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mr. steve,'timing is everything that isn't clocks'...

Anonymous · 2006-08-15T02:22:00

mr. steve,

'timing is everything that isn't clocks' ...

i've been saying this for a while now, but up to this point had not been so acutely aware of it's essential truth.

belief can become faith and that same faith can go/be blind.

in the spirit of my sight-related analogy above...you are quite a spectacle.

i see said she,

karen.

If I knew what this meant I'm sure I could say som...

Steve · 2006-08-15T02:31:00

If I knew what this meant I'm sure I could say something profound in response. Thank you for your comment.

Hi SteveI've been trying to trace the origins of t...

Anonymous · 2008-05-10T20:33:00

Hi Steve

I've been trying to trace the origins of the expression
Sitting with Nellie.

I came across it in several firms in the North of England (textiles, engineering, mainly) over a period of years.

Interesting to learn it's an expression used internationally.

Any suggestions will perhaps earn a footnote in some text or encyclopedia!

Best wishes

@tudor: Strangely enough my first job was as a tra...

Steve · 2008-05-10T21:05:00

@tudor: Strangely enough my first job was as a trainee production engineer in a TV factory in Bradford - a North of England engineering environment if ever there was one. So it's probably not as widespread as you suspected.

You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy!

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