"metric buttload"

[Christopher McNabb]

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:36:38 -0800 (PST), Al Kossow <aek at spies.com> wrote:
> 
> I think Eric Smith was using this phrase even earlier
> http://www.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug10.162415.19314%40wpi.WPI.EDU&output=gplain
> 
> Aug '91
> 
> I know that's where I picked it up from.
> 

I first heard this phrase while attending the US Navy's Nuclear
Propulsion School in the summer of '81.

I think the usage I heard was something like "The fission produces
2.73 neutrons on average, and a metric buttload of energy"