Re: The IOOOF and The Royal Curmudgeon Order

["Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>]

And you certainly can't be an OF unless you (a) have heard the words
"curmudgeon" and "penurious" before, (b) have at least an inkling of what
they mean and (c) can spell them correctly without having to pause for
thought.....!

Lawrie

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> From: John McEwen <mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
> To: Bert Palte <palte@rt.el.utwente.nl>
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: The IOOOF and The Royal Curmudgeon Order
> Date: Sunday, March 15, 1998 6:10 PM
> 
> Hi Bert:
> 
> You can't be an old curmudgeon unless you're also penurious.  My
> grandfather was from Milngavie - a suburb of Glasgow.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> >John wrote:
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >> ... carefully draining old oil filters in order to
> >>re-fill the dashpots on those same SUs.
> >>
> >
> >Why? Are you from Scotland?     ;>)
> >
> >Bert
>