atw: Re: Strange job advertisements/skills combinations
- From: "HALL Bill" <bill.hall@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 17:18:11 +1100 (EDT)
Originally a term from the US when a doughnut cost around five cents. Obvio=
usly, whoever invented the term didn't take inflation into account!
Bill Hall
Documentation Systems Analyst
Head Office, Engineering
Tenix Defence
Nelson House Annex, Nelson Place
Williamstown, Vic. 3016
Australia
Tel: +61 3 9244 4820 (Direct)
URL: http://www.tenix.com
Mailto:bill.hall@xxxxxxxxx
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| From: Fullerton, Elizabeth=20
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| Sent: Wednesday, 25 February 2004 4:50 PM
| To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Subject: atw: Re: Strange job advertisements/skills combinations
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| what does dollars to doughnuts actually mean? - i'll bet you=20
| fifty bucks =3D
| against fifty doughnuts? it really depends on the price of=20
| doughnuts as =3D
| to whether that's a good deal for the other person. and then=20
| there are =3D
| all the associated health issues.
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| and how did the word doughnut actually come about? - i can get the =3D
| "dough" part, but the "nut" part?
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| > I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that I'm right on this one.
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