>    Clancy was calling them what 99.99% of the troops 
 > called them.  I was 
 >    one, tho not Special anything.  ONLY the official 
 > designation in some 
 >    manuals called them by their correct color.  Score one for Clancy.
 DC> Oh? Could be, of course, but I thought the term OD was in
 DC> general use in the 70s and 80s.
And my time in the Army was 66-69.  I suspect both terms were in use, enough 
so that Clancy was correct.
 >    In MOST cases, I agree with you, but sometimes 
 > it's either a matter of 
 >    whose "facts" you take.
 DC> Yes. Remember Neuromancer? When Gibson wrote that he didn't know
 DC> what a modem was. There's some episode that is pretty silly for
 DC> that reason. And Neuromancer is considered a classic of its
Not a Mystery, tho.   
 DC> genre.
 DC> Haven't moved yet?
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 DC>   ___   __      david.chessler@mix.cpcug.org   
vid.chessler@neteast.com
NOW I have.
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