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Subject:I don't take goats! (was mushroom engineering) From:Andrew Plato <intrepid_es -at- YAHOO -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:23:08 -0800
Been following this thread for a couple days now, and since no one has
said this, I will:
I NEVER volunteer to "take goats" (lambs, or otherwise) for ANY farm
project I have attended!
Even when the Project Lead has asked for volunteers and some eyes fall
on the "non-livestock type".
Perhaps it's because I've been around this business so long, but I've
had to fight the "glorified bovine" bias for a long time (please, no
flames, I respect and admire cows, sheep, and all forms of livestock.)
Again, sorry, but I don't chew my cud and I don't have four stomachs
either!
Billy Hoof
USDA
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Just being irreverent.
I agree to a point with the originator of this thread. I hate it too
when some doofus manager looks at me like I was his Girl Friday. But,
there is something to be said for being a team player.
Nevertheless, I think taking notes is fine. It allows me to control
the ideas that get preserved and the stupid ones that get forgotten.
In many ways, note taking is a position of immense authority.
No goats, sheep, cows, or egos were harmed in the writing of this
message.
Andrew Plato
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