During the Second World War, American combat planes were equipped with big machine guns that were used to fire incessantly at targets. To solve the problem of having to reload the machine guns frequently, the bullets for the gun were packed into heavy chains called gun belts that were twenty-seven feet (8.2 meters), or nine yards long. When the plane’s crew encountered targets that were particularly challenging, they sometimes had to fire the entire gun belt at just that one target. They began to refer to this as “giving the adversary the full nine yards.” This became a common expression among service members and veterans after the war.
In the 1960’s, an athlete named Ralph Boston broke the world long jump record by jumping twenty-seven feet and half an inch (8.3 meters.) This was widely reported under the headline “Boston Goes The Whole Nine Yards!” It was after this report that the phrase gained wide usage. Today, “to go the whole nine yards” is commonly used to mean “to go all the way” or “to take full measure.”
This Real ID Law must have died a slow death. I had to present a birth certificate, Social Security Card, and one piece of mail with my address on it in 2015 to renew my license.
The Plan Ahead Editor: Do you know about ‘The law of unintended consequences’, LL ?
The For Sure Cat: I sure do, anyone who pays attention to what is going on can tell what will happen. Waymo should have known that Americans are too lazy or self-absorbed to close their car doors
The D.C. Mayor and Council have been so busy with their Black Lives Matter street graffiti, you could see it from space, before it was removed when Trump won a second term. Another hot item was not punishing criminals. They have been worried about the wrong thing.
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