On Saturday 07 June 2014 19:29:03 Greg Bernard did opine And Gene did reply: > No, Gene, I never laugh at you. I just chuckle at your great stories > and colorful descriptions. You remind me a lot of my "Uncle" Phil, an > old navy buddy of my dad's. Like you he was a broadcast engineer at a > small town radio station here in MO. Though he never finished high > school he was very well read and a real wizard of electronics. He was > always taking old junk , electronic or mechanical and repurposing it > to make all manner of useful gadgets. Phil could knowledgeably discuss > nearly any subject and express himself in the most colorful language. > Being an old sailor it was suitably salty, of course, but even my > rather prudish mom admired his creative use of swear words. As a young > lad I would sneak out of bed to listen in on hisŲ¢ conversations with > my dad, thinking Phil was the smartest man I ever knew (and maybe he > was).
Those of us blessed with elevated IQ's find school is a bore, so he may well have been a genius if he was ever tested. I missed the genius label by 3 points in the 6th grade. 65+ years ago, but now my short term memory is beginning to be a problem. Old Iowa farm kids have quite a repertory of colorful descriptions, and I occasionally go thru my posts and clean them up a bit before clicking send. :) Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
