I took my 2 young daughters to Austron in TX with me in the mid 80's. There were taken out shopping one day by one of the Austron wives, and went into a stationery shop. "Look at all those rubbers" they shouted out in their innocence.
Startled silence and red faces from the rest of the shop...... :-) Rob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Didier Juges Sent: 22 May 2007 15:31 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 15 ns vs. 15 nS John Day wrote: > At 09:26 AM 5/22/2007, Didier Juges wrote: > >> Having been on the western side of the pond for too long (people here >> could not care less about SI units, they drive on parkways and park >> on driveways anyhow), I got bad habits, sorry... >> > > We'll forgive you Didier! I find the same thing up here in Canada > despite the fact we are slightly more metricated than the US. > > However I just cannot bring myself to give up 'English' spelling. > Canada is confused, they spell some things English style, and other > things US style. But for me it is still colour, programme and metre. > > John > > That's OK, you should hear a conversation at home between my children and me. It would make a franco-english canadian cringe... Now, the funniest part was when I started here some 20 years ago, and I went to the secretary and asked for a rubber... She sent me to the stock room, who sent me to someone else. It took me 3 stops to realize they were having a good time at my expense... Didier KO4BB _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
