Sqwertz wrote:
As threatened, I did get about 7lbs of snow crab legs. And
once I got there and saw the meat was [marinated] sirloin
FLAP meat, I bought 6 pounds of that too. Sirloin <nyeh>...
But sirloin FLAP meat - FUCK YES!. I bought the MAX BAG for
$44. Total cost was about $72 for 7lbs of luscious surf
and 6lbs of easy turf.
Add a corked La Fin Du monde and a 6-pack of Spaten
Optimator - a cool, crisp $100 bill in all. Pbbbt! A mere
half a day's net salary as a small-time drug dealer (but a
$100 loss considering I take Sundays and Mondays off
<shrug>).
I forgot how much any crab less than a dungeness was to
pick. But at least it wasn't those frustrating fuck-all blue
swimmer crabs from the East coast. Don't tell Satan, but
hell for me would be an eternity of picking blue swimmer
crabs even if I was allowed to eat all my pickings.
FUUUUuuuck... THAT!
https://postimg.cc/gallery/Kx7Qq69
And I have a shitload of single serving "snack packs" left,
Great for your kid's lunchbox!
https://postimg.cc/gallery/YSPbzmw
Anyway, it's Tuesday tomorrow - back to the weekly
grind <sigh>.
-sw
-sw
The wife has snow crab at a restaurant a few weeks ago and damn, they
were thin. She got a huge plateful but she also got a lot of work.Â
Some places here have a band saw to split the king crab. That wouldn't
work with the snow crab.
On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 18:59:16 -0500, Alex <Xela777@gmail.com> wrote:
Sqwertz wrote:
As threatened, I did get about 7lbs of snow crab legs. And
once I got there and saw the meat was [marinated] sirloin
FLAP meat, I bought 6 pounds of that too. Sirloin <nyeh>...
But sirloin FLAP meat - FUCK YES!. I bought the MAX BAG for
$44. Total cost was about $72 for 7lbs of luscious surf
and 6lbs of easy turf.
Add a corked La Fin Du monde and a 6-pack of Spaten
Optimator - a cool, crisp $100 bill in all. Pbbbt! A mere
half a day's net salary as a small-time drug dealer (but a
$100 loss considering I take Sundays and Mondays off
<shrug>).
I forgot how much any crab less than a dungeness was to
pick. But at least it wasn't those frustrating fuck-all blue
swimmer crabs from the East coast. Don't tell Satan, but
hell for me would be an eternity of picking blue swimmer
crabs even if I was allowed to eat all my pickings.
FUUUUuuuck... THAT!
https://postimg.cc/gallery/Kx7Qq69
And I have a shitload of single serving "snack packs" left,
Great for your kid's lunchbox!
https://postimg.cc/gallery/YSPbzmw
Anyway, it's Tuesday tomorrow - back to the weekly
grind <sigh>.
-sw
-sw
The wife has snow crab at a restaurant a few weeks ago and damn, they
were thin. She got a huge plateful but she also got a lot of work.Â
Some places here have a band saw to split the king crab. That wouldn't
work with the snow crab.
"The wife" :)
On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 18:59:16 -0500, Alex <Xela777@gmail.com> wrote:
The wife has snow crab at a restaurant a few weeks ago and damn, they >>>were thin. She got a huge plateful but she also got a lot of work. >>>Some places here have a band saw to split the king crab. That wouldn't >>>work with the snow crab.
"The wife" :)
It's an idiomatic expression.
You're just going to have to deal with it. Women refer to their husband as "the hubs", which makes
me wince.
On 06 Mar 2024 10:11:41 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
wrote:
On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 18:59:16 -0500, Alex <Xela777@gmail.com> wrote:
The wife has snow crab at a restaurant a few weeks ago and damn, they >>>were thin. She got a huge plateful but she also got a lot of work. >>>Some places here have a band saw to split the king crab. That wouldn't >>>work with the snow crab.
"The wife" :)
It's an idiomatic expression.
I know.
You're just going to have to deal with it. Women refer to their husband as "the hubs", which makes
me wince.
"The wife" sounds very lower socio-economic to me. Jebus used to say
it too.
In article <us9g42$at4h$2@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
"The wife" sounds very lower socio-economic to me. Jebus used to say
it too.
I knew a woman who
was a nun for a decade or so, then she left the convent,
married, had children. She always referred to her husband
as Himself. I knew other married women in Scotland who
always referred to their husband as Mr Surname, even to
close friends. In some cultures, an adult's forename was
an intimacy for private family use only.
In article <us9g42$at4h$2@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
On 06 Mar 2024 10:11:41 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
wrote:
On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 18:59:16 -0500, Alex <Xela777@gmail.com> wrote:
The wife has snow crab at a restaurant a few weeks ago and damn, they
were thin. She got a huge plateful but she also got a lot of work.Â
Some places here have a band saw to split the king crab. That wouldn't
work with the snow crab.
"The wife" :)
It's an idiomatic expression.
I know.
You're just going to have to deal with it. Women refer to their husband as "the hubs", which makes
me wince.
"The wife" sounds very lower socio-economic to me. Jebus used to say
it too.
I knew a woman who
was a nun for a decade or so, then she left the convent,
married, had children. She always referred to her husband
as Himself. I knew other married women in Scotland who
always referred to their husband as Mr Surname, even to
close friends. In some cultures, an adult's forename was
an intimacy for private family use only.
On 2024-03-06 11:21 a.m., Janet wrote:
In article <us9g42$at4h$2@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
"The wife" sounds very lower socio-economic to me. Jebus used to say
it too.
I knew a woman who
was a nun for a decade or so, then she left the convent,
married, had children. She always referred to her husband
as Himself. I knew other married women in Scotland who
always referred to their husband as Mr Surname, even to
close friends. In some cultures, an adult's forename was
an intimacy for private family use only.
Some cultures are a lot more formal about surnames and titles. I have
noticed that with a number of northern and eastern Europeans. They
expected to be addressed by their surname. My nephew's wife was
Hungarian and some time after they were married she told us we could
call her Annush, which I guess was a familiar term. A woman at my wife's >church was Mrs.... to most people. We tended to call her by her first
name, Giselle, and after she got to know us better we were told we could
call her Gisela.
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 16:21:27 -0000, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
I knew a woman who
was a nun for a decade or so, then she left the convent,
married, had children. She always referred to her husband
as Himself. I knew other married women in Scotland who
always referred to their husband as Mr Surname, even to
close friends. In some cultures, an adult's forename was
an intimacy for private family use only.
That's strange, but it doesn't sound as bad to me as "the wife".
By the way, are you saying Ophelia once was a nun? I believe she
referred to Mr Ophelia as Himself.
On 06 Mar 2024 10:11:41 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
wrote:
On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 18:59:16 -0500, Alex <Xela777@gmail.com> wrote:
The wife has snow crab at a restaurant a few weeks ago and damn, they >>>>were thin. She got a huge plateful but she also got a lot of work. >>>>Some places here have a band saw to split the king crab. That wouldn't >>>>work with the snow crab.
"The wife" :)
It's an idiomatic expression.
I know.
You're just going to have to deal with it. Women refer to their husband as "the hubs", which makes
me wince.
"The wife" sounds very lower socio-economic to me. Jebus used to say
it too.
In article <us9g42$at4h$2@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
On 06 Mar 2024 10:11:41 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
wrote:
On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 18:59:16 -0500, Alex <Xela777@gmail.com> wrote:
The wife has snow crab at a restaurant a few weeks ago and damn, they
were thin. She got a huge plateful but she also got a lot of work.Â
Some places here have a band saw to split the king crab. That wouldn't
work with the snow crab.
"The wife" :)
It's an idiomatic expression.
I know.
You're just going to have to deal with it. Women refer to their husband as "the hubs", which makes
me wince.
"The wife" sounds very lower socio-economic to me. Jebus used to say
it too.
I knew a woman who
was a nun for a decade or so, then she left the convent,
married, had children. She always referred to her husband
as Himself. I knew other married women in Scotland who
always referred to their husband as Mr Surname, even to
close friends. In some cultures, an adult's forename was
an intimacy for private family use only.
Janet UK
On 06/03/2024 17:51, Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 16:21:27 -0000, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:I've never been a nun, but I have been known to refer to my husband as >'Himself'.
I knew a woman who
was a nun for a decade or so, then she left the convent,
married, had children. She always referred to her husband
as Himself. I knew other married women in Scotland who
always referred to their husband as Mr Surname, even to
close friends. In some cultures, an adult's forename was
an intimacy for private family use only.
That's strange, but it doesn't sound as bad to me as "the wife".
By the way, are you saying Ophelia once was a nun? I believe she
referred to Mr Ophelia as Himself.
Many years ago, I worked in the library of a research group in a
well-known Scottish university. The director was a bit of a snob, and
used titles and surnames for his social equals, and forenames (without >permission) for those whom he considered beneath him.
One day, he was in the library and addressed me as Sheila. I raised my >eyebrow and looked at him. He never did that again.
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 16:21:27 -0000, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <us9g42$at4h$2@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
On 06 Mar 2024 10:11:41 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
wrote:
On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 18:59:16 -0500, Alex <Xela777@gmail.com> wrote:
The wife has snow crab at a restaurant a few weeks ago and damn, they >>> >>>were thin. She got a huge plateful but she also got a lot of work. >>> >>>Some places here have a band saw to split the king crab. That wouldn't >>> >>>work with the snow crab.
"The wife" :)
It's an idiomatic expression.
I know.
You're just going to have to deal with it. Women refer to their husband as "the hubs", which makes
me wince.
"The wife" sounds very lower socio-economic to me. Jebus used to say
it too.
I knew a woman who
was a nun for a decade or so, then she left the convent,
married, had children. She always referred to her husband
as Himself. I knew other married women in Scotland who
always referred to their husband as Mr Surname, even to
close friends. In some cultures, an adult's forename was
an intimacy for private family use only.
That's strange, but it doesn't sound as bad to me as "the wife".
By the way, are you saying Ophelia once was a nun? I believe she
referred to Mr Ophelia as Himself.
On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 06 Mar 2024 10:11:41 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
wrote:
On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 18:59:16 -0500, Alex <Xela777@gmail.com> wrote:
The wife has snow crab at a restaurant a few weeks ago and damn, they >>>>>were thin. She got a huge plateful but she also got a lot of work. >>>>>Some places here have a band saw to split the king crab. That wouldn't >>>>>work with the snow crab.
"The wife" :)
It's an idiomatic expression.
I know.
You're just going to have to deal with it. Women refer to their husband as "the hubs", which makes
me wince.
"The wife" sounds very lower socio-economic to me. Jebus used to say
it too.
Why do you care what it sounds like? Are you some sort of snob?
On 2024-03-06, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
I knew a woman who
was a nun for a decade or so, then she left the convent,
married, had children. She always referred to her husband
as Himself. I knew other married women in Scotland who
always referred to their husband as Mr Surname, even to
close friends. In some cultures, an adult's forename was
an intimacy for private family use only.
Janet UK
I occasionally refer to my husband as Mr. Hamilton. Once in a
while I call him that directly: "What do you want for dinner,
Mr. Hamilton?" It's a joke.
What's that other British expression I've read? "Her indoors" ?
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
Many years ago, I worked in the library of a research group in a
well-known Scottish university. The director was a bit of a snob, and
used titles and surnames for his social equals, and forenames (without
permission) for those whom he considered beneath him.
One day, he was in the library and addressed me as Sheila. I raised my
eyebrow and looked at him. He never did that again.
If it was an Australian university, everybody from "high" to "low"
would call each other by their first name. I always thought the Dutch
were pretty informal, compared to the Germans and the French for
instance, but the Australians beat them hands down.
On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 16:21:27 -0000, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <us9g42$at4h$2@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
On 06 Mar 2024 10:11:41 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
wrote:
On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 18:59:16 -0500, Alex <Xela777@gmail.com> wrote:
The wife has snow crab at a restaurant a few weeks ago and damn, they >>>> >>>were thin. She got a huge plateful but she also got a lot of work. >>>> >>>Some places here have a band saw to split the king crab. That wouldn't >>>> >>>work with the snow crab.
"The wife" :)
It's an idiomatic expression.
I know.
You're just going to have to deal with it. Women refer to their husband as "the hubs", which makes
me wince.
"The wife" sounds very lower socio-economic to me. Jebus used to say
it too.
I knew a woman who
was a nun for a decade or so, then she left the convent,
married, had children. She always referred to her husband
as Himself. I knew other married women in Scotland who
always referred to their husband as Mr Surname, even to
close friends. In some cultures, an adult's forename was
an intimacy for private family use only.
That's strange, but it doesn't sound as bad to me as "the wife".
By the way, are you saying Ophelia once was a nun? I believe she
referred to Mr Ophelia as Himself.
It isn't about someone being a nun. "Himself" as slang for a husband
is even listed in the Urban Dictionary.
On 2024-03-06, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
"The wife" :)
It's an idiomatic expression. You're just going to have to deal
with it. Women refer to their husband as "the hubs", which makes
me wince.
Back in the Seventies, I frequented a bar where a elderly man referred to
his wife as "the old hide", even in her presence. They both seemed OK
with it. Now, I wonder...was that bad?
On 2024-03-06, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
I knew a woman who
was a nun for a decade or so, then she left the convent,
married, had children. She always referred to her husband
as Himself. I knew other married women in Scotland who
always referred to their husband as Mr Surname, even to
close friends. In some cultures, an adult's forename was
an intimacy for private family use only.
Janet UK
I occasionally refer to my husband as Mr. Hamilton. Once in a
while I call him that directly: "What do you want for dinner,
Mr. Hamilton?" It's a joke.
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 11:42:23 -0500, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2024-03-06 11:21 a.m., Janet wrote:
In article <us9g42$at4h$2@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
"The wife" sounds very lower socio-economic to me. Jebus used to say
it too.
I knew a woman who
was a nun for a decade or so, then she left the convent,
married, had children. She always referred to her husband
as Himself. I knew other married women in Scotland who
always referred to their husband as Mr Surname, even to
close friends. In some cultures, an adult's forename was
an intimacy for private family use only.
Some cultures are a lot more formal about surnames and titles. I have
noticed that with a number of northern and eastern Europeans. They
expected to be addressed by their surname. My nephew's wife was
Hungarian and some time after they were married she told us we could
call her Annush, which I guess was a familiar term. A woman at my wife's
church was Mrs.... to most people. We tended to call her by her first
name, Giselle, and after she got to know us better we were told we could
call her Gisela.
People don't have last names in Australia. Even the bank addresses me
as Bruce in their letters.
On 06/03/2024 18:39, Bruce wrote:
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
My father told me about participating in a 'duzen' ceremony in Germany.Many years ago, I worked in the library of a research group in a
well-known Scottish university. The director was a bit of a snob, and
used titles and surnames for his social equals, and forenames (without
permission) for those whom he considered beneath him.
One day, he was in the library and addressed me as Sheila. I raised my
eyebrow and looked at him. He never did that again.
If it was an Australian university, everybody from "high" to "low"
would call each other by their first name. I always thought the Dutch
were pretty informal, compared to the Germans and the French for
instance, but the Australians beat them hands down.
It was, apparently, quite an honour.
On 2024-03-06, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
"The wife" :)
It's an idiomatic expression. You're just going to have to deal
with it. Women refer to their husband as "the hubs", which makes
me wince.
Back in the Seventies, I frequented a bar where a elderly man referred to
his wife as "the old hide", even in her presence. They both seemed OK
with it. Now, I wonder...was that bad?
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 18:32:33 +0000, S Viemeister
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
On 06/03/2024 17:51, Bruce wrote:
If it was an Australian university, everybody from "high" to "low"
would call each other by their first name. I always thought the Dutch
were pretty informal, compared to the Germans and the French for
instance, but the Australians beat them hands down.
On 2024-03-06 10:53 a.m., Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 11:42:23 -0500, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2024-03-06 11:21 a.m., Janet wrote:
In article <us9g42$at4h$2@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
"The wife" sounds very lower socio-economic to me. Jebus used to say >>>>> it too.
I knew a woman who
was a nun for a decade or so, then she left the convent,
married, had children. She always referred to her husband
as Himself. I knew other married women in Scotland who
always referred to their husband as Mr Surname, even to
close friends. In some cultures, an adult's forename was
an intimacy for private family use only.
Some cultures are a lot more formal about surnames and titles. I have
noticed that with a number of northern and eastern Europeans. They
expected to be addressed by their surname. My nephew's wife was
Hungarian and some time after they were married she told us we could
call her Annush, which I guess was a familiar term. A woman at my wife's >>> church was Mrs.... to most people. We tended to call her by her first
name, Giselle, and after she got to know us better we were told we could >>> call her Gisela.
People don't have last names in Australia. Even the bank addresses me
as Bruce in their letters.
Good job it's not Sheila!
Back in the Seventies, I frequented a bar where a elderly man referred to
his wife as "the old hide", even in her presence. They both seemed OK
with it. Now, I wonder...was that bad?
On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
"The wife" :)
It's an idiomatic expression. You're just going to have to deal
with it. Women refer to their husband as "the hubs", which makes
me wince.
On 2024-03-06, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
"The wife" :)
It's an idiomatic expression. You're just going to have to deal
with it. Women refer to their husband as "the hubs", which makes
me wince.
Back in the Seventies, I frequented a bar where a elderly man referred to
his wife as "the old hide", even in her presence. They both seemed OK
with it. Now, I wonder...was that bad?
On 3/6/2024 2:18 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2024-03-06, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
"The wife" :)
It's an idiomatic expression. You're just going to have to deal
with it. Women refer to their husband as "the hubs", which makes
me wince.
Back in the Seventies, I frequented a bar where a elderly man referred to
his wife as "the old hide", even in her presence. They both seemed OK
with it. Now, I wonder...was that bad?
I've knows couple that have done similar with names.
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 16:26:00 -0500, Ed Pawlowski <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:
On 3/6/2024 2:18 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2024-03-06, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
"The wife" :)
It's an idiomatic expression. You're just going to have to deal
with it. Women refer to their husband as "the hubs", which makes
me wince.
Back in the Seventies, I frequented a bar where a elderly man referred to >>> his wife as "the old hide", even in her presence. They both seemed OK
with it. Now, I wonder...was that bad?
I've knows couple that have done similar with names.
Ed breaks out in Ebonics.
On 3/6/2024 4:37 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 16:26:00 -0500, Ed Pawlowski <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:
On 3/6/2024 2:18 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2024-03-06, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
"The wife" :)
It's an idiomatic expression. You're just going to have to deal
with it. Women refer to their husband as "the hubs", which makes
me wince.
Back in the Seventies, I frequented a bar where a elderly man referred to >>>> his wife as "the old hide", even in her presence. They both seemed OK
with it. Now, I wonder...was that bad?
I've knows couple that have done similar with names.
Ed breaks out in Ebonics.
I's practisin to get gud
On 2024-03-06 11:39 a.m., Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 18:32:33 +0000, S Viemeister
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
On 06/03/2024 17:51, Bruce wrote:
If it was an Australian university, everybody from "high" to "low"
would call each other by their first name. I always thought the Dutch
were pretty informal, compared to the Germans and the French for
instance, but the Australians beat them hands down.
A Shell employee told me that there were a couple of German scientists >working at the Hague who car-pooled to work. Even after 20 years,
they still called each other "Herr Dr ...."
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 12:45:52 -0700, Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:
On 2024-03-06 11:39 a.m., Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 18:32:33 +0000, S Viemeister
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
On 06/03/2024 17:51, Bruce wrote:
If it was an Australian university, everybody from "high" to "low"
would call each other by their first name. I always thought the Dutch
were pretty informal, compared to the Germans and the French for
instance, but the Australians beat them hands down.
A Shell employee told me that there were a couple of German scientists
working at the Hague who car-pooled to work. Even after 20 years,
they still called each other "Herr Dr ...."
That's pretty extreme :)
On 06/03/2024 23:38, Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 12:45:52 -0700, Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:I've heard of people with two doctorates, insisting that both be used in >addressing them - 'Herr Doktor Doktor Schmid'.
On 2024-03-06 11:39 a.m., Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 18:32:33 +0000, S Viemeister
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
On 06/03/2024 17:51, Bruce wrote:
If it was an Australian university, everybody from "high" to "low"
would call each other by their first name. I always thought the Dutch
were pretty informal, compared to the Germans and the French for
instance, but the Australians beat them hands down.
A Shell employee told me that there were a couple of German scientists
working at the Hague who car-pooled to work. Even after 20 years,
they still called each other "Herr Dr ...."
That's pretty extreme :)
On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 01:13:32 +0000, S Viemeister
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
On 06/03/2024 23:38, Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 12:45:52 -0700, Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:I've heard of people with two doctorates, insisting that both be used in >>addressing them - 'Herr Doktor Doktor Schmid'.
On 2024-03-06 11:39 a.m., Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 18:32:33 +0000, S Viemeister
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
On 06/03/2024 17:51, Bruce wrote:
If it was an Australian university, everybody from "high" to "low"
would call each other by their first name. I always thought the Dutch >>>>> were pretty informal, compared to the Germans and the French for
instance, but the Australians beat them hands down.
A Shell employee told me that there were a couple of German scientists >>>> working at the Hague who car-pooled to work. Even after 20 years,
they still called each other "Herr Dr ...."
That's pretty extreme :)
Hahaha, that's so lame!
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