On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 12:29:37 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

> On 8/17/2014 12:09 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Ok I am rather the opposite. I don't want anything I don't fancy and
> > am more picky than I used to be. I do experiment a lot, but only within
> > the parameters of things I know I will like.
> >
>
> I joined a civic club that had been trying to get me to join for a
> decade and got to do stuff like drive a truck in a parade and build
> school benches.
>
> I agreed to help out a business competitor and learned a lot about
> efficient business practices and honed my skills at connecting with
> people. I used to think of these guys as the company with the most vile
> practices in the state but you will learn a lot by getting closer to the
> enemy. For one thing, you might find out that they're not really the
> enemy. :-)

Maybe, but astute businessmen subscribe to "keep your friends close,
but keep your enemies closer" and I think you're being astute.
http://www.askmen.com/money/mafioso_60/67_mafia.html


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