Mike Johnston wrote: > > > There was and continues to be a large German population in > > Berlin/Kitchener. I had many friends whose families originated in > > Schwabia. "Economical" is a very polite description of them. <g> And > > yes, more "economical" than the Scots, I'd say... > > I feel compelled to defend the ethic honor of Scotland...my father paid > $260,000 cash for his house in 1976, when that was still rather a lot of > money for a house, but he used to dry his hands after washing them on one > square of paper toweling. After drying his hands, he would lay the square of > paper toweling out on the counter to dry, so it could be re-used. His > reasoning was that his hands were _clean_ when he dried them, so the paper > towel hadn't been dirtied and there was no reason not to use it again. > > When his brother died, Dad had been retired for years, and no longer owned a > pair of dress shoes (he preferred sneakers). So rather than buy a pair of > dress shoes just for the funeral, he took a Sharpie laundry marker and > laboriously colored a pair of his sneakers black. > > What say ye, do we gi' the Schwabians a run fa' their money?
Aye, ye did, Mikey lad... keith whaley > > <g> > > --Mike
