Subject: RE: 'What, Me Worry' about real estate classified online From: wilt@rt66.com (bill wilt) Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 18:25:40 -0400

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Other, more cultured newspapers, play the double-reeded  "OBO" in their internal meetings. This is not Cockney slang for the American "hobo" (is that for "homeless [but] originally better off"?) but rather "Offered By Owner."

bw.


At 12:03 PM 7/16/98, Steve Outing wrote:
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>In my previous note on this thread I lapsed into jargon that probably 
>not everyone (especially outside the U.S.) will readily recognize. The 
>"FSBO" I was referring to is "For Sale By Owner." Sorry if I confused 
>anyone.
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>Steve Outing                                   Planetary News

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