knowman's definitions

not keeping up with the Jone's

Not buying the latest and greatest, making do with what you have, because you have more important places to put the money, such as your kids education or your retirement.

Why am I not keeping up with the Jone's ? My son and my money both go to Marquette.

by knowman April 12, 2008

east omaha tags

Home made paper in transit tags that are used to avoid paying to register a car. The date on the tags is changed from time to time in an attempt to make them appear legal. Real plates taken off a junk car or from the junkyard. Used to avoid getting required liability insurance.

Bob should change his east omaha tags they're turning yellow. I got busted because the car I was driving had east omaha tags, and it wasn't my car. Dave got nailed for east omaha tags, and no insurance.

by knowman March 12, 2008

pack mules

The people who do the jobs and get the work done, that an organization needs to survive. A good boss like a good mule skinner is very concerned with the welfare of his mules because he knows his lively hood depends on them.

Bob really went to bat for our raises he knows good pack mules are hard to find.

by knowman March 17, 2008

dragging edge

Old, obsolete, out dated technology. The opposite of leading edge.

That monitor is dragging edge, but it was free, and works well so who cares ?

by knowman October 20, 2008

flash stutter

When the stream to a flash or other player doesn't supply enough valid data so the player runs, freezes, runs, freezes. Also called breakup, bad connection, corrupted data.

The site has some good movies, bur the flash stutter will drive you nuts.

by knowman April 27, 2008

King Lake

A place where it is possible to own a $1,000,000 plus house and not the land it sits on. All the land is owned by the Archibald family and leased to the other residents. Leases are for a fixed number of years and are good for the original lessee only, anything that violates the terms of these very complicated leases can result in voiding the lease and having to sell or tear down your building. The difficulty in buying into King Lake is really a protection for social climbers, if you step on the wrong toes you can lose your lease, your house and be booted out with no legal recourse.

Edmund bought his king Lake place for a song the former owner lost his lease and had to sell the house or tear it down.

by knowman April 4, 2008

rotten grapes

A goal or object that looked really desirable from a distance, but not worth the cost close up. From grapes that looked good on the vine , but proved rotten when eaten-ed. The opposite of sour grapes.

How's the new computer? Rotten grapes, and it's going back.

by knowman December 26, 2011