1.   Already, County Judge Pete De La Garza has begun using the greeting, and he expects it to catch on with the ranks of county workers.

2.   In a maritime throwback, old-timers use the greetings Cappy and Skippy.

3.   Subscribers to ECHO, a small online service based in Manhattan, use the greeting to signify important messages when they converse with one another via computer.

4.   Perhaps we need a way of deciding which greeting to use on every occasion.