On 13 November 2010 05:49, William H. Fite <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm sure some faeries are fairies...
Ha, ha, ha... I can assure you, the fairies at the bottom of my garden are faeries and not the other type which we used to call Liberals way back in England :) I guess that context and cultural differences are something to keep an eye on or you will be labled as off with the faeries. Steve > > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Indeed, my house has it's share. >> >> My Gram told me all about them when I was wee lad. I tell similar tales of >> Faeries to my grandchildren who now pass them on any others who will listen. >> >> Sadly, not the typical meaning of the term Faeries (or Fairies if you >> prefer) here in North America. >> >> cheers, Graham ve3gtc >> >> >> >> >> >> On 11/12/2010 09:40, William H. Fite wrote: >> >>> "Faeries," ma Scottish Gram use' tae say. >>> >>> My son found his sunglasses on the back of a shelf in his refrigerator... >>> >>> When I unpacked a box of my Scots kit following a cross-country move, I >>> found a Byrds album tucked neatly between my best kilt and my full >>> plaid... >>> >>> When we cleared out Gram's house after her death, we found a petrified >>> apple >>> pie up on a top shelf with her "good" china... >>> >>> These are the same wee folk who clutter your closet with empty wire >>> hangers >>> when you don't need them and empty it of same when you do. >>> >>> Who move your roll of solder right in the middle of your job so that you >>> have to stop and find it when you used it not two minutes ago. >>> >>> Who cause the printer cartridge that you know damned well you bought two >>> weeks ago to disappear entirely. >>> >>> And who now seem to have purloined the upper-middle section of my 12' Xmas >>> tree. >>> >>> Gram said you could mollify them by leaving bowls of milk out for them to >>> drink. >>> >>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. - Einstein _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
