It stands for: "Finger Operated Buttons" - That's as per Chrysler.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Oliver [mailto:barrysuperhawk@insightbb.com]
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 10:46 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Re:VIN/key programming
Terrible Tom wrote:
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> jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
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>> "Jamie Calder" <JCalder3@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
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>>> BTW..what does FOB stand for (this ought to be good)?
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>> Nothing, in the sense that its not an acronym ("F.O.B."); rather,
>> the word "fob" as it applies here basically comes from the old English
>> definition of "fob", which was a term referring to a person who is a
>> cheat, or sneaky/secretive. In those times, it was common for men to
>> have a small, hidden pocket sewn into the waistband of their pants
>> which was used to hide valuables. This pocket itself became known as
>> a "fob" for the same reason (it was sneaky/deceptive). Because the
>> pocket was so small and/or deep, it was usually necessary to attach a
>> chain or tie a ribbon to any item you were storing in there in order
>> to be able to pull it out without taking your pants off and shaking
>> them upside down. :-) The word "fob" came to refer to those chains
>> or ribbons. The most common example of this is the term "watch fob",
>> since a pocket watch was a valuable item and a very common thing to
>> store in such a pocket. That definition of "fob" eventually evolved
>> into the current practice of calling most anything that hangs on a
>> chain (especially a key chain or key ring) a "fob".
>>
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> words fail me
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Apparently, they did not fail Jon...
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