Jeez, Thanksgiving, December, snow, cold weather.... Last week Bill Swallow wished all a Happy Thanksgiving and I returned the compliment. Here's something of how it went:
<grin title="Please take the following with a two-ton dose of salt"> Hi Bill, speaking of having turkey for dinner tonight, we went to our local butcher and asked for one. All he could come up with was an old chicken he'd dressed up in a Springbok Team Rugby jersey and an ostrich. Uh, we took the ostrich. After all was finished, choosing the ostrich wasn't that bad a deal. My wife Wanda wound up with a new pocketbook and myself with a new wallet along with two new pair of shoes for each of us. Bill came back and asked "what about the feathers?" Now, this had me stumped. I wasn't ready to reply to Bill without a decent answer, so I asked my wife what to do with them. Incorporating all of her sparkling charm and incisive wit, she looked at me and said, "Frankie, why don't you make a couple of boas and use the wing feathers to do a fan dance at the company Christmas party? Uh yeah, jeez, she's good. Then I remembered something about "boas". Please tell me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Sue Heim really into boas, and this was posted to the HATT list some years ago? If so, Ms. Heim, you've got more than enough ostrich feathers to keep you in boas for the next twenty years, with our pleasure! </grin> Bill, I hope that answers the feathers question? Cheers, Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jones, Donna Sent: Friday, 01 December, 2006 21:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TCP] Painful > >Believe it or not, Jim, some of us *like* the snow and cold weather. I > >requested snowshoes for Christmas (I probably won't get them, but I > asked). > >:-) > > You're weird ;^) Definitely. 8-) Tom and I went to college in the far northern part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, halfway up the Keweenaw Peninsula (that projection that sticks up into Lake Superior). Average snowfall there is well over 100 inches a year, and you get lake effect snow no matter which way the wind is blowing. You have to learn to like the snow, change colleges, or have a miserable time up there. Looks like they don't have much snow at Michigan Tech right now, but there will be snow banks taller than the students at some point in the next month or so. (I like snow, but not that much any more.) You should see the snow statues the students build during winter carnival. http://www.admin.mtu.edu/urel/cams/ Time to get back to tech writing. But at least it's Friday! Donna - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. ______________________________________________ Are you a Help Authoring Trainer or Consultant? Let clients find you at www.HAT.Matrix.com, the searchable HAT database based on Char James-Tanny's HAT Comparison Matrix. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Interested in Interactive 3D Documentation? Get the scoop at http://www.doc-u-motion.com -- your 3D documentation community. _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com ______________________________________________ Are you a Help Authoring Trainer or Consultant? Let clients find you at www.HAT.Matrix.com, the searchable HAT database based on Char James-Tanny's HAT Comparison Matrix. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Interested in Interactive 3D Documentation? Get the scoop at http://www.doc-u-motion.com -- your 3D documentation community. _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
