[SOC] Tribal Wisdom

[Louis Axeman]

I like 13 as I prefer a dead horse in a supervisory position to a the live horse's patoot in a supervisory position which is usually the case.

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On Mar 3, 2014, at 11:56 AM, <w7dra at juno.com> wrote:

> those of us who are still riding the AM/CW horse
> 
> mike w7dra
> On Mon, 3 Mar 2014 04:34:27 -0800 (PST) Kyle N4NSS <n4nss at yahoo.com>
> writes:
>> And this is Ham Radio related,  HOW?
>> 
>> Kyle N4NSS  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Bob Patten <n4bp at bellsouth.net>
>>> To: SOC Reflector <soc at mailman.qth.net> 
>>> Cc: Juli Patten <jcpatten at juno.com>; Joanna Jones 
>> <joanna_jones at yahoo.com>; Brian Kassel <k7re at arrl.net> 
>>> Sent: Monday, March 3, 2014 6:16 AM
>>> Subject: [SOC] Tribal Wisdom
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The tribal wisdom of the Plains 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.
>>> 
>>> "However, in government (and academia) more advanced strategies are 
>> 
>>> often employed, such as:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 1. Buying a stronger whip.
>>> 
>>> 2. Changing riders.
>>> 
>>> 3. Appointing a committee to study the horse.
>>> 
>>> 4. Arranging to visit other countries to see how other cultures 
>> ride 
>>> dead horses.
>>> 
>>> 5. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.
>>> 
>>> 6. Reclassifying the dead horse as living impaired.
>>> 
>>> 7. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.
>>> 
>>> 8. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed.
>>> 
>>> 9. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase the 
>> dead 
>>> horse's performance.
>>> 
>>> 10. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would 
>> improve 
>>> the dead horse's performance.
>>> 
>>> 11. 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.
>>> 
>>> 12. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all 
>> horses.
>>> 
>>> And, of course ...
>>> 
>>> 13. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.
>>> 
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