UncleTed
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That's quite impressive.
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That's quite impressive.
Ya see UncleTed...layout has never had a real job....LOL
sitting on his duff at a desk and now in a drivers seat...
This would NOT have been a "accident". Not knowing basic words is dangerous. Sad part is that my wife and I would have been likely found to be a fault, NOT the person who could not understand "MOVE NOW"!!
I guess, but thank you.
UncleTed
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Ya see UncleTed...layout has never had a real job....LOL
sitting on his duff at a desk and now in a drivers seat...
Those railroaders are a tough lot. I'll bet he was worker in his day.
so you were a little inconvenaced by this wanna be new citizen of the US....tsk tsk....quite sure the Irish were as well when all the Ities unloaded off the boat in NYC....
Ya see UncleTed...layout has never had a real job....LOL
sitting on his duff at a desk and now in a drivers seat...
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. Let's see, in high school I dug ditches and cleaned bulldozer tracks at a land fill. I worked at Great Lakes Steel. I drove a school bus, cleaned schools, worked at a State Park, fought fires, ran on ambulance crews. Worked in management positions at both Cabela's and Gander Mountain. Those are just a FEW of the highlights.
LOL! Give me a break!
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. Let's see, in high school I dug ditches and cleaned bulldozer tracks at a land fill. I worked at Great Lakes Steel. I drove a school bus, cleaned schools, worked at a State Park, fought fires, ran on ambulance crews. Worked in management positions at both Cabela's and Gander Mountain. Those are just a FEW of the highlights.
LOL! Give me a break!
LMAO...poke, poke, poke......
I LOVED being a "Gandy Dancer". I started off on the track labor gang. Spiking rail, etc. Then learned track machine operator and finally moved up to switchman. I wish I could have stayed. I kept getting laid off. Bad times in Detroit in the early '70's.
LMAO...poke, poke, poke......
Yeah, I know what you have been up too!
If It was "someone" else I was playing with, he'd be calling for my impeachment....LOL...
If It was "someone" else I was playing with, he'd be calling for my impeachment....LOL...
I would be the first witness he called too!
RLENT
Veteran Expediter
A couple of quick observations here:
It seems as though someone is making a case for intervention by the very thing they claim is the threat to our liberty - the government.
The same individual seems to be unwilling to acknowledge that economic self-interest is a great motivator to .... learn (another language) .... and earn (more) .....
It seems as though someone is making a case for intervention by the very thing they claim is the threat to our liberty - the government.
The same individual seems to be unwilling to acknowledge that economic self-interest is a great motivator to .... learn (another language) .... and earn (more) .....
That's my point - there are places where multiple languages don't matter, and places where they do. In places where they do matter, it's reasonable and proper to require a common language, whatever that might be. But according to you, the mere presence of multiple languages will get people killed, in all situations.And pageants are important? How many have ever been killed in one? 200? 300? over the years? Who gives a flip about silly stuff? What is your fixation with Spanish any way? Besides, that was London, not Great Lakes Steel. Pageant, that is a FUNNY one!
I don't have a fixation with Spanish, anyway, at least not beyond that of those who do.
Incidentally, which way would one turn upon hearing "MOVE NOW"?
UncleTed
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Ahem .... my Spanish fixation
I'm a little more old school
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Without some sort of action people will be killed. I am of the understanding that companies are no longer allowed to administer basic English tests. I go into factories and the "safety signs" now are displayed in "multiple" languages. The cost of doing such is substantial.
Of course the mere presence of multiple languages will not cause deaths in every situation. It NEVER produces any unity. It ALWAYS increases costs. It will cause or contribute to more deaths and injuries.
The more things fragment the more problems we are going to have. Congress knows that. They LOVE it. It increases THEIR power and control.
It does not matter. We will never solve this in here. It was a thread that produced a lot of discussion and ALMOST no ridicule. Kinda nice.
RLENT
Veteran Expediter
Yup, that works too !
Brisco
Expert Expediter
Just selected these few quotes above to put it in another perspective.
Let's say you're picking up a load outside in a warehouse say somewhere in Dallas, Texas. (Which is in America)
Driver of Forklift is a Mexican that only speaks mexican. You are by the loading dock where Forklift Driver is loading your truck at. You are having a conversation with another driver that only speaks English, just as you only speak English. (You are in America of course, where English IS our primary language - AT THIS TIME) All around warehouse is Mexicans that only speak mexican, and they're carrying on loud conversations with each other because the atmosphere in the warehouse is one of a loud surroundings.
Now, you and the other Driver are having a decent talk a few feet away from dock with backs towards the Forklift Driver. Forklift Driver comes around the corner with a pallet stacked 6ft high full of widgets that weighs over 2,000 lbs. All of sudden throttle gets stuck on Forklift, Brakes go out, he loses steering all together, and Forklift is heading right at you 2. Driver is trying to yell at both of you to get out of the way in mexican. Due to the fact the atmosphere in that warehouse has been loud the whole time you were there (forklifts running back and forth, horns being beeped, Mexicans all talking and yelling mexican back and forth amongst each other), you happen to not get the "GET OUT OF THE WAY, or LOOK OUT" warning that driver is trying to relay to you cause he is yelling it in mexican.
Who is to blame when you 2 are crushed to death by the out of control forklift when the bloody crushing death could have been avoided if both of you had received/heard the warning being given to you in the primary language that is spoken in the country you happen to be in????
Should the blame be placed on you and the other driver for being to stubborn to "learn" a foreign language to be able to carry on a safe and productive life in a country where "english" is the primary language in that country??
Just food for thought.....I know this is wayyyy out there, but it could happen. Know what I mean.
First thing that comes to mind...I NEVER turn my back to a fork lift driver.....LOL even an American speaking one....
Secondly....all the yelling and screaming would get my attention no matter what language was used....
so yeah it is out there....
Secondly....all the yelling and screaming would get my attention no matter what language was used....
so yeah it is out there....