In this area we tend to use the term "tight" or "tight was" meaning that
the purse strings, or purse snaps were so tight that no money would come out.
Chris opr VE7HCB
At 01:51 AM 2001-12-13 -0500, Pete Smith wrote:
>However... back in the 50s when I learned it, the original usage was Scotch
>meaning "stingy" ("mean" for our British friends). "Bourbon" S-meters must
>have been invented later by someone who chose to take off on the other
>meaning of the word.
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>73, Pete N4ZR
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