Hello again, Everyone, and thanks for the warm welcome!
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The Local Dialect ... No, TLD, I am not from South Carolina, although I spent some time there during graduate school. I have spent limited time traveling on I-26 ... the avatar is more of an homage to my nickname which is also my lucky number. The nickname was given to me by some good Chinese friends in Guangxi where I worked for a year.
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ericthered ...
... you didn't notice me,
eric, because I was hiding amongst the trees.
I look forward to continuing to browse the forum threads and read the interesting topics and responses. Maybe one day I can even become a "Barfly" ...
Thanks again to everyone for the kind greetings. It's great to be here!
--GA