Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 21:56:17 +0100, D wrote:
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True. If you would like to experience a country with as few US
influences as possible, I'd recommend some of the enemies (at your own
risk of course) of the US such as China or a moslem country or two.
There is a certain charm to being "lost in translation", but in my case
that charm is not big enough to offset the trouble, lost time and cost
of the trip.

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The King Khalid airport used Forth for some of the automation so there
were some lucrative contracts for experienced Forth programmers. I took a
pass.
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In later years the company I worked for was bidding on a project for the
Saudis and we were visited by them. We had an earlier project that had
many difficulties. I'd seen a battery powered flying pig dressed in
motorcycle leathers and goggles as a play on Harley hogs. I thought it
apropos since I have a Harley and I figured the project would be completed
when pigs learned to fly so I bought it and hung it from the rafters in my
area. I was directed to get rid of the pig left the Saudis be offended.
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The Saudis left, we didn't get the contract, and the pig rode again.
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