PX is "Post Exchange". Kind of like a Wal-Mart on military bases and
restricted to military personnel and their families.
Bill KG4LOV
wowens1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "olympus @ Zuiko . sls . bc . ca" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Finger light - going OT
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> > Charles Monroe <chasmnro@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > I haven't waded through my Oly mail for the past several days so
> > this may have been answered already.
> > I picked up a finger light at the USMA West Point PX for $9.95.
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> Just as an aside, in my efforts to understand those from the USofA, could
> somebody explain:
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> a. What do the initials PX stand for ?
> b. What exactly is a PX ?
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> Thanks,
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> Wayne Harridge
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> http://members.optusnet.com.au/~w_harridge
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