On 8/18/2014 5:09 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 12:29:37 -1000, dsi1
> > wrote:
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>> On 8/17/2014 12:09 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>> 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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It's the most well-disciplined office I've ever been in. Everybody and
everything in the office has their function and place. Everybody's
mental state has to be as one and it requires personalities that are
able to function together. If it doesn't - you're out. This is a
hard-assed, serious office. We've all heard of the paperless office for
decades - this is the first one that I've ever seen and it works just
great. It has been quite an experience.