And we've all been there, too. I never really thought about it much, but any time I have started a new job I have always put in a lot of effort to do really good work. I think most of it is just due to the newness and the excitement of the new work -- everything is fresh and invigorating. But it DOES have the effect of banking up some attaboys and there HAVE been times when that bank has gotten tapped. I can think of three, specifically -- which is probably not bad over a 30+ year working life thus far -- and I'm sure there are others that I was never aware of.As my first boss used to remind me, a single "oh $h1t" undoes ten "attaboys". If you don't have them already banked, you're in trouble.
Where's that? Sounds like my kind of place!If you really want to see a crapstorm go hang out in a forum that runs a open unlimited unmoderated politics section when someones ego and belief systems gets rubbed the wrong way.
Where's that? Sounds like my kind of place!
TCM, you have a protoge'. LGM is practicing up with his poking stick.
But I want to argue with engineers, not farmers.If you prefer a slight bit of civility but no moderation there's these guys. http://www.allischalmers.com/forum/default.asp
For a bunch of old farm equipment loving good ol' boys from time to time they can really tear it up in the politics section which as the forum admin says has "no lifeguard on duty" and is open to pretty much any topic you dare bring up in a public forum.
If you want to get a bit more rough there's the Bash Board. http://www.allthingsagriculture.com/Bashboard/index.php
As they describe themself 'it's the place where friends and enemies gather to argue.'
So if you can't get someone there into an all out drag out beat down lives being threatened debate over anything you just aren't trying.
For the ultimate life altering and likely permanent inner child scarred for life experience I would say that most any XXX site web forum would be the place to go. I don't go to any of those, hence the reason I can't give you an actual reference to what is the worst of the worst, but hey if you really really want to go off the deep end of the internet cesspool there will always be someone at one of those sites that passed the legal point of no return way too long ago you can play with.
So I have been told!Don't think of them as farmers -- they are agricultural engineers.
Is that before or after church?I often have breakfast on Sunday...two gins...
Same is true for hamburger flippers.So I have been told!
I was praising the strange wisdom of those who work with nature when I was advised that most of today's farmers have college degrees (instead of hard earned wisdom about the ways of the natural world?)
My stepmother's brother is a Nebraska farmer and his three sons, AFAIK, are all college educated. A "good" agricultural education is actually very demanding, particularly if the focus is on running a family farm in today's high-tech world in competition with corporate farms. Aside from the obvious subject related to crops, there are lots of economic courses at the micro, macro, and international levels given how international trends, policies, and events influence commodity markets. There is also a heavy dose of biology and ecology so that farmers can plan so as to minimize stress on their crops, recognize distressed crops when it happens, and figure out how to respond to it. There is also a lot of technical knowledge that is needed. A lot of farming is now dependent of GPS utilization for all kinds of things ranging from controlling seed distribution to mapping soil moisture and insect infestations.So I have been told!
I was praising the strange wisdom of those who work with nature when I was advised that most of today's farmers have college degrees (instead of hard earned wisdom about the ways of the natural world?)
But I want to argue with engineers, not farmers.
I had a sage E-6 educate me about this in the Navy. I was complaining about an apparent double standard wherein I had more demanded of me than my peers. I would try so hard to be "that guy" who always got right, ahead if schedule, and if I didn't get it right or was behind schedule, i would be in deeper shit than my peers who never tried and didn't even attempt to maintain a schedule.And we've all been there, too. I never really thought about it much, but any time I have started a new job I have always put in a lot of effort to do really good work. I think most of it is just due to the newness and the excitement of the new work -- everything is fresh and invigorating. But it DOES have the effect of banking up some attaboys and there HAVE been times when that bank has gotten tapped. I can think of three, specifically -- which is probably not bad over a 30+ year working life thus far -- and I'm sure there are others that I was never aware of.
Sadly, discussing about why most beautiful girls always fall for the AHs would require opening a newMe either. It will just have to remain one of those inconvenient truths of life that I can't come to terms with. Like "girls always fall for the asshole "; logically, if you want to get the girl, you just treat her like garbage. But, I'm not an <snip>I'd rather be a real friend than a fake boyfriend. Anyway I'm past that one; got married somehow, and now I don't have to worry about it.
It's quite simple, really -- Apparent allies may be phonies -- whereas the sincerity of overt jerks is guaranteed!Sadly, discussing about why most beautiful girls always fall for the AHs would require opening a newthreadforum.
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