Update on me! (If you care...)
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yes, we DO CARE fantastic - Ive been looking for signs of you (hopefully doing well) and noting the blog hasnt been updated ... I was about to send out the dogs to track you down !!! Sorry about the depression, I dont know if 'over it' is the correct terminology, maybe that trivializes it which isnt what I mean .. Im just glad you're 'better' good to see you back, if you can learn anything its know what that place felt like and try not to go back there - you have a lot of friends 'out here' (yep, even me in Aus, not that you knew that) cheers, Garth
Thanks! I've been through clinical depression before so I knew the warning signs. Doing pretty well now. Still second guessing myself on some things but feeling the best I've felt in a LONG time. It's funny..I was on a conference call today with people I never talked to and I realized one participant on the phone was Aussie. I asked the girl next to me, "Is he from NSW or Vic?" She asked him over the spider phone and he said NSW. He was shocked some chick from the midwest could identify his accent. I plan to update my blog this weekend--so much politics and comic reviews!
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I wouldn't have the guts to walk back and work for a boss that doesn't want me if that happened. Maybe it's just me…
So the creationist says: Everything must have a designer. God designed everything. I say: Why is God the only exception? Why not make the "designs" (like man) exceptions and make God a creation of man?
In my case it wasn't that my supervisor did not want me, but the company who bought us basically looked at tenure and pay and started cutting people. I actually felt bad for my supervisor; I could tell he hated telling me about the lay off.
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Good Luck, Leckey! We will miss all those stories about Chatty Kathy. I hope once you settle down, I hope your weekly feature of outrageous holidays will be back.
You have, what I would term, a very formal turn of phrase not seen in these isles since the old King passed from this world to the next. martin_hughes on VDK
While I enjoyed talking about the Chatty Cathy's, I hated working with them. I'm sure I'll find some people to mock--the girl who works in the cube across from me is super sweet--but I don't know if she actually does work because she's always on People.com. And I promise to post stupid American holidays this weekend just for you!
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Thanks! I've been through clinical depression before so I knew the warning signs. Doing pretty well now. Still second guessing myself on some things but feeling the best I've felt in a LONG time. It's funny..I was on a conference call today with people I never talked to and I realized one participant on the phone was Aussie. I asked the girl next to me, "Is he from NSW or Vic?" She asked him over the spider phone and he said NSW. He was shocked some chick from the midwest could identify his accent. I plan to update my blog this weekend--so much politics and comic reviews!
I'm impressed, when I first landed here people always asked if I was English or Australian. After the second time of removing obscure items from their nether regions they usually stopped. Now people ask if I from MN .. I guess a mix of English and midwest sounds Minnesotan, ya.
I'm largely language agnostic
After a while they all bug me :doh:
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Thanks! I've been through clinical depression before so I knew the warning signs. Doing pretty well now. Still second guessing myself on some things but feeling the best I've felt in a LONG time. It's funny..I was on a conference call today with people I never talked to and I realized one participant on the phone was Aussie. I asked the girl next to me, "Is he from NSW or Vic?" She asked him over the spider phone and he said NSW. He was shocked some chick from the midwest could identify his accent. I plan to update my blog this weekend--so much politics and comic reviews!
cool :-) I hope you have a good support network as well.. if you ever need someone to talk to in a different time zone for a reality check or some light hearted Aussie humour, let me know - I'll sent you a private email address ... and Im in 'the big smog' aka Sydney, NSW as well 'g' ps .. I hope
leckey wrote:
feeling the best I've felt in a LONG time.
doesnt change the nature of your blog
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I'm impressed, when I first landed here people always asked if I was English or Australian. After the second time of removing obscure items from their nether regions they usually stopped. Now people ask if I from MN .. I guess a mix of English and midwest sounds Minnesotan, ya.
I'm largely language agnostic
After a while they all bug me :doh:
WHAT? English, Ausssie or Kiwi sounds nothing like northern MN! One guy my husband used to work with is from England (Manchester) and my hubby kept telling me he was from Australia, so I wanted to know from what part. He never asked. As soon as I met him I knew he was English and NOT Aussie. If you're from northern MN you use a lot of 'eh' and end sentences with 'there.' Southern MN is like eastern SD and we draw out our O's. It's South Dakooota and Minnesooooota.
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I'm impressed, when I first landed here people always asked if I was English or Australian. After the second time of removing obscure items from their nether regions they usually stopped. Now people ask if I from MN .. I guess a mix of English and midwest sounds Minnesotan, ya.
I'm largely language agnostic
After a while they all bug me :doh:
heh - last time my father was over your 'way'.. well, Minneapolis from memory, he was asked where he came from .. he replied 'Sydney' .. the response was 'what state in USA is that' .. classic :-) I usually get 'British' rather tham Aussie, becuase Ive moved around and my dad is British .. 'g'
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heh - last time my father was over your 'way'.. well, Minneapolis from memory, he was asked where he came from .. he replied 'Sydney' .. the response was 'what state in USA is that' .. classic :-) I usually get 'British' rather tham Aussie, becuase Ive moved around and my dad is British .. 'g'
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When in Australia I said I was from South Dakota. For some odd reason several people asked, "that's in Texas, right?"
even though Australia is pretty big, a lot of people dont appreciate the size/geography of the USA .. I do because the last trip I did (there) was LA -> Chicago -> Boston -> San Francisco -> LA ... (and I have a heap of friends who regularly commute in-between) even then, I can get a bit 'lazy' ..and use 'over there' for example to denote 'anywhere in the continental USA' 'g'
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cool :-) I hope you have a good support network as well.. if you ever need someone to talk to in a different time zone for a reality check or some light hearted Aussie humour, let me know - I'll sent you a private email address ... and Im in 'the big smog' aka Sydney, NSW as well 'g' ps .. I hope
leckey wrote:
feeling the best I've felt in a LONG time.
doesnt change the nature of your blog
Unfortunately after moving here I don't have a good support network. I never found people I could really hang with. My "other mother" (mom of my ex Aussie boyfriend) recently got married and moved to Portsmouth, Vic. I wanted to go to the wedding but with the US dollar so low it was too expensive. I can't wait to go back!
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Unfortunately after moving here I don't have a good support network. I never found people I could really hang with. My "other mother" (mom of my ex Aussie boyfriend) recently got married and moved to Portsmouth, Vic. I wanted to go to the wedding but with the US dollar so low it was too expensive. I can't wait to go back!
oh thats sucks .. yeah, the $$ difference hurts me/us when we go most places (well, most places I end up going to) - USA/Europe .. hopefully you'll make it back over here sometime - dont think you can escape dropping into Sydney when you do :-D
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WHAT? English, Ausssie or Kiwi sounds nothing like northern MN! One guy my husband used to work with is from England (Manchester) and my hubby kept telling me he was from Australia, so I wanted to know from what part. He never asked. As soon as I met him I knew he was English and NOT Aussie. If you're from northern MN you use a lot of 'eh' and end sentences with 'there.' Southern MN is like eastern SD and we draw out our O's. It's South Dakooota and Minnesooooota.
leckey wrote:
WHAT? English, Ausssie or Kiwi sounds nothing like northern MN!
I know, and even my garbled accent of the last few years sounds nothing like. Recently I've been trying to eradicate the midwest aspect that crept in.
I'm largely language agnostic
After a while they all bug me :doh:
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I'm impressed, when I first landed here people always asked if I was English or Australian. After the second time of removing obscure items from their nether regions they usually stopped. Now people ask if I from MN .. I guess a mix of English and midwest sounds Minnesotan, ya.
I'm largely language agnostic
After a while they all bug me :doh:
MidwestLimey wrote:
Now people ask if I from MN .. I guess a mix of English and midwest sounds Minnesotan, ya.
Don't feel bad. I'm from Minnesota, and occasionally get asked if i'm from the UK. And no, i don't talk with anything even resembling any UK accent i've ever heard... i suspect the local (Colorado) dialects are just so garbled that anyone who enunciates gets labeled "non-Native". :~
Citizen 20.1.01
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
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oh thats sucks .. yeah, the $$ difference hurts me/us when we go most places (well, most places I end up going to) - USA/Europe .. hopefully you'll make it back over here sometime - dont think you can escape dropping into Sydney when you do :-D
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I've never really seen Sydney or Tassie so those are my two main points for my next visit.
you and hubby (sorry, dont know his name) wouldnt be dissapointed with either (Ive lived in Tassie as well, and Canberra) ... see, you even know how we speak colloquially :-) you'll fit right in
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you and hubby (sorry, dont know his name) wouldnt be dissapointed with either (Ive lived in Tassie as well, and Canberra) ... see, you even know how we speak colloquially :-) you'll fit right in
My hubbie (Kori) could not make the flight. After 3 hours he goes into internet withdrawl--saw it on the flight to Puerto Rico which is a connection flight compared to a flight to AUS. I haven't been to Canberra either but politics never seemed to be like what they are in the US. In the end run, I don't fit in because I hate Vegemite...but I LOOOOOVE Tim-Tams!(Yes, I can do the slam!)
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My hubbie (Kori) could not make the flight. After 3 hours he goes into internet withdrawl--saw it on the flight to Puerto Rico which is a connection flight compared to a flight to AUS. I haven't been to Canberra either but politics never seemed to be like what they are in the US. In the end run, I don't fit in because I hate Vegemite...but I LOOOOOVE Tim-Tams!(Yes, I can do the slam!)
as we would say, (and it doesnt mean what Americans (in general) think), 'b*gger !!!' oh well ... At least you can get Tim-Tams 'over there' (so Im led to beleive, maybe not in South Dakota), they are great comfort food - coffee/milo sucked through a TimTam, yummmm .. if not, My brother will be in LA 10th May, he can bring some over and post them to South Dakota
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as we would say, (and it doesnt mean what Americans (in general) think), 'b*gger !!!' oh well ... At least you can get Tim-Tams 'over there' (so Im led to beleive, maybe not in South Dakota), they are great comfort food - coffee/milo sucked through a TimTam, yummmm .. if not, My brother will be in LA 10th May, he can bring some over and post them to South Dakota
We can get the regular ones but they are called "Arnott's." I have to special order other flavors. In 2000 a company I worked for did all the scoreboards for the Olympics (Daktronics) and my neighbor got to go over to work some of the boards. I still had some Aus currency to give him to bring back TimTams. I kid you not--he bought an extra suitcase to bring back TimTams on one trip home! Now to get chicken flavored crisps...that I still have to do online. I did find Milo recently at the same World Market store that has the TimTams. Now if I could find YoGo and M milk......and wombats...
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MidwestLimey wrote:
Now people ask if I from MN .. I guess a mix of English and midwest sounds Minnesotan, ya.
Don't feel bad. I'm from Minnesota, and occasionally get asked if i'm from the UK. And no, i don't talk with anything even resembling any UK accent i've ever heard... i suspect the local (Colorado) dialects are just so garbled that anyone who enunciates gets labeled "non-Native". :~
Citizen 20.1.01
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'