someone has a better
> > >memory than mine, please feel free to correct
> me...
> > >
> > >Cheers,
> > > David
> > > >
> > > > From: Mike Smith
> > > > Date: 2004/11/08 Mon PM 04:02:29 EST
> > > > To: fahrvegnugen@cox.net
> > > > CC: marc_scirocco , scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > > Subject: Re: RE: pics of my GTI
> > > >
> > > > props... <---- Where the shit did that word
> come from, anyways?
> > > > >
> > > > > David
> > > >
> > > > Dictionary.com:
> > > >
> > > > props
> > > >
> > > > n : proper respect; "I have to give my props
> to the governor for the
> > > > way he handled the problem"
> > > >
> > > > Off the top of my head, I'd have to say that
> it came from the fact
> > > > that a prop is a support. And then slang made
> it the way it is. In
> > > > the above example, if you switch props for
> support, it still works
> > > > fine.
> > > >
> > > > Amateur wordsmith,
> > > > --
> > > > Mike
> > > > '86 red 16v (Red 5)
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >---Chrome don't get you home.---
> > >
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