In addition to Ashish and the station engineers (who still haven't returned from the station build...we may see them Wednesday before we head out to Cochin), I'm working with two new guys from our Indian rep, Technomedia.

They're both from Chennai and speak mostly Tamil, although they seem to have a basic grasp of English.

Nice guys, and they appear to be quite bright, but I can't for the life of me remember their names. Nor could I pronounce them even if I could remember. Fortunately, they hardly understand me so I've taken to calling them Steve and Joe. They just smile and nod. I'm so bloody American.

I really would try to call them by their real names, but Steve's name sounds like a sneeze and Joe's name sounds like he's speaking backwards. In the picture, Steve is on the right. Although it doesn't really matter...

(Steve and Joe chosen purely at random as typical American names. A connection to real people named Steve and Joe, and you know who you are, is purely coincidental.)