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To: SuziQ; Corin Stormhands; Overtaxed; JenB; RosieCotton; HairOfTheDog
Goooood morning! Glad to be safely in my office. I wanted to strangle half the people getting in the gate this morning- or at least send them back to kindergarten to learn the basic skill of taking turns. "Form single line" and "Alternate Right of Way" seem to be waaaaaaaay over their heads.

Glad you're safe SuziQ.

1,208 posted on 08/10/2004 4:16:18 AM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: Lil'freeper; Corin Stormhands; JenB; Overtaxed; 2Jedismom; SuziQ; g'nad; HairOfTheDog
Good morning!

Heh...do you have to wait in line to get in the building too, lil? Because they almost always co-located us with the more secure communications folks when I was in the military, I almost always had to deal with a complicated procedure for getting into the buildings...several keypads or a guard and a combo lock. Worst place was in Italy, where they had a guard and a keypad plus a turnstile thing so you couldn't carry anything larger than a small backpack in with you. And you could only go through the things one at a time. I learned to get there early...and eventually kinda got the hang of the turnstile. First few times I had to work to keep from falling on my face...I just ain't good at those things!

Mmmm...got some Southern Pecan coffee beans yesterday, so that's what I'm having for breakfast. Why they can't just call the flavor pecan, I dunno. This is the kind I get corrected on every time I get it at the bagel shop.

Me: I'd like a medium cup of Southern Puh-CAHN coffee.
Cashier: PEE-can?
Me: Yeah, that.

I will always be corrected, 'cause I refuse to call it PEE-can (that ain't what my parents call 'em), and the local yokels don't believe there are at least two ways to pronounce it. They just think I'm stoopid. Oh well.

It's good coffee, though.

1,209 posted on 08/10/2004 5:21:24 AM PDT by RosieCotton (Pray, hope, and don't worry. - St. Pio)
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