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edit: March 28th, @02:52PM
| reply to rblomeyer Re: Waiting with "baited breath" in Lisle for improved QOS
It's "bated".
said by Merriam-Webster :Main Entry: bate Pronunciation: \ˈbāt\ Function: verb Inflected Form(s): bat·ed; bat·ing Etymology: Middle English, short for abaten to abate Date: 14th century
transitive verb 1: to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain < with bated breath > 2: to take away : deduct 3 archaic : to lower especially in amount or estimation 4 archaic : bluntintransitive verbobsolete : diminish, decrease
Unless your mean your breath smells of small fish or worms.
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 rblomeyer
join:2007-08-30 Lisle, IL
| Not me. It's AT&T that's been wormy. 
As I began with a conceptual metaphor using the Wolf from "Peter and the Wolf," it almost works as a pun. Maybe you're being too literal minded.
In defense of the AT&T moles who were in my back yard this AM, it's now graced by a shiny new distribution box. Performance is about the same: -------------------- TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.5.1 click START to begin Connected to: miranda.ctd.anl.gov -- Using IPv4 address Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done checking for firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client-to-server [C2S]) . . . . . 407.0kb/s running 10s inbound test (server-to-client [S2C]) . . . . . . 1.92Mb/s Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem --------------
But the new distribution box shines nicely in the afternoon sun.
BobBl |
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