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Moth sailing

14 Sunday Nov 2010

Posted by Steve in Travel

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My wife and I were avid sailors up until about five years ago when we sold our boat due to low water levels in our lake. My wife is still drawn to the allure of sailing and we may one day sail in the Caribbean when we retire. Friends who know of her passion for sailing have been buying her a spectacular calendar every year, featuring some amazing images.

My son noticed one peculiar sailing picture today, which featured a boat flying through the air. “What the Hell is this he asked”. The caption stated: Moth sailing. So I looked it up and wow! Take a look at this video. Apparently, Moth sailing was invented in the late 1920’s.

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Messers

14 Sunday Nov 2010

Posted by Steve in Psychology

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Mr. Italo’s daughter, Caryna, lives in Ireland. Every time she returns to Canada for family events I detect just a little more Irish in her vocabulary and accent. I like it….very melodic; there are some accents that one just shouldn’t add to one’s speech…..German for example (I speak German, BTW, so no slight intended).

Caryna is kindly handling a transaction for me through Ireland. An Australian vendor won’t ship to North America, but will ship to Ireland, so she’s acting as the intermediary in forwarding the package to me. I placed the order with the vendor two months ago and still no sign of it. The first time I contacted them via email….no response. The second time, they did email, but suggested that the Irish Post Office might be holding the order. I conveyed the information to Caryna, who after checking with the post office, wrote to me:

“These guys sound like messers…”

I asked her if this was an Irish expression and she pointed me to the Urban Dictionary (a collection of urban slang), who define it thus:

“Irish slang for a sloppy or messy person; someone who fails to take things seriously; a hopeless amateur.

Him: I’ve made us dinner, except the steak is burnt and the potato is cold and the gravy tastes like washing-up liquid. Hope you don’t mind”.

I love it. What a great way of describing people who are well-intentioned, but incompetent. They want to do something, but fail to bring the knowledge, training, passion, or discipline to getting the job right. I guess we’re all messers at some things. For me, it’s house renovations: A hopelessly entrenched and unrepentant messer. “If it’s not in the Yellow Pages, it can’ be done”.

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