[COFF] On having a slash

[Dave Horsfall]

Way back then, when dinosaurs strode the earth and System/360 reigned 
supreme, we were taught to slash our zeros and sevens (can't quite find 
the glyphs for them right now) in order to distinguish them from Oscars 
and Ones for the benefit of the keypunch girls (yes, really; I had the 
hots for one of them at one time, but someone else took her) on those 
green sheets.

In the time-mean I also saw a slash through "Z" (Zulu, Zed, Zee) in order 
to distinguish it from a "2" (FIGURES TWO); WTF?  And you *never* slashed 
your ones, lest thou ended up with the contents of an 029 chad-box over 
thine head...

These days, I merely slash my sevens by habit and it doesn't even raise an 
eyebrow; even Oz Pigeon Post's mail mangler seems to accept it[*].

What're other bods' experiences?

[*]
Don't even mention Redfern, OK?  Just don't...  And as for getting off at 
Redfern, well, I did a few times when I had a contract job around there.

-- Dave, bored at home