I realize with the email that I'm getting on the "paddling with whales" subject that it has passed the productive stage. I was hoping we could continue along a more productive route but it appears this thread has run its course (should have realized that as soon as the name-calling started - my fault I didn't). I'm getting too much email that would add to the heat rather than add substance, so I'm calling this one a dead horse issue. Regards, Jackie list-owner * ) * * ( ( ( ____ ____ ) ) )) / ) // ( ( /// ||| \\\ |)) ,_ )) \,----||| (o\ (( ) \_L x\w =====^~~~~'~~~~~,,,,,,,>> *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At 11:32 PM 10/25/00 -0700, Jackie Fenton wrote: >started - my fault I didn't). I'm getting too much email that would add >to the heat rather than add substance, so I'm calling this one a dead >horse issue. > * > ) * > * ( ( > ( ____ ____ ) > ) )) / ) // ( > ( /// ||| > \\\ |)) ,_ > )) \,----||| (o\ > (( ) \_L x\w > =====^~~~~'~~~~~,,,,,,,>> > Funny you should mention that. The following piece of samizadt showed up in my e-mail this weekend: ------------------ The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. In modern education and government, however, a whole range of far more advanced strategies are often employed, such as: 1. Buying a stronger whip. 2. Changing Riders. 3. Threatening the horse with termination. 4. Appointing a committee to study the horse. 5. Arranging to visit other countries to see how others ride dead horses. 6. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included. 7. Re-classifying the dead horse as "living impaired". 8. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse. 9. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase the speed. 10. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase the dead horse's performance. 11. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse's performance. 12. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is, less costly, carries lower overhead, and therefore, contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some other horses. 13. Re-writing the expected performance requirements for all horses. 14. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position. -- Wes *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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