OT: Living In Turkey ** To Butch

[Guest guest]

Love the pictures. And I tried to remember my

wholesale code but could not get in. I would like to

go back on the wholesale list again so maybe I can

order. I would love to try the rose oil. But my

husband is laid off. Oil company are at there worst

right now. And CNN spoke of the lay off before x-mas

but my husband never thought it would be him. He is a

drafter/designer. And was the only one in LA so they

shut down the LA division and now have everything in

TX. I am not moving cause my daughter is giving us our

first grandchild in June. So I am sure things will

pick up again after the war.

Some could say being here in New Orleans at Mardi Gras

time is a war by it self! Now I am not so adventous

and in my older years (44) I say home now on Mardi

Gras. Infact every year our friends who have a store

in the French Quarter invite us and every yr. I say

no.

I would love to travel one day, and my son's best

friend is leaving in 2 weeks to an unknown

destination, if you know what I mean.

But I do know that your rose oil is the best thing for

dry skin and can be mixed great with creams for the

face.

Thanks for explaining and as always in joy e-mailing

with you. Oh my husband and I do sing on the side and

our web site is www.legendsgold.com

Have a good day,

Nightengale

 

 

--- Butch Owen <butchbsi wrote: > Yo

Nightengale,

>

> > Hey,

> > I am not sure I understood the last e-mail you

> live in Turkey.

>

> Yep .. been here this trip since May 1988 .. all

> together got over 23

> years here.

>

> > If so I feel so stupid cause I never caught that

> before. DA!

>

> Not a problem .. that's why I often write at the

> bottom of my advert ..

> " Shipped to you from our store in downtown

> Friendsville, MD. Pop: 600

>

> I own a company in Ankara ...

> http://www.Bsi-Hq.com since Jul 1995

> And a company in Maryland ... http://www.AV-AT.com

> since Aug 1999

>

> > If so how do you feel being there on the blink of

> war?

>

> Finer'n frog hair split 3 ways. ;-p I love living

> on the edge .. I'm

> bored crapless in the USA. You ask any old soldier

> who has seen the

> elephant and they'll tell you that life after that

> is anticlimatic.

> Been that way since Joshua fit the battle of

> Jericho.

>

> > Also have you had any trouble being an American?

>

> Never bothered me before .. just glad I ain't French

> .. or Iraqi. Turks

> like Americans .. but most Turks see me as being

> more Turkish than they

> are because I know more about their country than

> most of them do. My

> Uncle Sam spent a lot of money training me to be a

> so-called expert on

> this part of the world. I can argue with them about

> their country to a

> point that they would consider insulting if another

> foreigner did so but

> they don't think that way about me because they know

> I do care and want

> to see things change .. be better. In the USA I am

> a conservative but

> in Turkey I'm a liberal .. damn near a left-wing

> activist.

>

> Bothers me a bit to deal with ostriches though ..

> folks who stick their

> heads in the sand and pretend there are no problems

> in the world. Lots

> of people like that here .. their main concern is

> the economy and which

> football team is playing tonight. And we're living

> with people like

> that on most of the lists I'm a member of .. but the

> issues are real

> close to home for me. Will be for the Americans

> again some day.

>

> My friends here run from losers who used to be

> somebody .. to generals

> who were my classmates when I attended the Turkish

> Command and General

> Staff University .. to Province Chiefs of Police who

> I've known since

> they were beat cops. In fact, my good buddy, Tekin

> Akin, has just been

> selected to be Chief of Police of Istanbul Province,

> where he will have

> a number of cities and sub-chiefs of police under

> him .. plus running a

> cop force for one of the largest cities in the world

> .. Istanbul has a

> population of 15 million plus. I get along good

> with Turkish cops. In

> fact, Chris did too when she came for her visit to

> the Rose Fields:

> Check it out at

> http://www.av-at.com/stuff/locallaw.html

>

> I'm comfortable .. and get pretty much what I want

> as far as comforts of

> life are concerned. Course .. there are a few

> things I can't get and I

> just had a buddy show up last weekend from

> Charleston, South Kacalacky.

> His wife brought me three things I miss a lot .. two

> fresh stalks of

> celery and 2 packages of Kraft Philadelphia Cream

> Cheese .. plus a big

> bag of grits. ;-p We have hundreds and hundreds of

> acres of celery

> grown in Turkey but you can't get the stalks .. they

> cut them off and

> grow the roots larger .. celery root is cooked

> forty-eleven different

> ways here and before coming to Turkey I had never

> seen it.

>

> And a few other things I miss .. might seem trivial

> but Spam and Chili

> with beans and smoked ham .. I miss'em but I fill

> myself when I go back

> to the USA a couple of times a year.

>

> > Are you still in the service or retired?

>

> After 30 glorious years of magnificent military

> service in the highest

> traditions of the Red, White and Blue .. I'm now a

> PFC .. which in the

> language of us retirees is .. Poor Friggin Civilian.

> ;-p

>

> > Now I have to ask all this since I missing that

> you lived in Turkey

> > and I know you must have answered these questins

> before.

>

> Not a problem. Turkey is my second home .. I'm a

> big fish in a little

> pond here. Back home .. in the USA I'm a minnow in

> a shark tank.

>

> > So bare with me if you can.

>

> Done and done. ;-p

>

> > Nightengale

>

> Y'all keep smiling ..

>

> Butch In Downtown Ankara. Pop: 3 million ;-p

> http://www.AV-AT.com

>

 

 

 

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Yo Nightengale,

 

> Hey,

> I am not sure I understood the last e-mail you live in Turkey.

 

Yep .. been here this trip since May 1988 .. all together got over 23

years here.

 

> If so I feel so stupid cause I never caught that before. DA!

 

Not a problem .. that's why I often write at the bottom of my advert ..

" Shipped to you from our store in downtown Friendsville, MD. Pop: 600

 

I own a company in Ankara ... http://www.Bsi-Hq.com since Jul 1995

And a company in Maryland ... http://www.AV-AT.com since Aug 1999

 

> If so how do you feel being there on the blink of war?

 

Finer'n frog hair split 3 ways. ;-p I love living on the edge .. I'm

bored crapless in the USA. You ask any old soldier who has seen the

elephant and they'll tell you that life after that is anticlimatic.

Been that way since Joshua fit the battle of Jericho.

 

> Also have you had any trouble being an American?

 

Never bothered me before .. just glad I ain't French .. or Iraqi. Turks

like Americans .. but most Turks see me as being more Turkish than they

are because I know more about their country than most of them do. My

Uncle Sam spent a lot of money training me to be a so-called expert on

this part of the world. I can argue with them about their country to a

point that they would consider insulting if another foreigner did so but

they don't think that way about me because they know I do care and want

to see things change .. be better. In the USA I am a conservative but

in Turkey I'm a liberal .. damn near a left-wing activist.

 

Bothers me a bit to deal with ostriches though .. folks who stick their

heads in the sand and pretend there are no problems in the world. Lots

of people like that here .. their main concern is the economy and which

football team is playing tonight. And we're living with people like

that on most of the lists I'm a member of .. but the issues are real

close to home for me. Will be for the Americans again some day.

 

My friends here run from losers who used to be somebody .. to generals

who were my classmates when I attended the Turkish Command and General

Staff University .. to Province Chiefs of Police who I've known since

they were beat cops. In fact, my good buddy, Tekin Akin, has just been

selected to be Chief of Police of Istanbul Province, where he will have

a number of cities and sub-chiefs of police under him .. plus running a

cop force for one of the largest cities in the world .. Istanbul has a

population of 15 million plus. I get along good with Turkish cops. In

fact, Chris did too when she came for her visit to the Rose Fields:

Check it out at http://www.av-at.com/stuff/locallaw.html

 

I'm comfortable .. and get pretty much what I want as far as comforts of

life are concerned. Course .. there are a few things I can't get and I

just had a buddy show up last weekend from Charleston, South Kacalacky.

His wife brought me three things I miss a lot .. two fresh stalks of

celery and 2 packages of Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese .. plus a big

bag of grits. ;-p We have hundreds and hundreds of acres of celery

grown in Turkey but you can't get the stalks .. they cut them off and

grow the roots larger .. celery root is cooked forty-eleven different

ways here and before coming to Turkey I had never seen it.

 

And a few other things I miss .. might seem trivial but Spam and Chili

with beans and smoked ham .. I miss'em but I fill myself when I go back

to the USA a couple of times a year.

 

> Are you still in the service or retired?

 

After 30 glorious years of magnificent military service in the highest

traditions of the Red, White and Blue .. I'm now a PFC .. which in the

language of us retirees is .. Poor Friggin Civilian. ;-p

 

> Now I have to ask all this since I missing that you lived in Turkey

> and I know you must have answered these questins before.

 

Not a problem. Turkey is my second home .. I'm a big fish in a little

pond here. Back home .. in the USA I'm a minnow in a shark tank.

 

> So bare with me if you can.

 

Done and done. ;-p

 

> Nightengale

 

Y'all keep smiling ..

 

Butch In Downtown Ankara. Pop: 3 million ;-p http://www.AV-AT.com