I was sick twice in the past ten years. I know enough about diseases to participate in medical forums. I think doctors are only after our money anyway and us experienced regular folks together have more wisdom about medicine than they have. Anyway, I spread my wisdom on these medical forums and have found so many friends there.
I am just an ordinary skier, and I am proud of it, but I do go skiing twice a year at Christmas time and at Easter. I am a keen and regular poster on a few skiing forums. They are kind of fun because all sorts of people post there. Most are good folks like I am, some are quite arrogant, they think because they are professional skiers, having skied on the Austrian and Swiss national team, they are something better. They insist that skiing is a sport. While the majority of people in the know how, like me, know that it is supposed to be fun, which means that it is a hobby.They spoil the fun.
I have done my taxes twice, I can understand most bills that I get, so I feel like being in a good position to participate in this forum for certified public accountants. I can do my math, well, I can count until 1000 and I can add any tow numbers with very few mistakes. I can subtract, usually, and I can multiply, sometimes. To divide is not my strength. But I think these blokes on the accountant forum really are obnoxious by throwing around their university degrees. They think they are something better. They think by using all these strange terms they can impress me.
I was on a ski lift once and as usual I started to talk to the person next to me. It turned out to be Michael Schumacher. I realized That this is the man who many think is the best race car driver of the past ten years in the world. I thought that it was great to meet one of us. One of the car driving family. I spoke about how proud I am to have driven a car since more than 40 years. He was not too talkative. So I thought I should speak about real technical stuff. I told him that once I had a car where I actually needed to shift gears. And that it was kind of fun, well most of the time. Sometimes I messed up the gears and forgot to use the clutch. Believe it or not, the man was so unfriendly. He did not even try to be nice to me, this elitist arrogant bloke. How dare he think that he is something better.
Good for us that we are among ourselves in all these bonsai forums. sincerely Walter Pall
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