Reminds me of a recent "Tampa Tale":
I work with a young single lady in her mid to late 30s. She's very
nice,
a real geek, and far less stodgy than the rest of our coworkers. Not a
looker, but a nice, plain, down to Earth person. Her Dad was literally
a
rocket scientist and worked for many years with Dod contractors in
Southern
California, and a lot of that environment has carried over to her.
As a result of this, we often lunch together, since our peers can't
handle
such bizarre dishes like sushi or a nice warm brie.
We were walking back from a sushi lunch the other day when we came upon
one of our coworkers from another floor, Dana. Now mind you, I'm as
hetero
as they get, but Dana is a good looking man - tanned, very buff, etc.
As soon as we walked up to Dana, this young lady's disposition changed
completely. Suddenly she was all warm and fuzzy, gushy, etc., behaviors
I
had never seen her exhibit. One of the best examples I have ever seen
of
"code switching" in my life.
Needless to say, I hassled her (all in good fun) incessantly about it
all
afternoon.
Oh - she's a car person, too. BMWs and the original Minis. She's even
competed in a couple of the "Lemons" races at Sebring.
Dan
On Apr 13, 2014, at 3:09 PM, WILTON wrote:
Well, this is not much; not sure if ya've seen it before; if so, please
pardon the redundancy.
TOUGHER THAN YOU THOUGHT
While I was Director of Engineering at Sondrestrom Air Base, Greenland,
in 1978, I talked on the phone several times with BGen. Paulk at HQ in
Co.
Springs; also visited with 'im at least 3 times, twice in Co. Springs
and
once at Sondy. On one of my trips to Co. Springs, Gen Paulk and I
noticed
each other as we were getting on an airplane at Denver. Gen. Paulk
talked
to stewardess, who got guy in seat beside him to switch with me. As we
were
arriving at Co. Springs, Gen. Paulk inquired of me, "Wilt, do you have a
ride to your hotel?" I responded, "No, Sir, but I'm picking up an Air
Force
car at Peterson AFB Motor Pool." He replied, "Ride with me, then, I'll
drop
you off." While The Gen. and I were waiting for our bags, a mighty
fine-looking, young blond female captain (in civilian clothes) I had
known
in the B-52 unit in Michigan three or four years before came running
toward
me squealing, "Wilton! Wilton!" Gen. Paulk and I were in uniform, but
the
fine-looking captain and I hugged enthusiastically, and chatted a bit,
and,
as our bags were showing up, she asked, "Do have a ride Wilt? I'll drop
you
off somewhere if you need it." I replied, "No thank you, I'm picking up
an
Air Force car at the base motor pool; Gen. Paulk's gonna drop me off
there." As the fine young thing went prancing off in her high heels,
Gen.
Paulk said, "Wilt, you're dumber than I thought; I'da gone with HER." I
replied, "Well, I guess that shows how tough I am, too, doesn't it?"
Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Penoff" <d...@penoff.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 1:21 PM
Subject: [MBZ] POLITICS
This has gone on long enough. Politics are not an appropriate list
topic as has been pointed out numerous times in the past, and of late
have
overshadowed nearly everything else.
Take it somewhere else, folks. There will be no further warnings.
Posting political topics will get you moderated.
I would rather see the traffic drop off than to have to constantly hit
"Delete".
Wilton, time for a Sondy tale, please.
ListDan
Sent from my iPad
On Apr 13, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Rich Thomas <
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote:
YOU WERE WARNED but since you are here
http://www.michellesmirror.com/2014/04/beyond-clive-bundy-real-range-war-and.html
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2014/04/black-helicopters.html
--R
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