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had to post this,  read from the bottom up, email style

HA!  been sufferin for years, brother.  been sufferin for years

On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:09:33 -0700, Berkeley Johnson wrote:

Sure! Although you will suffer the slings and arrows of those that decline to laugh at irreverenceJ
 
Fatwa: A decision made by an Islamic jurist based upon Islamic law. Though often associated in the West with an order for the execution of somebody on Islamic grounds, the term more generally refers to any decision issued by a faqih about any matter of Islamic law.
 

From: andy@bfitsolutions.com [mailto:andy@bfitsolutions.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:54 PM
To: Berkeley Johnson
Subject: RE: HOCR Erg Work

 
what in the sam t hell is a Fatwa?   this is hilarious, can I post this on my blog?

On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:43:59 -0700, Berkeley Johnson wrote:

September 11^th, I was prepping for a speech for the American Bankers Association in Washington (State) I walked into a room that was supposed to have 300 bankers in it only to find it completely empty. I had one of those incredibly horrible panic moments (like the nightmare when you find out that you went through your entire work day unclothed) that I had gotten the wrong hotel or missed the time for the speech. Alas, everyone was in their rooms watching the twin towers.
 
I was lucky that I kept my shitty Isuzu rental as all the airports were closed (and I could see all the nuclear subs slipping out of the Puget Sound) as I motored toward California. That Isuzu had a high speed, dental drill like whine and accompanying shimmy emanating from its tranny that started at about 65 mph and got to biblical proportions at 70MPH. Drove 12 hours straight through to Santa Barbara with my teeth clenched and an absolute commitment to Fatwa against the engineer that designed that rolling abortion.
 
The only thing more heinous is the “Wheel….OF….Fortune!!!” slot machine riff in the Las Vegas departure lounge. To this day, I want to lunge at salesmen that carry the Isuzu line of cars. I’ll take a Yugo any day! Thanks again and looking forward to October! Aug
 

From: andy@bfitsolutions.com [mailto:andy@bfitsolutions.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:32 PM
To: Berkeley Johnson
Subject: RE: HOCR Erg Work

 
i had to reread that, freakin hilarious in a demented and scary way.  the year of the terrorist attacks one of the guys in the yale bulldog boat backed out at the last minute because he thought the flight risk was too great.  Steve was already in boston when he phoned me and said “get over here, you’re rowing port!”    but the funny part of the story was the turn around flight was so close that we lined up replacement rowers to take the boat back. we crossed the line, rolled on to the dock and hopped in the rental car and hauled ass to the airport.  paramilitaries with m16′s everywhere, dogs, the works, and i’m standing in the security line barefoot, dripping with sweat and river water.  great stuff

On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:48:53 -0700, Berkeley Johnson wrote:

Four out of the last six years, I just slept in the trailer…but two years ago, it got so cold that I literally froze and by the morning I was in atrial fibulation and couldn’t row…let down my teammates. I have a friend that lives about half an hour from the course but I was thinking that I would just sleep on somebody’s floor…unless it is warm outside and then it is the trailer for me!:) Sorry I am not much help in this department…(one year I told my wife I had to see a client in LA, flew red eye, rowed in the early am, got back on the mid day flight and was back home by late that evening and she never knew I rowed…sigh. The things we do to row. Aug
 

From: andy@bfitsolutions.com [mailto:andy@bfitsolutions.com]
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 8:29 PM
To: Berkeley Johnson
Subject: RE: HOCR Erg Work

 
Hi Augie,
where are you guys sleeping?  i am planning to fly in thursday about 6:30 pm.  i think i have a place to crash friday night but thursday and saturday nights are up in the air.  two years ago when i rowed for Rocky Mountain i slept on the floor of one of the hotel rooms.  not much has changed since college!  any thoughts?
andy

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