[techtalk] Differences between linux distributions

[Robert Kiesling]

> What?!?  When did they do that?  I've always known myself as a Michigander
> by birth -- who am I now? :-p  If they've changed it that would be OK with
> me -- I have not met one person who hasn't begun regarding me with doubt
> and suspicion when I've used that word in front of them.  And then I say,
> "Hey, I didn't make it up!" and they stare balefully at me and say, "But
> still ...".

Ummm, I first heard the alternative term sometime in the last ten years.
The signs they changed within the last five years, before I returned 
here.  The signs they are a'changin' as they say... (can't resist). 

> I met one displaced Michigander/ian with a list of 'You know you're from
> Michigan If .."s on the fridge.  The one I liked the best was: "You know
> you're from Michigan if you know what a millage is." :-)

You're also from Michigan if you know how MUCH a millage is, around
here... :-)

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