Re: In memory of New Orleans

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:54:08 -0400, Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

>On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 14:11:09 -0500, Bill Snyder <bsnyder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 14:52:58 -0400, Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@xxxxxxx>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 17:27:13 +0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@xxxxxxxxx (James
>>>Nicoll) wrote:
>>>
>>>> THE WHENABOUTS OF BURR by Michael Kurland. In it, the POTUS has
>>>>turned the bureau of weights and measures into an ultra-covert secret
>>>>service, because he doesn't trust the FBI and CIA not to blab to the
>>>>press and the BoW&M is an executive organization.
>>>>
>>>> Note: this was the 1970s.
>>>
>>>"Bureau of Weights and Measures"? Do you mean the Bureau of
>>>Standards?
>>
>>And as you know, Bob, in 1988 it became the National Institute of
>>Standards & Technology.
>
>Which is why I carefully didn't snip "this was the 1970s."

That wasn't meant to suggest that you'd gotten it wrong; just
information for the lurkers.

--
Bill Snyder [This space unintentionally left blank.]
.

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