[TT] Beavering Away . . .

[Judy Perry]

Ummm, given that I was born in the early 60s, no, it's probably apparently a
good thing(tm) that I didn't read Fear of Flying in the 70s!
Thanks, Noel, for the link.  I feel so much older now @;-)

Judy
http://revined.blogspot.com

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Neal Campbell <nealk3nc at gmail.com> wrote:

> You must not have read Fear of Flying in the 70s! If you do not know
> what it means, more than likely you do not want to know.
>
> Best regards
> Neal
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> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Judy Perry <katheryn.swynford at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Ummmm.... I'm feeling more stupid than usual. What exactly does
> "hoovering"
> > mean in the US?
> > And how long ago was this heaux conversation?  (yes, I've seen it spelt
> that
> > way).
> >
> > Judy
> > http://revined.blogspot.com
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Richmond Mathewson <
> geradamas at yahoo.com>wrote:
> >
> >> [TT] - Totally Tangential.
> >>
> >> Ha, Ha, Ha . . .
> >>
> >> When I was studying at SIU Carbondale I rushed into a teaching
> assistants'
> >> meeting fresh from vacuuming the carpet at home and said:
> >>
> >> "Sorry I'm late, I have just been hoovering . . ."
> >>
> >> There was a deathly silence in the room!
> >>
> >> My understanding supervisor (A Canadian) took me outside and told me
> >> that 'hoovering' did not mean vacuum-cleaning in America.
> >>
> >> Late, I was working in the married students' garden plots when a
> pleasant
> >> woman from Wyoming asked me how I managed to break up the clods of earth
> >> so effectively. My reply; "I always use a hoe." was received in silence,
> >> and then she walked off, never to speak to me again.
> >>
> >> In Britain, 'beavering away' means (or, maybe, meant, when I was at
> school)
> >> "working away extremely eagerly"; no doubt connected with "eager beaver"
> -
> >> which, no doubt, you North Americans will resemanticise as a
> >> synonym for "loose woman".
> >>
> >> Divided by a common language we may be; united by a love of programming
> in
> >> Runtime Revolution I hope we all are.
> >>
> >> Welcome to the silly season !!!
> >>
> >> Love, Richmond.
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