On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 12:07 -0700, MHR wrote: > On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 10:07 AM, William L. Maltby > <CentOS4Bill at triad.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > > HTH (?) > > > > Jeeze, Bill, do you have to be such an a$$-kisser? > > (KIDDING! RBFG and all that....) <*chuckling and all that*> It's a hangover from my professional days. The best quote from one of my managers ever was "Geez! You're so **** hard to manage, but we don't want to lose you!". I had a rep as being um... "independent". Never wore ties... until they were sure I wouldn't and then I showed up with one just to throw them off-kilter. My best quote ever (in the presence of 200+ members of the organization in which I had some responsibilities): VP: Bill, why do you ask such tough questions? ME: You know what a totem pole is? VP: Yes, so? ME: Well, think about it. When you're the bottom man on the totem pole and you look up, all you can see is a$$holes above you (said with a perfectly straight face). VP et al: <*uproarious laughter*> The hoomon brain is a wonderful associative processor. Sometimes I think mine is a little warped. > > mhr > <snip sig stuff> -- Bill