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In a message dated 10/20/04 17:26:46 Eastern Daylight Time, 
shane@theplacewithnoname.com writes:


> After Chumley's bar and restaurant at 86 Bedford Street in Greenwich
> Village, New York City - or so they say.
> 

No signs on the outside, one entrance is through a courtyard of muse, was a 
speakeasy during the days of prohibition (one of the good periods of our 
history), and only those in the know knew where to find it.  The last time I was 
there it was very dark inside.  

The term "86" could have evolved from keeping it a secret. "86 that." and 
then proceeding from that the term could have been used to "kill" information 
about to be passed on, and then bastardized to its present meaning.  Language has 
a life of its own if used improperly or in an esoteric way.  This is just my 
opinion.

Skylander