John Dunlop writes:

>  Gregory Stigers wrote :
>
>  [snip relevant, important stuff..]
>
>  >I know that there are other things we can do, and we do some of those
>  >other things, and I want us to do most if not all of those other things,
>  >as I tend to distrust single layers of security (and no, I don't usually
>  >wear a belt and suspenders).
>                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^
>  Well that certainly clears the air  :-)
>
>  Being a global forum, words can often have different meanings such as in
the
>  UK, where "suspenders" are the equivalent of a "garter-belt" in the USA !
>  I know "suspenders" are what we in the UK call "braces" but in the USA "
> braces"
>  are metal frameworks attached to teeth. I give up.

As George Bernard Shaw once commented (today being the day to quote Shaw),
"Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a common
language."

Wirt Atmar