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| 583.1 | | UNTADI::ODIJP | Elefanten springen nie | Fri Nov 04 1988 11:22 | 5 |
| A boilermaker wearing a boilersuit , working in a boilerroom , will
probably eat his lunch off a boilerplate .
John J
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| 583.2 | | PSTJTT::TABER | Nothing is certain but Duke & taxes | Fri Nov 04 1988 13:54 | 9 |
| The plates of a boiler are pre-fabricated, designed to go into one
position only, and made to be rivited together into a completed boiler
with no special thought involved.
"Boilerplate" in documents is prefabricated, designed to go into one
position in the document, and they are made to be stuck together with a
few new words into a completed documnet that has no evidence of special
thought involved.
>>>==>PStJTT
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| 583.3 | It's spelled "riveted" | CLOSET::T_PARMENTER | Tongue in cheek, fist in air! | Fri Nov 04 1988 15:15 | 10 |
| Add to >>>==>PStJTT's explanation that printing plates (stereotypes)
look a lot like boiler plates.
When I worked for Chicago's American in the 60's, we had another
category of the same sort of stuff called "muskox" after a legendary
Chicago Tribune article on the musk ox that had been set in type for
some 40 years awaiting the necessity of ripping a column of type out of
the paper at the last minute and replacing it.
But I don't know why cheap furniture is called "borax".
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| 583.4 | spelling is my Ackilly...Achilees...my weak spot. | PSTJTT::TABER | Nothing is certain but Duke & taxes | Fri Nov 04 1988 21:04 | 14 |
| > -< It's spelled "riveted" >-
It's spelt "spelt." My spelling is terrible and has only gotten worse
since I learned to touch-type. With a pencil I only misspell; with a
keyboard I can do homophone errors as well.
Are you the famed Desperado Tom Parmenter?
> But I don't know why cheap furniture is called "borax".
If you ever sat in some you would... it bores into it something awful.
>>>==>PStJTT
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| 583.5 | Famed, framed, and disclaimed | CLOSET::T_PARMENTER | Tongue in cheek, fist in air! | Fri Nov 04 1988 21:44 | 6 |
| -.1> Are you the famed Desperado Tom Parmenter?
I am he. Watch your mailbox.
It's misspell that I can't spell. That and >>>==>PStJTT.
Spelt and spelled don't give me no problems.
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| 583.6 | | IND::BOWERS | Count Zero Interrupt | Fri Nov 04 1988 22:14 | 5 |
| While .2 is a plausible explanation, I seem to remember running into
the term about 20 years ago in a different context - standard texts for
legal contracts. Wording that had stood up to numerous court
challenges was considered to be "as strong (or solid) as boilerplate"
and was used intact thereafter.
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| 583.7 | Rhyming slang? | MARVIN::KNOWLES | the teddy-bears have their nit-pick | Mon Nov 07 1988 14:17 | 5 |
| Re `borax'
I wonder if there's a remote connection with `boracic lint'/skint?
b
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| 583.8 | | PSTJTT::TABER | Nothing is certain but Duke & taxes | Mon Nov 07 1988 16:09 | 8 |
| >-.1> Are you the famed Desperado Tom Parmenter?
>
> I am he. Watch your mailbox.
Welcome home! This means Desperado will rise again? It's been so long,
I was beginning to think I had been taken off the list for bad behavior.
>>>==>PStJTT
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| 583.9 | | WELMTS::GIBSON | Alan Gibson @WLO | Mon Dec 19 1988 17:26 | 9 |
| Yes, I know I'm late with this, but I've been away from JoyOfLex
for some time.
Re Boilerplate:
Robert Heinlein (sp?) used the term to describe a late 19th century
US practise. A regional (state?) newspaper would be printed on
one side of a large single sheet. The other side would then be
used by a local newspaper for the news closer to home.
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