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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:37 pm
by Al Jardin
Your knowledge is valued.
Al
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:17 am
by Tony McC
For some strange reason, we get comparatively few posters of the female persuasion in the Brew Cabin (remember Mercedes, anyone??), but around 60-66% of the emails and phone calls that come in are from the distaff side.
A good number run along the lines of ...."My husband was wondering if....", so maybe it's a matter of the lady of the house doing the admin and/or embarrassment and an inability to admit to a lack of knowledge on the part of the man - a bit like the legendary male disinclination to ask for directions when hopelessly lost. 
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 1:26 pm
by henpecked
Tony McC wrote:For some strange reason, we get comparatively few posters of the female persuasion in the Brew Cabin (remember Mercedes, anyone??), but around 60-66% of the emails and phone calls that come in are from the distaff side.
A good number run along the lines of ...."My husband was wondering if....", so maybe it's a matter of the lady of the house doing the admin and/or embarrassment and an inability to admit to a lack of knowledge on the part of the man - a bit like the legendary male disinclination to ask for directions when hopelessly lost.
Spot on
Can turn into a phishing contest very quickly
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:08 pm
by flowjoe
We use to get regular posts from TarMac Lady ? from the states i think.
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 7:28 pm
by Tony McC
Amy - that was TarMac lady. I haven't heard from her for a couple of years but I know her company had more or less given up on the European market.
As I was discussing with another US-based civil engineer only last week, the roads we build in Europe are far superior to those in the US, partly because we use a 40 year design life, rather than their 20 year span, but also because the understanding of blacktop is more advanced and we have a more competitive industry, according to him, than the "this has worked for the last 50 years" attitude of companies in the States.
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:09 pm
by flowjoe
I know some guys who went to the states 9/10 years back trying to sell no-dig technology to small/medium sized companies, they struggled for a good few years because of that very same attitude.
`Pops and grandpa always used a shovel or backhoe, and so will i` 
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:33 pm
by lutonlagerlout
ace chadwick was of the female variety IIRC
i forgot about tarmac lady, wonder how she is?
the roads in america are fantastic in some places and pishpoor in others,arkansas is a place i recall for really crap roads,whereas georgia's roads were spot on,all depends how rich the state is
LLL
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:41 pm
by Suggers
Also wish they all still popped in - Tarmac Lady was total knowledge & straight to the point.
Ace seemed ace with the legal side...
As for Mercedes, she was in a few posts, some amazing, new-age great grand-daughter of James Joyce like, with sub-conscious stream of words...but it all sort of held together.
I thought she was a gifted writer.... I'm sure the gaffer will have collated "The Mercedes Papers"
ps - just found the best...
Mercedes 1
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:26 am
by lutonlagerlout
legendary thread suggers a couple of months before my time
i wonder what the outcome was?
LLL
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:59 pm
by Tony McC
I know I was on the point of creating a new 'group' for Mercedes.....Fruit loop!
There was one guy last year for whom I did actually create the group "Tithead" and he's the only member to date.
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:36 pm
by rab1
Tit Head, Is that the furry front bottom that wanted to fight the whole cabbin?.
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:00 pm
by cookiewales
rab1 wrote:Tit Head, Is that the furry front bottom that wanted to fight the whole cabbin?.
i like it :p
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:09 pm
by rab1
furry front bottom is a saying i stole (plagiarized) from lll
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:37 pm
by lutonlagerlout
is that one of mine?
i normally call the a C U Next Tuesday
LLL :;):
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:54 pm
by Tony McC
rab1 wrote:Tit Head, Is that the furry front bottom that wanted to fight the whole cabbin?.
That was him. I tried to find his name, but the database doesn't seem to allow me to search based on group.
I was never sure if he was a troll or just...well... a tithead!