That would explain why they're in awe of our waste management abilities... On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 10:39 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
> So, do Australians use outhouses in lieu of septic tanks? > > *From:* Jason McKemie > *Sent:* Friday, April 19, 2019 8:47 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Real threat > > I hadn't heard that one before. Sounds like it is due to a rhyming > between yanks / septic tanks and at least some number of Australians > thinking Americans are full of shit. > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 8:45 AM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> unrelated to the google fiber thing, but on the same topic as what other >> nations nickname things. I found out recently Australians like to refer to >> americans as seppos, in reference to septic tanks, which I assume is a way >> of saying they are in awe of our waste management abilities >> >> On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 10:48 AM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: >> >>> There's a British newspaper/website that always refers to Google as the >>> Chocolate Factory. Why? Is this a Willy Wonka reference? Again, why? >>> Not sure if this is meant as positive or negative. British sense of humor >>> is sometimes difficult to understand. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Seth Mattinen >>> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 10:33 AM >>> To: af@af.afmug.com >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat >>> >>> On 4/18/19 8:17 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: >>> > Google Fiber's trajectory runs parallel to other people we've probably >>> > all met in this industry. With a surface level of knowledge >>> > everything looks easy. Then they get into it and find out the easy >>> > parts they knew about were like 10% of the story. >>> > >>> >>> In the beginning, cities were tripping over themselves to be next >>> because fiber! and Google! Once that stopped happening then things got real. >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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