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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
Well now miss storm c, you really bring some much needed creativity and fun to this place. thanks for explaining the airplane thing as i had been a little puzzled, and.... you're correct!!
your explanation to red ball re your connection was a hoot. i got a laugh when i saw pupkin/pushkin try to peg you as Papa. he simply hadn't spent enough time over here to realize the differences as they are many and significant. pupkin/pushkin is one of the good guys mainly from the other board, knowledgable and cordial.
like you, i either get images stuck in my head or i'm a moron. example 1: whenever i look at the pupkin signon from now on i will hear and think pushkin.
example2: from my employment, we have three manufacturing machines and when we refer to them we use the model number. therefore we have the, "16", the "14" and here is the problem. the third machine is so old it doesn't have a model number so since it has been retro-fitted with newer controls most people refer to it as the "retro". well we used to have this one guy working for us who was a very hard worker but he was the kind of guy who would always get words slightly wrong, but they were wrong in a way that seemed almost right. This guy always called the "retro" the "recto" and I heard "wrecked-o". Now I loved the name since the machine is old and sort of a wreck. therefore i always call this machine the wrecked-o because its a good name and in honor of our former colleague. since i'm the only one who does this i get some stares when we're in a big meeting and i refer to the problems we're having with the wrecked-o and i'm sure some higher managers think i may not be all there in the mind. oh well.
okay then, sorry for the extra details that actually don't fit on the candy theme. anyway, thanks for your M&M comments which i'm also in agreement on!!
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I loved your story! Naming an object is something I would do so I can relate..... thanks for the laugh! Extra details are always appreciated and, to be honest, i was writing a children's story in my head while reading it, a la the Ugly Duckling. Wrecked-O, the little machine that no one believed in, until one day.....
You know every time i see M&M's now I'll think of you, right?
