[dba-Tech] Languages, Thoughts and Realities

Gustav,

There is a band called FUN, which has a song called Carry On, and another
called We Are Young. I love these guys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7yCLn-O-Y0&list=RDq7yCLn-O-Y0#t=9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv6dMFF_yts

You might think that at my age, 67, that I would not be into this kind of
music. Well, you're wrong! So there. Carry on.


On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 2:25 AM, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:

> Hi Arthur
>
> Another multitalent, next to Susan.
> As you see, efforts pays off with a better life. Carry on.
>
> /gustav
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
> dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Arthur Fuller
> Sendt: 29. januar 2015 02:10
> Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Emne: [dba-Tech] Languages, Thoughts and Realities
>
> Well, since we're all volunteers to some org or other, I am compelled to
> relate a funny story. I do volunteer work at a place called St. John's
> Mission, which is a modest church and shared by Greek Orthodox and Coptic
> Christians. Way back when, I majored in Philosophy with a minor in
> Religious Studies, and consequenly know a little about a lot of religions.
> In St. John's Mission I have found some excellent company among the
> Fathers of both sects, and frequently enjoy sharing meals with them, once
> the volunteer part of it is done.
>
> A week ago I shared a meal with two Chinese people, one white Canadian,
> one Metis, and Father Roberto. I was chatting with the Chinese people in
> Mandarin. Father Roberto was amazed. So also, I think, were the Chinese
> couple: it's not to be expected that a guailo (uncivilized person) can
> speak Cantonese and/or Mandarin. But anyway, that's not the point of this
> story. Father Roberto, a genuinely beautiful man, asked me to teach him and
> the other Fathers some basic Cantonese and Mandarin (well, actually, his
> request was "Can you teach us some Chinese?", at which point I had to point
> out that there are about 250 dialects, but for the most part in Toronto we
> can reduce it to three: Cantonese, Mandarin and Hakka.
>
> So anyway, here I am, a white boy from Winnipeg, teaching Greek Orthodox
> and Egyptian Copts the basics of Mandarin and Cantonese. Only in Canada,
> you might say. And I had this vision of going into a graceful retirement.
> LOL.
>
> As Michael Corleone said, "I keep trying to get out, but they keep
> dragging me back in."
>
> I guess that there's just no chance of retiring. Gonna work until I can't
> work any more, and that's that.
>
> And to make matters worse, now I've got teenage puppies asking me about
> HTML5.
>
> I need a new pharmaceutical called DamnItol.
>
> A.
>
> --
> Arthur
>
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-- 
Arthur