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Who R U?

A while back Garfish mentioned he lked the idea of getting to know some of us better.As no one has started a thread like this before I will take the plunge.I have been involved in and read many heated exchanges here in AudioGon.I hope no one attacks me for this thread saying "who cares about you,this is audio" Anyway,Im 45 and live in W.N.Y.I have never been married but have a music loving 11 year old daughter who lives with me.I have been a nurse for 20 years.Before that I was a Navy Corpsman for several years.I recently became engaged (first time) to a beautiful 30 year old music loving woman.At my age a 30 year old is a keeper and I have never been happier!! My other interests??Im into vinyl,who has time for anything else??
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detlof
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Albert,
I am an ex Jekke naturalised Swiss, I'm not particularly tidy, don't have that in my genes, but often you tend to think that a certain amount of "compulsion neurosis" is part of the Swiss national characer, if a thing like that exists. And Yes Greg, the internet started de chez nous.
Cheers
stereokarter
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Detlof, Albert P....when I was about 7 years old my father took me to Holland & Belgium for an Esperanto conference...and one morning I stood aghast at the sight of a shopkeeper SCRUBBING THE SIDEWALK on her hands and knees! My dad asked the lady about it and she told us that this was de rigeur practice EVERY morning before store opening! Try that in N.Y.C. or L.A. and they'll probably kick your bucket over and steal your brush...ah!...the good old days............
detlof
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Well, we have machines for that now, but the custom of course continues. In spite of the machines, anybody who leaves his dog's droppings on the sidewalk, will be tarred and feathered by the enraged neighbourhood, if not lynched straight on the spot. The municipality supplies little plastic bags for that purpose. The dog tax is about $60 a year. You have to - no joke - train your dogs not to pick up food lying around or accept it from strangers, because it not infrequently happens, that those truly obsessed with cleanliness, will try to poison your pet......
gregm
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Detlof, you untidy! My, you've crushed my vision! But then, you UNtidy is probably identical to my tidy. Those pavement washing machines are great: ever since they brought little cleaner-scooters in Paris you can finally walk on the pavement without keeping your head down!
detlof
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Yes , Greg, those cleaner-scooters are indeed an intelligent solution, the Parisians would have never adopted the Swiss plastic bag do it yourself penitent way. They don't have that guilt complex about being "untidy", like my compatriots. Remember that medical student song: "Je suis homme d'nature....etc...."
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