The Quack Shack

[HuffleClaw]

Thanks Kayla

ETA: Comes from my military background

 

[rjohns39]

Chris, You'll get a kick out of this... When I first became a government contract, I was immersed with a military client and everyone on my team was retired Air Force. No problems communicating. Then I rotated back to the states, military client (turns out to be a close friend) but very few military on the team. I was brought on because I spoke the clients language and understood his data.

I think it was the second day on the Job and I'm in a massive meeting with the client. Client wasn't happy. No one could understand what he wanted or how to give it to him so he engaged me directly. We spoke for 10-15 minutes and very very few in the room understood anything we said. When we finished I promised the boss that I'd translate what was said into common English.

 

[Trimurtisan]

Chris, You'll get a kick out of this... When I first became a government contract, I was immersed with a military client and everyone on my team was retired Air Force. No problems communicating. Then I rotated back to the states, military client (turns out to be a close friend) but very few military on the team. I was brought on because I spoke the clients language and understood his data.

I think it was the second day on the Job and I'm in a massive meeting with the client. Client wasn't happy. No one could understand what he wanted or how to give it to him so he engaged me directly. We spoke for 10-15 minutes and very very few in the room understood anything we said. When we finished I promised the boss that I'd translate what was said into common English.

Hehe. It's the same way when talking with a breeder friend I have. We get tired of repeating plant names and just say the abbreviations. We also tend to nickname our favorite mother plants, and give them girls names. At times I forgot my wife has no clue what any of it means, and talk like that with her. She just looks at me like I'm speaking French. It doesn't help we call their stems legs, and refer to colors as hair color.
"I'm telling you, Roxy has these long legs with a nice blond. She's stunning."
"Chris, who exactly is Roxy?!"

 

[Trimurtisan]

Bob’s a wonderful advice giver. But he’s allllllll about abbreviations. Yes RIW is Rhode Island White. And BH is Barred Holland.

Thanks Kayla, and good day to you!

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

Whew!! I just read all 52 pages.

What lovely flocks you have there. I'm sorry to hear about your losses. I hope to keep following along with you, if you don't mind.

 

[rjohns39]

 

[rjohns39]

Morning folks

 

[Trimurtisan]

Morning Bob!

 

[Trimurtisan]

Alright, with all the smart folks making things like fog proof glass, I want to know when they're going to start infusing rain-x in to spectacles. Between sawdust and sweat, I can't see much of anything.

 

[rjohns39]

I carry a rag in my back pocket for such events. It seems to work.