I have decided....

[Alaskan]

I am full time kilted at this point. Part of my job is introducing the students to other cultures so the kilt gets nothing but positive reactions from all the staff at the schools I teach at.

I am just a little worried about when I get done with this job and have to find another. Obviously I will wear pants if I have to for work, but I would be happier if I could find another job where kilts are accepted.

[Freelander Sporrano]

Graham, How's it going with your WAF factor

[Graham]

Graham, How's it going with your WAF factor

You lost me there mate, WAF?? Ok call me thick, it's late.

[Freelander Sporrano]

Whats the WAF Factor? I hear you say. I’ll try to Explain.

Some years ago a friend and I were discussing useless teenage shop assistant’s.
You know the ones. There either not interested, or far to keen. My mate is a HI-FI buff.
He told me he was looking for a new tape deck(Arh! The pre CD days with all that lovlly background hiss.)Or somthing like that.

We went along to the nearest TV HIFI shop, We got one Of thoose teenage “I know it all. So you can’t tell me anything I don’t allready know types. We’ll My mate had his eye on this new tape-deck.It had more buttons and dials than a spaceship.The smart alec salesman tried it all to impress us, with all the usual terminology. Dolby, wow,flutter,reverb ect .

I was following this conversation between the two when my mate said in the middle of this verbal diarrhoea. “Yes thats all fine, but what about the WAF factor.”
Without stopping to draw breath the salesman said thats 0.5 ohms .I’m sorry my mate said we’ll have to look elsewhere.

Outside the shop I asked him about this WAF factor.I’ve a reasonable thecnical education. I’ve never heard of a WAF factor before. I was only testing that know-it-all teenage salesman he said.

WAF mean’s Wife. Acceptance Factor

[Graham]

Ahh the WAF factor, well why didn't you say? well it started out at .02nwp (not well pleased) and has in the last 12 months increased to 1.5ma (moderately accepted).

I still have a lot of tuning a tweaking to do but I'm confident i'll get up to full volume before I reach 70yrs (years).

Great story, thanks!

[Freelander Sporrano]

And when is that exactly

[Graham]

Exactly? well since you ask, 17 years to go as from Sunday 13th.

[Colin]

I am full time kilted at this point. Part of my job is introducing the students to other cultures so the kilt gets nothing but positive reactions from all the staff at the schools I teach at.

I am just a little worried about when I get done with this job and have to find another. Obviously I will wear pants if I have to for work, but I would be happier if I could find another job where kilts are accepted.

Will you be looking for another teaching position in Japan when this job ends, or are you heading back to Alaska?

[Alaskan]

I'll be going back to Alaska.

[Ugly Bear]

So Graham, how did it go when you finally chucked all the trousers? Any comments at the drop-point?

And how is it "working without a net," as it were? Do you feel that, in fact, you can't go home again?