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| Mikhailoh | Feb 12 2012, 02:25 PM Post #26 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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All time spent in Akron is lost. Hope you all had a grand time. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Dewey | Feb 12 2012, 04:19 PM Post #27 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Oh yeah, just got home here. Nineteen is now back at school, and Chris swung over to Hyde Park for a late breakfast and good conversation at the Eveready. Then we drove down to meet Jon at Mike's Diner in Astoria for a small snack and coffee, and even more good conversation. Chris got me over to Laguardia, and the rest is history. A great day! |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| George K | Feb 12 2012, 04:20 PM Post #28 |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Chris Aher | Feb 12 2012, 04:50 PM Post #29 |
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It was great to see Dewey and Nineteen again and meet Jon. I made it back to Connecticut in record time.
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Regards, Chris | |
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| brenda | Feb 12 2012, 05:12 PM Post #30 |
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Glad you guys could make it work to meet. ![]() Dewey, what does your daughter think of meeting your forum friends? |
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| Dewey | Feb 12 2012, 08:48 PM Post #31 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Actually, brenda, Chris and Bee Lady are the only TNCR people she's met. She was politely gracious, even if she probably was a little uncomfortable - but she had met Chris before, a number of years ago, so that helped. And of course, her having just moved out of NYC and Chris' great familiarity with the neighborhood she lived in - he actually used to deliver mail there - helped make her click with him as they talked. She's pretty shy until she gets to know someone anyway. But in general, she's very much a product of the social media generation, so she gets "internet friends." |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| Chris Aher | Feb 13 2012, 06:22 AM Post #32 |
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Nineteen is a lovely young lady with a lot of poise. I really enjoyed meeting her again. She was a little girl the last time I met her. With regard to delivering mail, I worked for the USPS for about 6 months more than 40 years ago. A few years back, when I was tasked with cleaning up some difficult staff issues in one of our offices in NJ, I had a sign on my desk: I'm a former postal employee. It behooves you to keep me gruntled. ![]() Chris |
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Regards, Chris | |
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| jon-nyc | Feb 13 2012, 06:38 AM Post #33 |
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Cheers
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| brenda | Feb 13 2012, 08:43 AM Post #34 |
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Chris, it would be worth working six months at the USPS just to be able to use that in a sign on your desk in the future.
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| jon-nyc | Feb 13 2012, 08:47 AM Post #35 |
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Cheers
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As funny as that is, I could see an overzealous HR department considering it 'threatening'... |
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| Free Rider | Feb 13 2012, 08:50 AM Post #36 |
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It sounds like a good time you had. One of these days I would enjoy meeting some TNCR folk. If anyone's travels takes them in the direction of Northwest Wyoming, Grand Teton or Yellowstone, let me know. |
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| Chris Aher | Feb 13 2012, 09:46 AM Post #37 |
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I certainly couldn't get away with it these days but that was during the WorldCom takeover and they didn't have a clue about how to run a company, which became more and more obvious even before the bankruptcy. ![]() One of the most striking statements that I have ever heard during a corporate meeting was from our finance VP (a very straight up guy) about Scott Sullivan, the CFO: Power of authority is corruptive, particularly if you're an a$$hole to start with. Those were "interesting times" for sure. Edited by Chris Aher, Feb 13 2012, 10:39 AM.
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Regards, Chris | |
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| PhJ | Feb 13 2012, 10:57 AM Post #38 |
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Senior Carp
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wait, there's a place called Grand Teton ???
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| Free Rider | Feb 13 2012, 11:12 AM Post #39 |
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Oh yeah...it means big breast. Those Frenchmen were seriously lonely. Of course there was a British ex-patriot named Beaver Dick Leigh who came here and settled down with an Shoshone Indian woman named Jenny. Sadly she died along with all 6 of their children from Tuberculosis brought in by the Hayden Survey party. I am not making this up. I used to drive a ferry across Jenny Lake and give scenic tours in the evening. Try to talk about Tetons and some guy named Beaver Dick with a straight face. It's not easy. http://nativeunity.blogspot.com/2007/09/beaver-dick-mountain-man.html |
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