Airplane detailing?

Can you imagine a Prent/Teacher meeting where after every sentence
spoken, an Army of translators translating into each and every
language? The meeting would be a month long...

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

"Flyingmonk" wrote in message oups.com...
Can you imagine a Prent/Teacher meeting where after every sentence
spoken, an Army of translators translating into each and every
language? The meeting would be a month long...

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone


No, technology will "solve" that problem by allowing you to pick up a headphone or earpiece on the way into
the meeting, color coded to which language you want to hear it in. Another example of technology solving the
"wrong" problem.

Or creating other, unintended sociological problems. You ever notice that with the proliferation of cellphones
etc., people rarely talk to each other while waiting for something in a group (in a line or for a plane or
whatever)?

Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ

("John Clonts" wrote)
[snip]
You ever notice that with the proliferation of cellphones etc., people
rarely talk to each other while waiting for something in a group (in a
line or for a plane or whatever)?


I had a fun one a month ago: Guy was on his cell phone, in line to pay at
our local gas station / convenience store. Lady in front of him pays and
leaves.

He walks up to pay, still talking on his phone - I'm behind him ...so (being
me g) I start talking to one of the gals behind the counter, "How's that
old car of yours running? How's was your vacation?" that sort of thing.

Guy on the phone turns to me (he's taken the bait) and says, "Do you mind?"
motioning to his phone. Without missing a beat I politely say, "Not at all,"
and proceed to tell the gal about buying new tires for our Honda.

Juvenile fun.


Montblack

Jay Honeck wrote:
As I've reported here before, when I'm presented with a credit card
machine that gives me a choice of languages (at Wal-Mart, for example)
I *always* complain. I feel sorry for the poor clerk who has to hear
it, but what other outlet do we really have?

never travelled abroad have you? or worse, you might be one
of these 'ugly american' tourists demanding that the locals
speak english regardless of the location...

--Sylvain

I don't think it's juvenile at all, it was he that was rude. Good for you.

I have a cell phone, but I never take it with me into a reastaurant, etc. I
don't understand what is so f*&%ing important that these people think they
have to carry on conversations while in line at the bank, at dinner etc that
can't wait ten minutes. It is impolite to all around them.

"Montblack" wrote in message
...
("John Clonts" wrote)
[snip]
You ever notice that with the proliferation of cellphones etc., people
rarely talk to each other while waiting for something in a group (in a
line or for a plane or whatever)?


I had a fun one a month ago: Guy was on his cell phone, in line to pay at
our local gas station / convenience store. Lady in front of him pays and
leaves.

He walks up to pay, still talking on his phone - I'm behind him ...so
(being
me g) I start talking to one of the gals behind the counter, "How's that
old car of yours running? How's was your vacation?" that sort of thing.

Guy on the phone turns to me (he's taken the bait) and says, "Do you
mind?"
motioning to his phone. Without missing a beat I politely say, "Not at
all,"
and proceed to tell the gal about buying new tires for our Honda.

Juvenile fun.


Montblack

As I've reported here before, when I'm presented with a credit card
machine that gives me a choice of languages (at Wal-Mart, for example)
I *always* complain. I feel sorry for the poor clerk who has to hear
it, but what other outlet do we really have?

never travelled abroad have you? or worse, you might be one
of these 'ugly american' tourists demanding that the locals
speak english regardless of the location...

Of course not. When I'm in a foreign country, I expect to speak the native
tongue.

Which is, after all, my point.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Mike wrote:
My brother is in the Navy, married a Mexican gal who has a 9 yr old daughter
by her first marriage. My brother and his wife currently live in San Diego,
but are moving to Fallon, NV next year. The daughter lives primarily with
her granparents in TJ, they want to take her with them when they move. She
speaks some english, but whenever she is up visiting her mom, they always
speak to her in spanish. That's fine until they get to Nevada. I think they
are making it harder for her in the long run, by not making her practice her
english when she visits.

Yes, they are making it harder for him in the long run. When I got
here to the US at the age of nine, I didn't speak a word of English.
There was no English as a Second Language (ESL) class. Within two
weeks, I was playing with all the other boys and girls my age and
getting along just fine with our made-up sign language and within six
seven months, I was speaking broken English. A year or two, maybe
three, I was getting A's in the English class.

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

Mike W. wrote:



I have a cell phone, but I never take it with me into a reastaurant, etc. I
don't understand what is so f*&%ing important that these people think they
have to carry on conversations while in line at the bank, at dinner etc that
can't wait ten minutes. It is impolite to all around them.

You must not have teenage kids.

Newps,

have to carry on conversations while in line at the bank, at dinner etc that
can't wait ten minutes. It is impolite to all around them.


My axiom is that people who can't behave with regard to cell phones can't behave
at all. The axiom has held well in everyday testing.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Thomas Borchert wrote:
Newps,


have to carry on conversations while in line at the bank, at dinner etc that
can't wait ten minutes. It is impolite to all around them.


My axiom is that people who can't behave with regard to cell phones can't behave
at all. The axiom has held well in everyday testing.


That's great but I didn't write that.