Re: "full sized pen"

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 13:02:47 EDT
From: starnet!apple!trantor.harris-atd.com!chuck (Chuck Musciano)
To: zoomer-list-1993@grot.starconn.com
Subject: Re: "full sized pen"
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> > Can it still be stowed in the stylus uh... um... it's not a pouch, and the
> > only biological term I could use wouldn't be very welcome here as it's
> > sexual... um, the place one shoves one's stylus, whatever that's called...
> > does the "full sized pen" fit in there?
> > 
> 
> I'm not sure what to call it either.  I thought maybe "hole" was a good
> starting place, and so naturally I looked it up.  And I quote:
> 
> "Definition for: hole
>   a cavity; squalid place"
> 
> Squalid, eh?  What do they think I have, a Newton? :-)
> Maybe another word would be better...:
> 
> "Synonyms for: hole
> (n) opening, crack, leak, puncture;
>     void, blank, cavity, crack, depression,
>     emptiness, gap, hollow, nook, opening,
>     space"
> 
> Depresssion ... emptiness ... maybe this wasn't such a good idea
> after all.

     I think the official term for the pen storage place is "silo".
     
     I wish the on/off switch were located in there.  Take the pen out,
Zoomer turns on.  Put the pen in, Zoomer turns off.

Chuck Musciano