From: Bill Ross (wross@farmerstel.com)
Date: Tue May 18 1999 - 14:14:29 EDT
Perhaps "handy" would be closer to the etymology. It would also relate to
how we call hired help "hands" as in "all hands on deck."
I didn't intend to allude to sex, but it would be an interesting euphemism
to say that a woman was "user-friendly."
Bill Ross
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