Posted on 03/08/2005 10:10:02 PM PST by SAMWolf
Good evening Victoria.
Hi Snippy.
LOL. I have no idea what's going on but that response was funny!
I've been searching for your Mongolian General Rule answer but no luck. Maybe it has to do with some Mongolian history. Maybe Ghengis Khan used to run around and shout. LOL. I don't know!
Good Evening Foxhole,
Your thread made my two hours in the dentist's chair a little bit easier to recover from. Most history courses spend more time describing the tasks of the industrial women of WW2, without saying much about the war women of WW2.
Curious minds . . .
Good Evening w_over_w
I have seen a variation of that known as the Aviators Rule.
"When in trouble or in doubt, fly in circles scream and shout."
And of course there is this gem from Lazaruas Long aka Robert Heinlein..."Always listen to the experts, they will tell you how and why something can't be done. Then you can go out and do it"
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
IMHO, one of the best looking cars ever made.
Evening CT.
We have to call the Republicans to account since no one ever holds the Democrats to account.
Kublai also spelled Khubilai , or Kubla Mongolian general and statesman, grandson of Genghis Khan.
The only Mongolian general I can find. ;-)
Hi Wneighbor.
I get the feeling you would have made a good "Shuffleboard Pilot". :-)
Evening Victoria.
You getting spring weather there yet?
Evening tomball.
Glad we helped you recover from the dentist visit.
Evening, Sam. Not bad, it's pretty good right now.
Looks like Heinlein coined the phrase.
Two hours in the dentist chair. I love our threads but it would have taken more than that to make me feel better. LOL.
Except that book was written in 1985. Your thread puts the saying in the 1940's. I think it is just a well known saying we didn't know about. LOL.
Sam, I always wondered what my niche could be in a military setting. I always knew the physical part of military was way beyond me - I am just not and never have been fit. But, I know darned well that "shuffleboard pilot" position is something I would have slid right into and excelled within moments with little training. I love math, physics, geometry, locating and analyzing those vectors, arcs etc sounds like playtime to me. hehehe...
Don't know know if I have mentioned it or not but I teach drafting and design at a college. I tell my students first day, "This career path is applied geometry, if you don't like that topic, you're in the wrong room!" I love it and can usually make it fun for everyone so I don't scare away too many that make it in there.
Of course then, with amateur radio as a hobby the contacts with all those folks in the field sounds like a playday to me too! Serious business those ladies did and I had never heard of this before. I am really glad that you posted this today! :-)
You're sooooo smart! I love your sequential thinking . . .
Anyway, thanks to all of you for your efforts . . . I think I'll sleep tonight. It means a lot to be able to ask questions without someone yelling out, "what a Moron! Did you just step off of a turnip truck! Go back to Pascagoula!" Thank you . . . your very kind. ;^)
I'll wait to see if I7 has any input but I think you three covered it.
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