“The dawn of a new era is felt and not measured.” Walter Lord
I believe Oz is Australia and perhaps New Zealand.
Ray
Over the Rainbow?
Actually he needed time off for some movie project. He is supposed to return so,or so I heard some where.
one possible source is the old military radio term for" I hear you loud[5] and clear[5].
In voice communication it was “5 by 5”
If I remember correctly it was expressed in morse as QSL 5x5.
It probably bears mentioning that the same phrase is used by the drop-ship pilot in “Aliens” during the descent to the planet: “I’m in the pipe, five by five.”
Until now I had always assumed this meant something much more technical than “I’m in the pipe, a-ok.”
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way if they get mad, you’re already a mile away. And they don’t have any shoes.
Yep, “Five by Five” is a phrase used by military, amateur radio, and other technical types. When grading a transmission, there is a 1-5 scale for power of the signal, and clarity. A 5X5 signal would be one received with plenty of excess power, and with no discernable hum, static, whine, or other types of interference. Over time it became a shorthand way of saying, “things are just right”.
… and Oz had a werewolf interlude with a female werewolf. He feared that his animal instincts were getting the better of him, and he wanted to get away from people he might hurt, so he ran off to find himself. Lycanthropy is not an easy thing to bear… er, to wolf.
The rumour is that he will be back, the actor wanted time off for other projects.
Spooky. This is the 3rd time in a month where I’ve gotten an itch, looked something up, then had it apopear here as a thread.
Previous posts are almost right: it’s 1-5 clarity and 1-5 loudness, which makes it “clear and loud” instead of “loud and clear.” Go figure.
http://www.aopa.ch/xgloss.htm