If that's the case, I think Jon needs to lecture at the next Chrysler
convention...
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From: "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@dodgetrucks.org>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 12:15 PM
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Subject: RE: DML: RE: Re:VIN/key programming
>
> 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:
>>
>> jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>>
>>> "Jamie Calder" <JCalder3@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> BTW..what does FOB stand for (this ought to be good)?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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".
>>>
>>
>> .....
>>
>>
>> words fail me
>>
>
> Apparently, they did not fail Jon...
>
>
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