I missed the staff meeting but the minutes show "Searcher"
wrote back on Fri, 10 Dec 2004 03:42:17 GMT
in rec.crafts.metalworking :
I see this often and have no clue as to what it means

I forgot to mention, that one usage is to make in inquiry if some one
is "there" - either email, via "talk" or in person. One writes (or says)
"ping" and the canonical answer is "Pong!".

Thanks
Searcher1


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pyotr filipivich.
as an explaination for the decline in the US's tech edge, James
Niccol wrote "It used to be that the USA was pretty good at
producing stuff teenaged boys could lose a finger or two playing with."