Re: Acronyms Et Al. (was: Last Call: Instructions to Request for Comment

You're missing "Y" in that mnemonic.

"Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly"

Yes, EE was very sexist.  Still is, to a certain extent.

Clint (JOATMON) Chaplin

> > > "David J. Aronson" <dja2003(_at_)hotpop(_dot_)com> 3/6/03 07:18:00 >>>
kireeti(_at_)juniper(_dot_)net wrote:

or "Badly Burnt Resistors On Ground Bus Void General Warranty" 
for resistor colors.