Dental Technician in the USA

[Grant]

I am a white American, a RPCV who taught English at the government school in Jilib in the Sixties. I have made my living since my return as a dental technician.

I am certified in Crown and Bridge and fabricate most fixed prosthetics. I work mostly with gold and porcelain, but also have composites and acrylic available.

I follow Somali matters closely and have been on the Somalinet forum since 2005. I would purely love to see a dental program at Amoud U and sincerely wonder what a successful dental progaram in the country would look like.

[Pharmacist]

Welcome Grant to SD forums!
I hope you enjoy your stay here & thanks for your concern in Somali issues.
How is your Somali language?
Real Pharmacist

[Grant]

Pharmacist,

AfSomalikaygii wa yar yahay.  I was taught very elementary Woqoyii but lived in Konfur. I can read if it's simple and I really work at it, but speaking or writing intelligibly is usually beyond me.

[Pharmacist]

Your Somali is not that bad & your writing is also good

[Diagnostic]

Welcome Mr.Grant to SD Forums!
Soo Dhawow...
Diagnostic

[Grant]

Thanks, Diagnostic! Where do I know you from?

[Diagnostic]

I know you because there is only one Grant who worked with peace corps in Jilib!

“One of the Internet's strengths is its ability to help surfers find the right needle in a digital haystack of data.” 
Diagnostic

[Dr.smile]

 ur somali is even better than mine
 dentla school in hargysa has been my fathers deram 4 along time

[Doctoor]

But Dr.Smile, you speak English better than he speaks Somali language.
Mr.Grant, could you tell us How Somali looked like in the 60s?.
Doctoor

[Grant]

I don't know what to tell you. I only knew it then and I don't know all the ways in which it changed.

I was there 1966-67. Hamar was quite small. When I was there I stayed in Shingani and walked to the southern outskirts to a truck stop to catch a ride to Kismayo.

The only roads in the country were inside Mog and between Kismayo and Jilib. There was only one traffic light, in downtown Mog, between two cement highrises, near the only shop in town where you could get an ice cream cone. We mostly ate at Cali Madowbe's, which was beside a large building I think may have been the Isbahaysiga Mosque. (?)

The residential part of Hargeysa was just a large aqal camp. Dusamareeb had three stone buildings.

We frequently saw elephants in Jilib, usually in the evening, usually crossing the road. I saw lion prints crossing the road once on the western outskirts.

I had an arish on the western side of town, on the same street as the police station. My back neighbor was the goat pasture. School was a relic from the Italian era.

I got lucky and was able to spend a few days each in Eyl, Tallex and Barawe. I got into Kismayo one day every other week. I also got to Beledweyn, Merka and Afgoye.

What can I tell you?

[Doctoor]

Thank you very much.
That's what I want to hear from you, really it's an amazing description.
You are right, the life was so simple....
Doctoor!