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Here is a cool fact about former LSU basketball player Jerry "Iceman" Reynolds!
Posted on 8/1/11 at 2:26 am
Posted on 8/1/11 at 2:26 am
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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines the term as "twenty four hours a day, seven days a week; constantly". It lists its first reference to 24/7 as from US magazine Sports Illustrated in 1983.
The man to use it was basketball player Jerry Reynolds and he was talking about his jump shot. This is when a player releases the ball in mid-air and Reynolds said his was "good 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year".
BBC News
Now that is pretty cool
Posted on 8/1/11 at 5:59 am to LSUPHILLY72
I quess next they will say the old 3-5-9 saying is something new also.
24-7-365 was common in business long, long ago.
Hexx look in some old phone books on service calls, it was around well before 1970, and is an old AC, pumber, etc saying.
3-5-9 is pay 3% interest, loan at 5% interest, be on the golf course by 9am (that was around before the 1940's), it's a banker saying.
24-7-365 was common in business long, long ago.
Hexx look in some old phone books on service calls, it was around well before 1970, and is an old AC, pumber, etc saying.
3-5-9 is pay 3% interest, loan at 5% interest, be on the golf course by 9am (that was around before the 1940's), it's a banker saying.
Posted on 8/1/11 at 6:44 am to LSUPHILLY72
I was saying "word up" way before that gay group CAMEO was singin it.... just sayin.
Posted on 8/1/11 at 6:59 am to tigger1
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Hexx look in some old phone books on service calls, it was around well before 1970, and is an old AC, pumber, etc saying.
I threw out my old phone books from the 60's a few weeks ago, can you scan a couple of plumber ads with 24/7/365 in them, I'd like to see them...thanks
Posted on 8/1/11 at 7:43 am to tigger1
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-5-9 is pay 3% interest, loan at 5% interest, be on the golf course by 9am (that was around before the 1940's), it's a banker saying.
It must be an old banker saying, I've never heard of it before.
Posted on 8/1/11 at 10:23 am to LSUPHILLY72
Manute Bol is credited with being the first individual to use the phrase 'my bad". He should have had it trademarked because it was incorporated into the lexicon of every little urban wannabe for years.
This post was edited on 8/1/11 at 11:05 am
Posted on 8/1/11 at 10:40 am to LSUPHILLY72
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he was talking about his jump shot. This is when a player releases the ball in mid-air and Reynolds said his was "good 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year".
Talk about over hype.
Posted on 8/1/11 at 10:57 am to LSUPHILLY72
This is the thread from hell.
Posted on 8/1/11 at 11:11 am to LSUPHILLY72
I invented the term "Silent but deadly" about referring to quiet flatulence. But I get no credit.
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