Maybe they’re in awe of our 1.6 gallon per flush toilets, per government mandate.
From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Mathew Howard Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019 10:51 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat 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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> > On Behalf Of Seth Mattinen Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 10:33 AM To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto: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 <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com _____ -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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