Location of Posters
High Miles
How about people from............................Bohemia ?
kujebak
> Do people from the States ever post here ?
People post here from all around the world.
>
> How about people from............................Bohemia ?
I don't know of any. Most people here work for a living.
Except Paul Kriha. But he's definitely not one of them ;-)
High Miles
ancestors surely did. They were farmers in Bohemia.
And Paul is a damn lucky duck.
Dorothy
(used to be - Koblik)
kujebak
> kujebak wrote:
> > On Jun 9, 2:49 pm, High Miles <2blues1...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >> Do people from the States ever post here ?
>
> > People post here from all around the world.
>
> >> How about people from............................Bohemia ?
>
> > I don't know of any. Most people here work for a living.
> > Except Paul Kriha. But he's definitely not one of them ;-)
>
> Well...................I don't work for a living either, but my early
> ancestors surely did. They were farmers in Bohemia.
Where I live they farmed mostly cannabis :-)
>
> And Paul is a damn lucky duck.
I don't think he will appreciate you calling him that either ;-)
High Miles
> On Jun 9, 4:26 pm, High Miles <2blues1...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> kujebak wrote:
>>> On Jun 9, 2:49 pm, High Miles <2blues1...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> Do people from the States ever post here ?
>>> People post here from all around the world.
>>>> How about people from............................Bohemia ?
>>> I don't know of any. Most people here work for a living.
>>> Except Paul Kriha. But he's definitely not one of them ;-)
>> Well...................I don't work for a living either, but my early
>> ancestors surely did. They were farmers in Bohemia.
>
> Where I live they farmed mostly cannabis :-)
>
Beats tomatoes every time.
D
sko...@usemtuzas.com
Unless you know that:
Paul used to live in North Staffs. Paul is therefore used to be called
"a duck", the most endearing address imaginable.
PaulJK
Well sometimes, down here, downunder, I may have been
called a duckie by a friendly barmaid.
But I am too old for all that now.
I don't mind being called a "duck" at all, but "lucky"?
No, I don't think I am lucky. When I worked I have always
worked hard so I wouldn't have to work when I didn't feel
like it. And when I worked I have always been able to do
what I enjoyed doing and would do for free if it came to
that. So I have been lucky in that respect, I suppose.
pjk
PaulJK
> kujebak wrote:
>> On Jun 9, 2:49 pm, High Miles <2blues1...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> Do people from the States ever post here ?
>>
>> People post here from all around the world.
>>
>>> How about people from............................Bohemia ?
>>
>> I don't know of any. Most people here work for a living.
>> Except Paul Kriha. But he's definitely not one of them ;-)
>>
> Well...................I don't work for a living either, but my early
> ancestors surely did. They were farmers in Bohemia.
Which part of Bohemia were your folks farming?
My ancestors on the paternal side were Bohemian
farmers too, for long centuries but only until 1948.
pjk
High Miles
> High Miles wrote:
>> kujebak wrote:
>>> On Jun 9, 2:49 pm, High Miles <2blues1...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> Do people from the States ever post here ?
>>> People post here from all around the world.
>>>
>>>> How about people from............................Bohemia ?
>>> I don't know of any. Most people here work for a living.
>>> Except Paul Kriha. But he's definitely not one of them ;-)
>>>
>> Well...................I don't work for a living either, but my early
>> ancestors surely did. They were farmers in Bohemia.
>
> Which part of Bohemia were your folks farming?
The nearest 'village' was Po I believe.
It seems there was more than one of those, in different
areas of the country.
My oldest daughter is digging around in the family history,
so maybe by now she has discovered their actual location.
Records are almost non existent for peasant types back then.
>
> My ancestors on the paternal side were Bohemian
> farmers too, for long centuries but only until 1948.
> pjk
>
My paternal grandmother came as a young girl, but always
said that a jail in America would be better than a farm back
home. She never elaborated.
So - ducky - where abouts are you ?
Dorothy
kujebak
> >On Jun 9, 4:26 pm, High Miles <2blues1...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >> And Paul is a damn lucky duck.
>
> >I don't think he will appreciate you calling him that either ;-)
>
> Unless you know that:
> Paul used to live in North Staffs. Paul is therefore used to be called
> "a duck", the most endearing address imaginable.
Here's something for your own enlightenment,
as well as everyone else's, including Dorothy
I suppose:
High Miles
As evidence of how little attention I've paid to anything on Wall St.
I've never even heard that term.
In these parts, a lucky duck is one who generally knows good
fortune.............................and can not be caught at dinner time.
kujebak
>
> - Show quoted text -
Where do you live Dorothy?
I live on the West Coast.
SFO Bay Area to be exact.
Should I take it you travel a lot?
High Miles
Used to.
Now that I've retired, it's home I'll be stayin'.
Chicago area.
You know the spot. Tornadoes in summer, blizzards in winter.
Nice variety.
kujebak
>
> - Show quoted text -
So the "miles" in your nick are more like of temporal
nature :-) I have never been to the Windy City. The Upper
Midwest is one of two corners (the other being Alaska) of
our great country I have yet to discover. Some of my own
ancestors, settled in Illinois and Wisconsin at the turn of
the 20th century.
PaulJK
Oh, I see, Wall Street Journal 2002. Wall Street is far far
away from here. I missed that one, it's hard enough for
me to keep up with all the new Downunderese financial jargon.
I thought incorrectly, that the expression "lucky ducky" was
just one of the 'Merkin distortions of "lucky dog". :-)
pjk
PaulJK
Okay, so it is a transmogrified "lucky dog". :-)
Something like Merkin "Here, here!", "could care less",
"would give a damn", or "ass". :-)
pjk
PaulJK
In the eighties and nineties I have been in many US places
on business but never in Chicago. We do get some tornadoes
down here, they are of course fundamentally quite different,
they spin clockwise. :-)
Some years back I had real fun with really big tornadoes
during the high summer months I stayed in Nebraska
(chasing and being chased). I hear that Chicago can be
almost as windy as Wellington. :-)
We are having early winter this year (probably due to global
warming and no French nuclear tests next door in the Pacific).
The skiing season started early in the Southern Alps in mid
May, and over here at sea level we've had quite heavy hail
storm last week leaving deep cover of hail on the lawn for
an hour or so. It looked strange under my nectarine and
lemon trees full of almost ripe fruit.
What we never have here at few meters above sea level is
blizzards. We may get morning frost once in the blue moon
but never any real snow, thank goodness. That's fine with
me, snow and glaciers belong in the mountains, says I. :-)
pjk
High Miles
tropical or more temperate areas.
And - I LOVE snow.
Maybe if I live to be 'really' old I won't be so fond ?
High Miles
>>
>> In these parts, a lucky duck is one who generally knows good
>> fortune.............................and can not be caught at dinner time.
>
> Okay, so it is a transmogrified "lucky dog". :-)
> Something like Merkin "Here, here!", "could care less",
> "would give a damn", or "ass". :-)
>
> pjk
>
Nothing like an ass, nor resembling indifference.
Just a fellow who has escaped misfortune.
Usually used by those who are jealous of the lucky duck.
D
High Miles
>
> So the "miles" in your nick are more like of temporal
> nature :-) I have never been to the Windy City. The Upper
> Midwest is one of two corners (the other being Alaska) of
> our great country I have yet to discover. Some of my own
> ancestors, settled in Illinois and Wisconsin at the turn of
> the 20th century.
The miles in my screen name is indeed of a temporal nature.
Think.....................a very old auto.
Alternately, many of my miles have been enjoyed in a 'high'
state of semi consciousness
So it works two ways as a descriptor.
D
sko...@usemtuzas.com
Also your contributions are tripling, nay, quadrupling the usual
traffic on this low mileage ng.
kujebak
> PaulJK wrote:
> > High Miles wrote:
> >> kujebak wrote:
> >>> On Jun 9, 2:49 pm, High Miles <2blues1...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>> Do people from the States ever post here ?
> >>> People post here from all around the world.
>
> >>>> How about people from............................Bohemia ?
> >>> I don't know of any. Most people here work for a living.
> >>> Except Paul Kriha. But he's definitely not one of them ;-)
>
> >> Well...................I don't work for a living either, but my early
> >> ancestors surely did. They were farmers in Bohemia.
>
> > Which part of Bohemia were your folks farming?
>
> The nearest 'village' was Po I believe.
> It seems there was more than one of those, in different
> areas of the country.
> My oldest daughter is digging around in the family history,
> so maybe by now she has discovered their actual location.
> Records are almost non existent for peasant types back then.
The prefix "po" is very common in Czech (and Slovak)
place names. Not a very useful clue.
>
>
>
> > My ancestors on the paternal side were Bohemian
> > farmers too, for long centuries but only until 1948.
> > pjk
>
> My paternal grandmother came as a young girl, but always
> said that a jail in America would be better than a farm back
> home. She never elaborated.
But one thing is for sure, your granny did
not walk or ride a wagon here. She came
on a steamer. Have you tried to search the
archive at http://www.ellisisland.org/ ?
All you need is her name, and approx.
date of birth. The search is free.
High Miles
Now all I need do is find out when each of them was born.
High Miles
> Also your contributions are tripling, nay, quadrupling the usual
> traffic on this low mileage ng.
Maybe it would pick up if y'all offered refreshments ???
PaulJK
Okay if you mean it as the ass, a stupid animal, like donkey.
But Merkins keep refering to "arse" as "ass". That's what I meant.
And other unthinking meaninless corruptions crop up frequently,
like "Here, here!" instead of "Hear, hear!", "could care less",
instead of "couldn't care less", "I would give a damn" instead
of "I wouldn't give a damn", etc. :-)
pjk
PaulJK
Gee, you've been around only a few days and you already
making admissions that could be used against you in a court
of law. :-)
High Miles
Fear not.
No rat's ass is in danger of being shifted over this.
D
High Miles
What they gonna do - cut short me young life ???
As the song says.................they can't take that away from me.
:-)
Zdislav V. Kovarik
On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, High Miles wrote:
> Do people from the States ever post here ?
>
Sure, especially disturbed States of Mind.
> How about people from............................Bohemia ?
>
Which Bohemia? One exists in the minds of featherbrained snobs in SF, and
there is actually a book about it called "Bohemia", whose author was
blissfully unaware of a region in Europe where you can run into a salesman
who will arrange for you the purchase of a medieval castle, at an
irresistible discount.
Cheers, Slavek(ZVK)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28538835@N05/2664061255/
High Miles
>
> Which Bohemia? One exists in the minds of featherbrained snobs in SF, and
> there is actually a book about it called "Bohemia", whose author was
> blissfully unaware of a region in Europe where you can run into a salesman
> who will arrange for you the purchase of a medieval castle, at an
> irresistible discount.
>
> Cheers, Slavek(ZVK)
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/28538835@N05/2664061255/
>
And
I'm allergic to featherbrained snobs - wherever they abide.
D
PaulJK
I guess, just like me, you are too old to die young.
(borrowed from Billy Connolly)
pjk
High Miles
> I guess, just like me, you are too old to die young.
> (borrowed from Billy Connolly)
>
> pjk
>
Ain't it grand ?
If I play my music outrageous loud, and someone
complains - I tell 'em I'm old and can't hear all that well.
People no longer speak of me as a snarky bitch, I've
become a crotchety old gal.
And being retired kicks serious ass.
Too bad everyone can't live to enjoy it.
D