Biz Skills

[martymas]

this guy is a look ahead

bizness man

ha ha

my god some people can make money out of nothing

Edited November 2, 2006 by martymas

[JDoors]

Love it.

[martymas]

me to JD

a friend from the panhandle sent it to me

[weres the panhandle ]

is it in florida

marty

[blim]

And I'm betting that will happen!

Panhandle usually refers to Florida but Oklahoma and Texas have panhandles, too.

Liz

[Naming is hard]

I have always heard Panhandle refer to Texas.

This whole fence stuff is kinda funny, its not even fully a Physical fence,

But meh, anyone that lives in Texas Or Cali knows how bad immigration is.

[jsbowen]

And I'm betting that will happen!

Panhandle usually refers to Florida but Oklahoma and Texas have panhandles, too.

Liz

Well, WV has two, since we're counting

[martymas]

is the bulk of the american population

immigrants apart from the native americans

i saw a guy on cnn

who said all americans are from other cultures and

now americans are trying to stop

what they are themselves.

is this true

marty

[jsbowen]

is the bulk of the american population

immigrants apart from the native americans

i saw a guy on cnn

who said all americans are from other cultures and

now americans are trying to stop

what they are themselves.

is this true

marty

Technically, yes. It is true that most current American families originated from other countries (mostly Europe/Africa). Native Americans were the first settlers in America, hence the name.

To be fair though, America has never been one to turn away immigrants, the government would just like them to follow the rules set forth.

[JDoors]

Re: panhandle

Re: immigration

It's been repeated for every wave of immigrants: The ones who are already here and are or are getting assimilated look down at newer arrivals, who are blamed for everything that's wrong, or whose habits or requirements are deemed inappropriate (kind of "We have ours, now YOU go away!). Right now there's a lot of resentment toward Mexicans, in many other countries it's Muslims.

[martymas]

hi JD thanks for the info on panhandle

the friend who

posts these emails to me

is a wellnown member of this board

and worldstart

and was with us at techtv c.f.h

i mentioned panhandle because when the

the katrina storm was at its heights

i asked him if the state he lived [florida] in was affected

and he said only the panhandle

and ive thought about this which prompted me to post.

i didnt want to look ignorant not noing where panhandle was

so thanks

team for explaining my lack of geography

marty

[JDoors]

No reason to apologize for not knowing every bit of local language, slang or colloquialisms.

At work a housekeeper (who was from an African nation) was vacuuming. He said, as I passed by, "minedacord." Minedacord? What is a minedacord?

"Pardon?" "Minedacord."

"I'm sorry, what?"

"Minedacord."

Ooohhhhh! Mind. The. Cord. Be careful of the cord. Look out for the cord. Please step over the cord. Few people I encounter would use the word "mind" for this (other than the phrase "mind your manners," which probably comes from G.B. anyway).

And I won't even mention when a Brit asks for a cigarette ...

[martymas]

yes JD

some times the language barriers exist

that we dont come up against

untl we hear other cultures

example

an american friend from boston

was here on holiday

and he wanted go and see what a pub [inn.hotel.bar.]

looked like

and to get to grips with the local lingo [slang]

he and i went a local pub

while we were talking

he said i just heard some thing strange

when i asked what it was

he said some one next to me shouted [bought a beer for a mate]

put the glass to his lips and said heres to you

i said but there nothing wrong with that

that is our custom

he said

but he drunk it himself

i didnt try to explain the interptation

of the local slang

i left it at that

marty

[JDoors]

I've seen (in movies and the like) someone buying a drink "for" a "lost" buddy (eg. someone who's died), but you can buy drinks for a buddy who's right there, AND drink it yourself?!? Oh boy, I'm surprised that custom hasn't caught on here.

[bozodog]

And I won't even mention when a Brit asks for a cigarette ...

Ooohhhh boy. I told my dear husband never to lose his "britness" until he asked for a cigarette... I told him if he wasn't 6'4" he might get hurt using that word.