Louise:
thanks for the explanation. I appreciate your perspective on Pork Pie-- I find
his writing interesting, too. I also have worked with German engineers for
decades.
I think you and I came close on the salt already. Somebody told me you were
the one in the Humvee--??? (gray, if I remember correctly. Speed Week, I think
it was.)
Russ Mack
Louise Ann Noeth wrote:
> Ha!
>
> Journalism? What journalism?
>
> There wasn't anything journalistic at all. I've known Pork Pie for several
> years and have found that sometimes things get so damn lost in translation,
> the humor comes out black.
>
> Unlike us Americans, Tom thinks in German, talks and it is his first
> language. I am working with a lot of German engineers at the moment on tech
> article for a national rag and the cultural base is much more rigid than
> we're used to. When he made the sarcastic crack about using traction control
> before he offered up his monograph, I could actually see his face and had to
> laugh like hell when I thought of Tom Bryant's reflection on making things
> foolproof.
>
> Guess the humor of it all got lost in cyberspace. Hope to meet you on the
> salt someday.
>
> Until then, as Gilda Radner's character used to say, "Nevermind!"
>
> Be Vigilant,
>
> "LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
>
> LandSpeed Productions
> Telling Stories with Words and Pictures
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