Date:  Mon, 1 May 1995 17:09:33 -0500

From:  Grant Barrett <gbarrett[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]KB.COM>

Subject: Re: "You're eighty-six, man



    Reply to:  RE>>"You're eighty-six, man!"

86 isn't the custom sign-off, though, it's R73S.



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First time I heard the term 86 was in 1959 or so, when my cousin was learning to

be a ham radio operator. Along with lots of other codes, 86 was the sign-off,

meaning essentially that's it, ain't no more. Obviously, the connotations

continue.



Rima McKinzey