Todd,
Wait 'till you hear the one about the buttons on cuffs. They were intended
to help stop the boorish sots, i.e., the typical Prussian soldier, from
using their sleves to wipe their noses. Frederick the Great had a thing
about snot, or so it would seem.
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Ashworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 2:25 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: I almost forgot to mention, "yay me!!"
>
>
> Oh great .. so it's a snot rag. Lovely.
>
> Todd
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 10:54 AM
> Subject: RE: I almost forgot to mention, "yay me!!"
>
>
> | Congrats Todd. Sounds like a really good thing. All things
> considered.
> |
> | About the tie. Blame it on King Frederick the Great of
> Prussia. On a cold
> | winter morning he saw a company of his soldiers drilling
> out in the cold.
> | They all had very runny noses. He devised the tie to keep
> the front of
> their
> | uniforms clean. It sort of stuck around long after Prussia.
> |
> | larry
> |
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> |
> | > -----Original Message-----
> | > From: Todd Ashworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> | > Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 3:11 PM
> | > To: CF-Community
> | > Subject: I almost forgot to mention, "yay me!!"
> | >
> | >
> | > I got a new job, everyone, woohoo!. I start this coming
> | > Wednesday. The job
> | > includes a pay raise, a drastic increase in benefits, and
> as many free
> | > certifications as I can complete, including MCSD, CIW, CCNA,
> | > MCSE(+I), A+,
> | > Oracle, and others. I'll still be doing CF stuff, but I
> | > *think* I'm the
> | > only CF certified person there. Since they are a training
> | > facility, maybe I
> | > can convince them to help me get my CF Instructor
> | > certification and add
> | > those services to the company's offerings. I'm rather shy
> | > (wouldn't believe
> | > it by reading the embarrassing crap I write in here would
> | > you? heh) and
> | > public speaking isn't my forte, but I still think it would be
> | > cool to do
> | > some training.
> | >
> | > Anyway .. just wanted to share the good news. The only bad
> | > news is that I
> | > have to wear a tie. Evil things. Whomever decided that men
> | > would look
> | > fashionable with a rope tied around their necks must have
> | > been a woman.
> | > Think about it. Ties can be deadly around fax machines, printers,
> | > photocopiers, and paper shredders, and these things are
> often found in
> | > places where ties are prolific. The easy solution is to toss
> | > it over your
> | > shoulder while working with any equipment, but the things are
> | > conveniently
> | > made of silk, which causes them to slip off and fall back
> | > into place. It's
> | > a conspiracy, I tell you! Evil, evil things ..
> | >
> | > Here's hoping I survive my first week!
> | >
> | > Todd
> | > -----
> | > Of all the things I've lost, I miss my ability to breathe
> | > comfortably the
> | > most.
> | >
> | >
> |
>
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