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1. (OT) Q: What does ACME mean? (score: 1): Author: Bert Palte <vortex@wxs.nl>; Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 21:36:08 +0200; Hi fellow MGers, Question: What does ACME mean? (as in ACME Grease, used by The Coyote in one of his numerous attempts to catch The Roadrunner?) Couldn't find it in my dictionary... :-) TIA Bert (Not; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00051.html (7,056 bytes)
2. Re: (OT) Q: What does ACME mean? (score: 1): Author: john peloquin <peloquin@galaxy.ucr.edu>; Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 12:59:14 -0700 (PDT); Acme is the peak, the highest point, nearly synonomous with Zenith. I think it is also an Arabic astronomical word, like Zenith. It is the opposite of nadir. "Never ascribe to Malice that which can b; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00052.html (7,694 bytes)
3. Re: (OT) Q: What does ACME mean? (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 20:14:07 GMT; I thought that was APEX....There actually was an ACME machine tool company once, I used to work in a shop with a lot of really old tools, and though I can't remember for the life of me what they wer; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00053.html (7,602 bytes)
4. Re: (OT) Q: What does ACME mean? (score: 1): Author: Rich Mason <rmason@ro.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 15:51:19 -0500; Bert 'ACME' actually does have a meaning - at least according to Webster's II New Riverside University Dictionary, 1984... it means "the point of utmost attainment" or "peak" or "pinnacle", inferring; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00056.html (7,632 bytes)
5. Re: (OT) Q: What does ACME mean? (score: 1): Author: "Dan Ray" <danray@bluegrass.net>; Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 18:12:33 -0500; Wile E. is my hero, and should be every MG enthusiasts as well, at least for his stubborn, continuous attempts to solve a particular challenge he was obsessed with! ;) I think it was just a convenien; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00062.html (7,991 bytes)
6. Re: (OT) Q: What does ACME mean? (score: 1): Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory); Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 12:39:04 -0400 (EDT); I always thought it was just a play on the old Acme Markets (dating myself again). You could buy almost anything at Acme. -NORY Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you have found th; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00090.html (7,724 bytes)
7. Re: (OT) Q: What does ACME mean? (score: 1): Author: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 16:43:26 +0000; Zenith with a 'Z' (as opposed to 'z') is hardly a highest point. PaulH.; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00222.html (7,075 bytes)

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