Tuesday, December 17, 2019

2019 - Day 351/14 - Tuesday...Marshal...

Everybody passed, and everybody learned stuff! Yesterday was the last day of the 30 hours SAE Property Management class I presented at the Austin Board of REALTORS®. The course, presented over four days, took three weeks to complete because of the presenters complicated schedules. BUT, it all turned out just the way it is supposed to, and everybody is happy. Mainly that the course is completed! Today was a good day, no cattle got loose, no tragedies occurred, nothing but good stuff. It was a day in and out of the office, kind of like a normal day.

Marshal -- Noun. 1. a person who arranges and directs the ceremonial aspects of a gathering. 2. a high-ranking military officer. 3. a federal official having duties similar to those of a sheriff. "Thank you to the parade marshal for keeping all of us in our place for the parade and ensuring that the ceremony proceeded on time." Pat Strack, Borehamwood & Elstree Times (UK), November 20, 2014

Did You Know? Although most French words are derived from Latin, a few result from the 3rd-century Germanic occupation of France, and the early French mareschal is one such word. Mareschal is related to the Old High German marahscalc, formed by combining marah ("horse") and scalc ("servant"). Our marshal, which comes from mareschal, originally meant "a person in charge of the upkeep of horses" when it was borrowed into Middle English, but by the 13th century it described a high royal official as well. Eventually it came to have other meanings.

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