TZUTC: -0800   
   MSGID: 1810.fido-memories@1:153/757.2 2600fe56   
   REPLY: 532.fidonet-memories@1:2320/33 2600849f   
   PID: Synchronet 3.19a-Linux master/27dfa4f6b Nov 18 2021 GCC 11.2.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.14-Linux master/27dfa4f6b Nov 18 2021 GCC 11.2.0   
   BBSID: TRMB   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
    >  GP> I thought I was wrong once. . . but I was mistaken (warning: brain   
    >  GP> cells evaporate the longer you ponder this irony/paradox)   
      
    >   So, *THAT'S* my problem.    
      
   I stopped counting long ago! GD&R. . .   
      
    >  GP> I make a point of conducting muyself with integrity, especuially now   
    >  GP> that I know tyhe secret: it shows.   
      
    >   Honesty is the best policy.   
      
   Yup, & honestyu is more than sipmly "not lying"; if you tell the truth in a way   
   intended to deceive, you're lying! (I'm looking at you, politicians!)   
      
    >   My parents never had more than one job, but they worked hard to provide   
    > for my brother and I. They grew up during The Depression, so they watched   
    > every penny. Money talks...but, mine just waves "goodbye". :P   
      
   There's only two ways, jhust lke dieting:   
   Increase income / decrease calories input   
   decrease spending / increase calorie burning   
      
   Do both & you really begin to succeed!   
      
    >  GP> If you add more & more responsibilities to a person's position,   
    >  GP> eventually you'll overwhelm them, & they'll be unable to do it -- at   
    >  GP> best; spectacularly failing in a breakdown, at worst.   
      
    >   N.A.V.Y. - N)ever A)gain V)olunteer Y)ourself. :P   
      
   You'll get 'voluntold' (did you really step forward, or did every one else step   
   back?)   
      
    >   Society has gotten where it's "a crime to fail". In this life, in sports,   
    > someone has to win, and someone has to lose. Now, we give everyone a trophy   
    > for not even trying or preparing. Why should one bust their butts in the   
    > preparation, if they're going to reward those who don't do a thing??   
      
   IKR? & in real ilge it doesn't work out that everyone gets a ribbon?   
      
   I'll aply for a job against 20 of these kids with recent degrees & experience -   
   - I have none of those & I'll get the job! Because I know the goal is to WIN.   
   (the job, them more revenue for my new employer)   
      
   I applied for a job in insurance a while back, & had to take a big test on   
   their computer; I figured out what they wanted, but answered my own way anyhow:   
      
   In any game of shirts vs skins, they want to hear I cheat & cause grievous   
   bodily damage, to get points for my team.   
      
   Of course not! I play hard, cuz that makes the game fun, but I play fair.  When   
   I lose, I shrug & offer a rematch.  That won't work in competitive corporate   
   business/sales.   
      
   If it's important enough, I'll play to win & I will win, because I know how to   
   focus on goals & solve all problems needed to achieve them.   
      
   This works great for board games & card games, but not physical sports, as I've   
   always sucked like Electrolux at those.   
      
   If I wanted the job after learning the kind of corporate attitudes they had,   
   I'd have got it. . .   
      
   I used their name to get another job done (getyyting a guy flown back to   
   Edmonton, into a hospital that was 2/3 closed due to Norwalk Virus, with   
   emergency brain surgery scheduled the next morning by a surgeon who'd just done   
   12+ hours ion his feet in surgery! Got an old nurse on the line & explained I   
   had a job from {insurer} & I coluld hear her spine straighten up as she meekly   
   responded, "Yes, sir? How can I help you?  You want me to bother a tired doctor   
   on his way home? Is it important? Yes, sir" next voice I hear was his, in his   
   car, "WHAT???"; I said Nurse X felt you were the best surgeon to take care of   
   my patient's adsvanced Neural GBM (I learned the jargon before calling)   
      
   He asked 2 questionhs, for which I hasd instant answerrs, & pulled over to talk   
   to me & gave me his fax# to get the medical notes from Switzerland.   
      
   My boss said the next morning that I saved the guy's life.  Nice! Now tell me   
   winning doesn't matter! Tell him this! :D    
      
   Today's loser kids would've done the minimum, been rejected by the nurses, &   
   never reached the right doctor, & would've said, "Hey, I tried." & counted it   
   as a day's work well done.   
      
   Let's ask the guy with the brain tumour if there's a difference!   
      
   I decided not to get rid of my tumor anymore   
   I dont know why, i guess it just grew on me.   
      
   Your friend,   
      
   <+]:{)}   
   Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM   
   --- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux   
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.2)   
   SEEN-BY: 1/123 14/0 30/0 80/1 90/1 103/705 105/81 120/340 123/131   
   SEEN-BY: 129/305 134/100 153/0 105 135 757 7715 154/10 218/700 840   
   SEEN-BY: 221/1 6 226/30 227/114 229/424 426 428 452 664 700 240/1120   
   SEEN-BY: 240/5832 249/206 307 317 400 261/38 267/67 280/464 282/464   
   SEEN-BY: 282/1038 292/854 301/0 1 101 113 123 317/3 322/757 335/364   
   SEEN-BY: 341/66 342/200 633/280 712/848 920/1 4500/1 5020/1042 5058/104   
   PATH: 153/757 221/6 301/1 229/426