[ale] nokia 770

[Jim Philips]

On Friday 24 March 2006 18:48, Scott Castaline wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
> > Scott Castaline wrote:
> >> Geoffrey wrote:
> >>> Paul Cartwright wrote:
> >>>> anyone seen these???
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.nokiausa.com/770/1,7841,,00.html
> >>>
> >>> (wipes drool off of chin..)  Oh yes.  There was an article in Linux
> >>> Journal a month or so ago about them. :)  Run's linux and I'd like to
> >>> say it's a replacement for my outdated palm, but it's a bit out of my
> >>> range right now... :(
> >>
> >> Any rain checks???
> >
> > Rain checks???
>
> A little retail humor. Stores at one time a veeeerrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyy
> loooooooooooooong time ago used to issue rain checks for sale items that
> they ran out of.

Actually, more from the world of baseball and football games. A sale item is 
not cancelled due to rain.

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