Originally Posted by
orlandogotay
Did she really say that? I use the expression all the time but did not know it was hers. Apart from that, I met her once. She gifted me one of her "nanoseconds" (8 inch piece of bell wire). A great lady she was.
From an interview (at the end) with "Chips"
www.chips.navy.mil/archives/86_jul/interview.html
From her official Navy biography
www.history.navy.mil/bios/hopper_grace.htm
I never got to meet her, but she was definitely an inspiration over the years. God, what a mind she had...... and yeah, after all these years I still use the expression.