On 3/19/2017 5:48 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Mar 2017 16:33:13 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>

>
> He didn't repeat his mistake, but I think he felt badly about how much
> he'd missed the mark by.  Fortunately, I kept a set of files that had
> "the answer" in them so he was able to catch up easily, and he did see
> what he'd done wrong, so he learned that way.
>
> Making mistakes is a great way to learn, and I underscored with my class
> as well as the people I've managed the past year (just changed teams, so
> I'm going through this with the new team I'm managing) that when it comes
> to mistakes, I've made a few.  (Not actually quoting a Queen song, but I
> may as well be.)
>

Was that not Frank Sinatra?


>>> Actually, for us, it usually involves fireworks or guns.  'Murica.
>>>
>> Guns are for crims or fearties. A weapon is whatever you can get your
>> hands on. Be it a pencil or a shoelace.
>
> Oh, yeah, but when it comes to doing stupid shit, 'Murica is great at
> using those two things as ways of demonstrating that stupidity.
>

I think there has been enough said on the subject.
Personally I can see no solution. Especially when there is a lot of 
money to be made.



>>>>> The UK had Brexit, but we had a Trump card.
>>>>>
>>>> And you're welcome to it.
>>>
>>> Now what did I ever do to you? :P
>>>
>> You live in places that are hard to visit. :)
>
> Pffft.  You need to come out to our island sometime and check it out.
> Preferably *after* they've finished the reconstruction work in our
> bathroom. :/
>

I must admit that Hobbs NM is a bit off the beaten path. IIRC I would 
have had to leave straight from work on the Friday, arrive about 7pm 
Saturday and start the return journey early Sunday morning. To get back 
in time for work on Monday morning.


> A couple weeks ago (and keep in mind, that construction on our apartment

[Snip]

Ah! Lucky Jim.

A bit of a nightmare.


> A couple days ago, the main investor in the property - who is properly

[Snip]


>
> All on someone else's nickel. :)  Except for the beer and dinner tonight,
> unless they insist - because we'd planned on going up there tonight
> anyways.
>

That is decent treatment. Still inconvenient for you.


> While we're out, we get a call from the abatement guys.  More bad news -
> the insulation is wet back under the cabinets, so they're going to have
> to stop and get hold of the subcontractor who did the cabinet work and
> have the cabinets removed sometime next week, and then the abatement guys
> have to come back and finish the job.
>

"What new Hell is this?" ;)

> And, of course, I work from home - and as mentioned earlier, I moved to
> manage a different department (our customer/partner training team - 3
> people right now, but we're going to grow it - I'm really excited about
> the new role) - one of my first tasks was to create training for, shall
> we say, a very large local software company whom we're partnering with on
> some stuff - to be delivered this coming Monday.  So demolition work is
> going on while I'm on the call with them earlier this week.
>

Nice one. :)
Learning to cope with things going wrong is character forming. :)


> Next Saturday, we have two concerts in Seattle on Saturday; PDQ Bach
> (Peter Schickele)

I did not know he was still alive.
Speaking of which. I hear Chuck Berry has just died. :(

> in the afternoon, and then the Seattle Symphony
> performing Beethoven's 5th Symphony that evening.  (That is actually a
> very funny coincidence; Schickele did a recording back in 1990 called "On
> the air", during which they have a performance of the first movement of
> the 5th - complete with a sports-announcer-style commentary.  I really
> wonder if they planned it, or if it was just happenstance.)
>

I got my introduction to Classical music from someone who gave me a 
running commentary of Beethoven's Emperor concerto. Not as a sports 
announcer, though. :)

> And on the 28th, it's our 20th wedding anniversary.  So, with the rent
> discount (they haven't said how much, but knowing them, it'll be
> significant), we're going to have a pretty nice 20th anniversary
> celebration. :)
>

Congratulations!

> Which just goes to show that mold in the bathroom can be a "good"
> thing. ;)
>

Fleming thought that too. ;)


-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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