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On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, rbowman wrote:

> On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 21:56:17 +0100, D wrote:
>
>> True. If you would like to experience a country with as few US
>> influences as possible, I'd recommend some of the enemies (at your own
>> risk of course) of the US such as China or a moslem country or two.
>> There is a certain charm to being "lost in translation", but in my case
>> that charm is not big enough to offset the trouble, lost time and cost
>> of the trip.
>
> The King Khalid airport used Forth for some of the automation so there
> were some lucrative contracts for experienced Forth programmers. I took a
> pass.
>
> In later years the company I worked for was bidding on a project for the
> Saudis and we were visited by them. We had an earlier project that had
> many difficulties. I'd seen a battery powered flying pig dressed in
> motorcycle leathers and goggles as a play on Harley hogs. I thought it
> apropos since I have a Harley and I figured the project would be completed
> when pigs learned to fly so I bought it and hung it from the rafters in my
> area. I was directed to get rid of the pig left the Saudis be offended.
>
> The Saudis left, we didn't get the contract, and the pig rode again.
>

Brilliant! =)