Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 21:56:17 +0100, D wrote:

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.

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.

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.

The Saudis left, we didn't get the contract, and the pig rode again.