I figured it was about time to give Racerdad916 the magic decoder ring so he could do moderator duties around here. So, I fixed that issue and he should have a few more magic buttons on his screen now.

Yell if you have questions!

Welcome aboard!!!

with great power comes great responsibility....... of course that assumes we are a responsible lot....

I figured you might manage to be responsible enough for the rest of us...

Another Ohio boy steering the ship

(I'm originally from Ohio)

That explains a lot...

Welcome to the club.

Promoted?

Ouch

Ohio is where it's at! But I like Indiana better...

More responsibility, no money....(or less). You know...."Promoted".

SO...... Does that make you a Hoser? or is that a Huuuuusier?

Uhhh... Hosers are from up here, Eh?

he's a southern Hoser, eh?

I don't even know what a Hoosier is, but I do live about 20min north of their headquarters.

None of these Canadian versions of the word are very flattering! My Dad used the first one...

Origins of the word HoserLike the very similar term hosehead, the term may have referred to farmers of the Canadian prairies, who would siphon gasoline from farming vehicles with a hose during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The expression has since been converted to the verb "to hose" as in to trick, deceive, or steal; e.g., "That card-shark sure hosed me."

'Hosed' has an additional meaning of getting drunk. For example: "Let's go out and get hosed." Another possible origin is derived from hockey slang. Before ice resurfacers, the losing team in a hockey game would have to hose down the rink after a game. Thus the term "hoser" being synonymous with "loser".

I feel strangely smarter now...not that it takes very much.

Racerdad916!! Congrats on the promotion