Fw: [TheForge] jobs OT

[Peter Hirst]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Hirst" <saltydog335 at aol.com>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] jobs OT


> That was precisely Longfellow's insight wasn't it?
> 
> Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend
> For the lesson thou has taught
> Thus on the flaming forge of life
> Our Fortunes must be wrought
> Thus on its sounding  anvil shaped
> Each burning deed and thought.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu>
> To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:09 PM
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] jobs OT
> 
> 
> Joke figured out before you told me<G>, if everyone worked their lives
> like hot iron, we would be a better place.  Other comments left off for
> brevity and to not incite another round from any direction (another
> joke)<G>.
> 
> All the Best.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of ries
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:23 PM
> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] jobs OT
> 
> To get off of politics- which, of course, is an argument nobody ever  
> wins-
> Except my son- who is currently the Washington State High School  
> Debate Champion, and therefore the most argumentative teen in my  
> state...
> 
> Arent ALL BLACKSMITHS basically doing what you describe?
> 
> That is, working with the world they are given?
> Theory doesnt amount to nuttin when you run it up against an actual  
> piece of hot steel, which acts, no matter if you are a liberal or a  
> conservative, according to the immutable physical laws of the universe.
> 
> So I would tend to give pretty much all blacksmiths the benefit of the  
> doubt- that is, no matter how wrony you obviously are about your  
> political beliefs (thats a joke, son) that you are a practical,  
> resourceful guy who would be great to have around in any kind of a  
> pinch, who knows how to fix things, who sees thru BS, and who  
> basically has his head on straight.
> 
> Ries
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 11, 2008, at 6:35 AM, <Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu>
> <Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu 
> > wrote:
> 
> There are those who dream of a perfect world.  This is good.
> And there are those who must work with the world that they are given.
> To work within the constraints of right and wrong (temporary,
> changeable, based upon popular conception and misconception) in order to
> protect theirselves and their neighbors.
> And one of their duties is to protect the dreamers<G>.
> 
> Triage.
> If you have never done it, you are blessed.
> If you do not know the meaning of the word, you are truly blessed.
> 
> All the best
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