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On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:04:11 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS wrote:


"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:47:36 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
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"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
JimH wrote:
Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the
displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing
forces caused by boat wakes.

But believe what you want.

BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying?


--
Reggie

"That's my story and I am sticking to it."

Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the
displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing
forces caused by boat wakes.

But believe what you want.

BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying?

Nit Picking and Picking nits are both fairly common expressions.

--
Reggie

"That's my story and I am sticking to it."
Nitpicking certainly is. I have never before heard anyone use the
expression 'picking nits' though.

You need to get out and do some traveling - meet some people and talk to
them.
--
'Til next time,

John H

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LOL! No thanks. My travel days are over and I am not accustomed to
approaching strangers in the evening, while at home or away, and asking
them if they want to have dinner with me. ;-)
JimH,
When you were traveling, did you ever go into the lounge for a drink,
start chatting with the person next to you? I have to be honest, it
seemed so natural to me, I never thought about it, and the people I was
talking to didn't either. I also would always take my client out to
dinner at least once a quarter. They were not only my client, but most of
them were my friends. I found traveling to be an enjoyable experience.

--
Reggie

"That's my story and I am sticking to it."

When I was young and single I would go out to a local bar quite often after
work while traveling, but not to talk to some bald guy at the bar sitting
next to me but to see if I could get lucky. ;-)

After I was married I was a good boy and stayed in my room watching TV or
working on reports (dictating in the early years or working off the laptop).
If I had to spend a weekend I would go out and see some of the local
attractions. But you can see them only so many times before they are not a
draw.

I indeed found traveling enjoyable for the first 5 or so years of doing say,
especially since I never did that with my previous jobs. After that,
however, especially after getting married, all the cities looked alike to
me and I was happy to get home. I was sometimes away for a 2 weeks........a
real drag no matter how you paint it.

Taking customers out to lunch or dinner is something I did regularly and do
so today. But I never considered my customers/clients as *strangers*.
Although I made friends with several of them and remain in contact with them
even now I did not generally consider them my friends....that term has a
special meaning for me.

Just because I grew tired of traveling does not mean that I did not enjoy my
*job*. Traveling is a PITA for *most* folks doing it for any length of
time and on a regular basis. (That is not to say they do not like or love
their job.) Add in the factors of traveling alone, airport delays,
traffic, bad weather and crowded cities and you really have a ROYAL PITA.
Not fun by any stretch of the imagination. That is why I wondered how
often you really traveled.

I am glad you enjoy traveling alone and elbowing up to strange men at bars.
That is not my cup of tea by any stretch of the imagination. ;-)

And I am certainly glad to be home most every night now.


Jim, you're such a sweetheart! My Canadian cap had you making not-so-snide
comments, and Reggie's comment about talking to people has you doing the
same thing.

Have you ever thought that maybe *you* might have a little problem?
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

An engineering marvel
 

"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:04:11 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS wrote:


"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:47:36 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS wrote:

"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
. ..
JimH wrote:
JimH wrote:
Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on
the
displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing
forces caused by boat wakes.

But believe what you want.

BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying?


--
Reggie

"That's my story and I am sticking to it."

Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on
the
displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing
forces caused by boat wakes.

But believe what you want.

BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying?

Nit Picking and Picking nits are both fairly common expressions.

--
Reggie

"That's my story and I am sticking to it."
Nitpicking certainly is. I have never before heard anyone use the
expression 'picking nits' though.

You need to get out and do some traveling - meet some people and talk
to
them.
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************


LOL! No thanks. My travel days are over and I am not accustomed to
approaching strangers in the evening, while at home or away, and asking
them if they want to have dinner with me. ;-)
JimH,
When you were traveling, did you ever go into the lounge for a drink,
start chatting with the person next to you? I have to be honest, it
seemed so natural to me, I never thought about it, and the people I was
talking to didn't either. I also would always take my client out to
dinner at least once a quarter. They were not only my client, but most
of
them were my friends. I found traveling to be an enjoyable experience.

--
Reggie

"That's my story and I am sticking to it."

When I was young and single I would go out to a local bar quite often
after
work while traveling, but not to talk to some bald guy at the bar sitting
next to me but to see if I could get lucky. ;-)

After I was married I was a good boy and stayed in my room watching TV or
working on reports (dictating in the early years or working off the
laptop).
If I had to spend a weekend I would go out and see some of the local
attractions. But you can see them only so many times before they are not
a
draw.

I indeed found traveling enjoyable for the first 5 or so years of doing
say,
especially since I never did that with my previous jobs. After that,
however, especially after getting married, all the cities looked alike to
me and I was happy to get home. I was sometimes away for a 2
weeks........a
real drag no matter how you paint it.

Taking customers out to lunch or dinner is something I did regularly and
do
so today. But I never considered my customers/clients as *strangers*.
Although I made friends with several of them and remain in contact with
them
even now I did not generally consider them my friends....that term has a
special meaning for me.

Just because I grew tired of traveling does not mean that I did not enjoy
my
*job*. Traveling is a PITA for *most* folks doing it for any length of
time and on a regular basis. (That is not to say they do not like or love
their job.) Add in the factors of traveling alone, airport delays,
traffic, bad weather and crowded cities and you really have a ROYAL PITA.
Not fun by any stretch of the imagination. That is why I wondered how
often you really traveled.

I am glad you enjoy traveling alone and elbowing up to strange men at
bars.
That is not my cup of tea by any stretch of the imagination. ;-)

And I am certainly glad to be home most every night now.


Jim, you're such a sweetheart! My Canadian cap had you making not-so-snide
comments, and Reggie's comment about talking to people has you doing the
same thing.


I was only repeating something he said earlier John. Don't jump on me for
repeating it.

BTW: Did you every buy that purdy hat John?




Have you ever thought that maybe *you* might have a little problem?
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

An engineering marvel
 

"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:04:11 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS wrote:


"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
...
JimH wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:47:36 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS wrote:

"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
. ..
JimH wrote:
JimH wrote:
Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on
the
displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing
forces caused by boat wakes.

But believe what you want.

BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying?


--
Reggie

"That's my story and I am sticking to it."

Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on
the
displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing
forces caused by boat wakes.

But believe what you want.

BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying?

Nit Picking and Picking nits are both fairly common expressions.

--
Reggie

"That's my story and I am sticking to it."
Nitpicking certainly is. I have never before heard anyone use the
expression 'picking nits' though.

You need to get out and do some traveling - meet some people and talk
to
them.
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************


LOL! No thanks. My travel days are over and I am not accustomed to
approaching strangers in the evening, while at home or away, and asking
them if they want to have dinner with me. ;-)
JimH,
When you were traveling, did you ever go into the lounge for a drink,
start chatting with the person next to you? I have to be honest, it
seemed so natural to me, I never thought about it, and the people I was
talking to didn't either. I also would always take my client out to
dinner at least once a quarter. They were not only my client, but most
of
them were my friends. I found traveling to be an enjoyable experience.

--
Reggie

"That's my story and I am sticking to it."

When I was young and single I would go out to a local bar quite often
after
work while traveling, but not to talk to some bald guy at the bar sitting
next to me but to see if I could get lucky. ;-)

After I was married I was a good boy and stayed in my room watching TV or
working on reports (dictating in the early years or working off the
laptop).
If I had to spend a weekend I would go out and see some of the local
attractions. But you can see them only so many times before they are not
a
draw.

I indeed found traveling enjoyable for the first 5 or so years of doing
say,
especially since I never did that with my previous jobs. After that,
however, especially after getting married, all the cities looked alike to
me and I was happy to get home. I was sometimes away for a 2
weeks........a
real drag no matter how you paint it.

Taking customers out to lunch or dinner is something I did regularly and
do
so today. But I never considered my customers/clients as *strangers*.
Although I made friends with several of them and remain in contact with
them
even now I did not generally consider them my friends....that term has a
special meaning for me.

Just because I grew tired of traveling does not mean that I did not enjoy
my
*job*. Traveling is a PITA for *most* folks doing it for any length of
time and on a regular basis. (That is not to say they do not like or love
their job.) Add in the factors of traveling alone, airport delays,
traffic, bad weather and crowded cities and you really have a ROYAL PITA.
Not fun by any stretch of the imagination. That is why I wondered how
often you really traveled.

I am glad you enjoy traveling alone and elbowing up to strange men at
bars.
That is not my cup of tea by any stretch of the imagination. ;-)

And I am certainly glad to be home most every night now.


Jim, you're such a sweetheart!


Gee............aw shucks. Now you got me blushing. But I bet you say that
to all the guys John. ;-)

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Didn't they used to call those Aqueducts?
" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
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A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing!

http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html

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"FREDO" wrote in message
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Didn't they used to call those Aqueducts?
" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
...
A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing!

http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html

The aqueduct in Håverud, Sweden, is sligthly smaller, built in 1868, it is
claimed to be the only one where
river, canal, railway and road cross each other. It is a little hard to
catch all one photo.

From the roadbride you see the aqueduct and the railroadbridge:
http://www.vanerland.com/vanerlandb4...es/haverud.jpg
From the aqueduct with the roadbridge:
http://anders.hultman.nu/bilder/276/276-15.jpeg

/Lars j