whole nine yards (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Victor Steinbok]

On your list, only three of nine on the East Coast... three in the Gulf
and three on West Coast. "Lucid" does not preclude false recollections.

     VS-)

On 2/10/2011 5:16 AM, Stephen Goranson quoted:
> "He thought it referred to ship building yards on the east coast and always thought there were nine of them, though he couldn't verify that for sure...."

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