Date   : Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:30:38 -0000
From   : "Mark Usher" <mu.list@...>
Subject: Re: Making a 3.5" Beeb floppy drive

> > > Arrrghhhh "Box Standard" as in "straight out of the box"
> > Ah, a fellow pedant!  :-)
:-) Sometimes, yes. Grab a copy of "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" if you haven't
already been presented with it for Christmas.

> I always understood "bog standard" to imply cheap & cheerful 
> (or cheap & nasty) stuff, as opposed to high-end gear
No, it is taken to mean, standard, straight out of the box. Unaltered.

-Mark