"Ol' Hippie" wrote in message
...
OK we are doing the countdown to Dave's opening Q day.

Dave- Bet your going over the health Dept. stuff and making sure its up to
snuff, (I know you will pass with flying colors)

Fos- My wife still can't believe me when I tell her the 6" boner is a
knife
(she is sitting behind me shaking her head & chuckling, just got up &
split
for the kitchen where it's safe)

Chef Juke- Our emails at opportune times have helped me get MST and I
can't
thank you enough.

Kili & TFM- Can't wait to meet you both, computer gurus and Q fans
ta-boot.(wish you guys were closer I have a computer I need built, from
spare old crap of course)
Kili, my wife wants to know what the heck you want for a wedding present?
Don't say sauce, and keep it under $1.29 (LOL)

Graeme-For a Brit your a fine sort of guy and I really wish you were able
to
be there

I can't possibly acknowledge all of you, it has taken me over a year to
get
to know you and more all the time.

What a great group and I believe this group will only get better.

A word from MBH (my better half)
(What a great group and I believe this group will only get better.) It
doesn't need to improve all that much, it's pretty near perfect as far as
I
can tell.

We are looking forward to sharing Q wit ya.
Bruce & G'ganna-n-Gold Beach




Gee, thanks Bruce! Glad to be thought of in a friendly manner. Trust me that
there is no one as disappointed as I am that I can't make the knees-up.
(There may be a few that are thankful)

If Dave had pulled his finger out and kept to his original schedule, I would
have been able to make it, nae' probs G and I could have strolled the
fairways with Harry D. There is a fine looking golf course close to Dave's
that looks superb.

My son started his 1st term at school recently, and I'm close to publication
date on a book I've been working on since the start of the year, and the
timing couldn't have been any more inconvenient.

If anyone takes a video camera, I'll willingly pay the postage costs for a
copy of the cassette, or just pass it to Nick and ask him forward it.

I don't think the wedding is being televised on the BBC:-(

Have a good time, one an' all.

Graeme

"Ol' Hippie" wrote in message
...
OK we are doing the countdown to Dave's opening Q day.

Dave- Bet your going over the health Dept. stuff and making sure its up to
snuff, (I know you will pass with flying colors)

Fos- My wife still can't believe me when I tell her the 6" boner is a
knife
(she is sitting behind me shaking her head & chuckling, just got up &
split
for the kitchen where it's safe)

Chef Juke- Our emails at opportune times have helped me get MST and I
can't
thank you enough.

Kili & TFM- Can't wait to meet you both, computer gurus and Q fans
ta-boot.(wish you guys were closer I have a computer I need built, from
spare old crap of course)
Kili, my wife wants to know what the heck you want for a wedding present?
Don't say sauce, and keep it under $1.29 (LOL)

Graeme-For a Brit your a fine sort of guy and I really wish you were able
to
be there

I can't possibly acknowledge all of you, it has taken me over a year to
get
to know you and more all the time.

What a great group and I believe this group will only get better.

A word from MBH (my better half)
(What a great group and I believe this group will only get better.) It
doesn't need to improve all that much, it's pretty near perfect as far as
I
can tell.

We are looking forward to sharing Q wit ya.
Bruce & G'ganna-n-Gold Beach




Bruce between TFM and I we have enough spare parts to build you something
better than you have now, no doubt. For a wedding present under $1.29? How
about a beer? Works for the both of us. We've been to Kindergarten, we
know how to share.

Can't wait to meet you in person.

kili

"Ol' Hippie" wrote in message
...
OK we are doing the countdown to Dave's opening Q day.

Dave- Bet your going over the health Dept. stuff and making sure its up to
snuff, (I know you will pass with flying colors)

Fos- My wife still can't believe me when I tell her the 6" boner is a
knife
(she is sitting behind me shaking her head & chuckling, just got up &
split
for the kitchen where it's safe)

Chef Juke- Our emails at opportune times have helped me get MST and I
can't
thank you enough.

Kili & TFM- Can't wait to meet you both, computer gurus and Q fans
ta-boot.(wish you guys were closer I have a computer I need built, from
spare old crap of course)
Kili, my wife wants to know what the heck you want for a wedding present?
Don't say sauce, and keep it under $1.29 (LOL)

Graeme-For a Brit your a fine sort of guy and I really wish you were able
to
be there

I can't possibly acknowledge all of you, it has taken me over a year to
get
to know you and more all the time.

What a great group and I believe this group will only get better.

A word from MBH (my better half)
(What a great group and I believe this group will only get better.) It
doesn't need to improve all that much, it's pretty near perfect as far as
I
can tell.

We are looking forward to sharing Q wit ya.
Bruce & G'ganna-n-Gold Beach




Bruce between TFM and I we have enough spare parts to build you something
better than you have now, no doubt. For a wedding present under $1.29? How
about a beer? Works for the both of us. We've been to Kindergarten, we
know how to share.

Can't wait to meet you in person.

kili

We can't wait to meet all of those lucky enough to be there, and lend Dave a
hand if he needs us (prolly not I have a feeling he has ALL his ducks in a
row)
We will be bringing our new sauce to try on everyone it's big on Ginger and
our tastebuds like it, haven't keeled over or anything !
We are big into seafood so it seemed fitting, took us long enough.
We need to talk about the PC thing, G'ganna wants a little one to hold on
her lap and write her books.
Peace & obtw is there a pic of you in abf?
Bruce

We can't wait to meet all of those lucky enough to be there, and lend Dave a
hand if he needs us (prolly not I have a feeling he has ALL his ducks in a
row)
We will be bringing our new sauce to try on everyone it's big on Ginger and
our tastebuds like it, haven't keeled over or anything !
We are big into seafood so it seemed fitting, took us long enough.
We need to talk about the PC thing, G'ganna wants a little one to hold on
her lap and write her books.
Peace & obtw is there a pic of you in abf?
Bruce

"Ol' Hippie" wrote in message
...
We can't wait to meet all of those lucky enough to be there, and lend Dave
a
hand if he needs us (prolly not I have a feeling he has ALL his ducks in a
row)
We will be bringing our new sauce to try on everyone it's big on Ginger
and
our tastebuds like it, haven't keeled over or anything !
We are big into seafood so it seemed fitting, took us long enough.
We need to talk about the PC thing, G'ganna wants a little one to hold on
her lap and write her books.
Peace & obtw is there a pic of you in abf?
Bruce



A pic of whom? Me or TFM? There's a pic of TFM on ABF now, don't know how
long it will stay on the server. Bruce posted it.

kili

"Ol' Hippie" wrote in message
...
OK we are doing the countdown to Dave's opening Q day.

Dave- Bet your going over the health Dept. stuff and making sure its up to
snuff, (I know you will pass with flying colors)

Fos- My wife still can't believe me when I tell her the 6" boner is a
knife
(she is sitting behind me shaking her head & chuckling, just got up &
split
for the kitchen where it's safe)

Chef Juke- Our emails at opportune times have helped me get MST and I
can't
thank you enough.

Kili & TFM- Can't wait to meet you both, computer gurus and Q fans
ta-boot.(wish you guys were closer I have a computer I need built, from
spare old crap of course)
Kili, my wife wants to know what the heck you want for a wedding present?
Don't say sauce, and keep it under $1.29 (LOL)

Graeme-For a Brit your a fine sort of guy and I really wish you were able
to
be there

I can't possibly acknowledge all of you, it has taken me over a year to
get
to know you and more all the time.

What a great group and I believe this group will only get better.

A word from MBH (my better half)
(What a great group and I believe this group will only get better.) It
doesn't need to improve all that much, it's pretty near perfect as far as
I
can tell.

We are looking forward to sharing Q wit ya.
Bruce & G'ganna-n-Gold Beach



Well... I won't be there, and Gus is not sure that Dave would want him to be
there, but Gus DOES wish Dave the very best of opening days and those to
follow. Good luck, Dave... and I KNOW that your Q will sell well...and I
KNOW that your sanitation, etc. will certainly be the best ever! If you
need some extra foil, just holler! ;-) (smile)

Gus Kilthau
Houston, Texas

Graeme...in London wrote:


My son started his 1st term at school recently, and I'm close to publication
date on a book I've been working on since the start of the year, and the
timing couldn't have been any more inconvenient.


Yeah, yeah. At least Graeme is consistent. He used the same excuses to
avoid having to be seen in public with me:-) We managed to enjoy our
stay in Scotland without him as there were plenty of friendly, generous
and garrulous Scots to be had. I only wish that the dollar had been
stronger ($1.82/pound). I didn't get much thrill from paying upwards of
$6/gallon for gas.

BTW, Graeme, the Russian restaurant http://www.cossachok.com/ was
_excellent_ (try the duck) and reasonably priced. There was the tiny
problem of finding it in the center of Glasgow. I learned quickly that
asking for directions in Glasgow (as in the other parts of Scotland I
visited) can be a waste of time. If you can understand the answer, it
will be lacking in crucial details (like the restaurant we were sent to
was inside a hotel of a different name). If you can't understand the
answer, the person will point in the general direction of your
destination which is all that the signage does, anyway.

At the B&B:

Q: Is it a reasonable drive to King Street from here (west end).

A: I don't know, I don't drive. Where is King street?


While trying to find the underground station in the west end:

Q: Can you direct me to the underground station car park?

A: I don't know if there is a car park, but the station is just down the
hill on your left

After going down the hill, up the next one, turning back and asking again:

A: I don't know, there used to be a sign, I think.


So I decided to navigate to the restaurant by dead reckoning. In this
way I discovered that Glasgow's streets signage is somewhat less than
perfect. This turned out to be a feature of Scotland, in general. The
rule seems to be that you only get told about route numbers at
intersections where the route does not follow the main road. Nowhere
along a route is it identified. If you miss a turn, you won't find out
about it until you notice that the route designation is no longer being
referenced on the signage you do see.

Once I got to Central Station (King street in on the east side, I was on
the west) I discovered that all of the streets were laid out so as to
prevent any further eastward progress.

The most interesting case was when my wife, who was navigating, told me
to go straight at a stop light. I responded that I couldn't as there was
a church in the middle of the road. A very well lit, large church. I
took the only obvious turn, to the right, and saw the car behind me go
straight at the church while accelerating wildly. It disappeared!

It took me 10 minutes of denied right hand turns to get back to that
intersection. You could go straight as there were two lanes that did
abrupt zig zags around the church, one in either direction. They were
simply not visible to the non Scot eye.


In the general area around King Street:

Q: Can you direct me to King Street?

A: We have a Queen Street, but we don't have a King Street.

After showing a map with King Street on it:

A: Oh, that's not far from here, but I don't know how you would drive
there from here.


In the restaurant:

Q: Can you tell me how to get to the M-8 (superhighway that bisects
Glasgow)?

A: What is an M-8?

Then there was the matter of being caught in Glasgow's rush hour (when
the bars/clubs/casinos close) at 11:30 at night. I was having enough
trouble keeping to the correct side of the road. I didn't need the added
confusion of hving the locals driving on the wrong side!

We escaped Glasgow in good shape, but not for long ...

Matthew (continued on next rock)

You of course, I saw TFM, lovely!
LOL

"Matthew L. Martin" wrote in message

SNIP hilarious accounts of Scottish directionally challenged
We escaped Glasgow in good shape, but not for long ...

Matthew (continued on next rock)

Ah, so that's where Southerners in the US learned to give directions so
poorly! There are lots of Scotts-Irish in the south, this would explain a
lot.

Dale (having had similar experiences in La., Ga. and Al.)

"Matthew L. Martin" wrote in message

SNIP hilarious accounts of Scottish directionally challenged
We escaped Glasgow in good shape, but not for long ...

Matthew (continued on next rock)

Ah, so that's where Southerners in the US learned to give directions so
poorly! There are lots of Scotts-Irish in the south, this would explain a
lot.

Dale (having had similar experiences in La., Ga. and Al.)

"Duwop" wrote in message

|| "Matthew L. Martin" wrote in message
||
|| SNIP hilarious accounts of Scottish directionally challenged
||| We escaped Glasgow in good shape, but not for long ...
|||
||| Matthew (continued on next rock)
||
|| Ah, so that's where Southerners in the US learned to give directions
|| so poorly! There are lots of Scotts-Irish in the south, this would
|| explain a lot.
||
|| Dale (having had similar experiences in La., Ga. and Al.)

Southerners may have Scot-Irish roots but when it comes to giving Yankees
bad directions, you're talking about the Confederate National Pastime. It
doesn't seem to do a bit of good, them damn snowbirds keep finding their way
back.

JD

"Duwop" wrote in message

|| "Matthew L. Martin" wrote in message
||
|| SNIP hilarious accounts of Scottish directionally challenged
||| We escaped Glasgow in good shape, but not for long ...
|||
||| Matthew (continued on next rock)
||
|| Ah, so that's where Southerners in the US learned to give directions
|| so poorly! There are lots of Scotts-Irish in the south, this would
|| explain a lot.
||
|| Dale (having had similar experiences in La., Ga. and Al.)

Southerners may have Scot-Irish roots but when it comes to giving Yankees
bad directions, you're talking about the Confederate National Pastime. It
doesn't seem to do a bit of good, them damn snowbirds keep finding their way
back.

JD

JD wrote:
Southerners may have Scot-Irish roots but when it comes to giving
Yankees bad directions, you're talking about the Confederate National
Pastime. It doesn't seem to do a bit of good, them damn snowbirds
keep finding their way back.

JD

I grew up in a really screwed up and discombobulated neighborhood in Alabama
where getting lost was a normal occurrence. When we were playing in the
street... football, baseball, or whatever...people would drive up and ask
for directions. We always derived great pleasure from sending them on a wild
goose chase that led right back to where we were and then acting surprised
that they couldn't find what they were looking for. By the 3nd time around
they would usually stop asking us what they did wrong, either because they
didn't trust us or they felt just plain stupid and didn't wanna embarrass
themselves in front of a coupla kids. Never knew for sure.

--
Fosco Gamgee Whitfurrows
and his 6" boner