Thread: Hello from an old member
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05-07-2015 04:40 PM #11
PEL the parts are quite nice. I know the giddy feeling as we gather what we need to make that project our own! Keep on posting Mate and ignore our joshing around, we truely appreciate you coming to our family forum and sharing. Whip I get it, some days just set us off and we missinterpret or misss judge where people and their comments are coming from. I have lots of Brit, Kiwi and Aussi friends, and I can't tell you how much fun it is to see what might be offensive one place, is quite normal in another. My first experience with this was in my teens, working in Glacier National Park, Montana, during the summer, when one of my British coworkers said, Steve, I'm so Pissed!. I said, what's wrong? he started laughing and said no, I'm pissed! (he meant drunk). Another funny momment was during a Microbiology final exam in college, when my friend and lab partner Trevor said, Steve do you have a rubber, during our Final exam. I turned red, and everyone in the room laughed, he just wanted to use my eraser!
Fianaly when working with a group of Brits in Wyoming one summer, I told my staff to get a "fanny pack" in town to keep their reciepts during the summer for acounting reasons during a wilderness adventure trip. All of the Brits and Aussies turned red. They had to explain to me that Fanny Pack had a much different meaning in the United Kingdom!" "No matter where you go, there you are!" Steve.
I saw last night on fb about John. The world sure lost a great one. I'm going to miss his humor, advice, and perspective from another portion of the world. Rest in Peace Johnboy.
John Norton aka johnboy