tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post1166503651824048832..comments2023-10-25T06:13:28.265-04:00Comments on The Conservative Wahoo: The First PostThe Conservative Wahoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17818674434286683162noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-61452167566149598032013-06-03T20:33:17.180-04:002013-06-03T20:33:17.180-04:00I give it 5 years, give or take, before you lose y...I give it 5 years, give or take, before you lose your enthusiasm and your readership bottoms out. But fear not, your as yet unidentified, and eternally unpaid staff of writers shame you back into paternity of this blog and after a slow start, readership returns on the heels of some fascinating correspondence from the middle east. But that's just a guess.Mudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10106218895150473141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-53851636798477948842008-06-26T11:36:00.000-04:002008-06-26T11:36:00.000-04:00E' bellissima Casole d'Elsa.E' bellissima Casole d'Elsa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-18938971500733844082008-06-25T16:53:00.000-04:002008-06-25T16:53:00.000-04:00OK Cruiser Deity, a peeve of yours is coffee serve...OK Cruiser Deity, a peeve of yours is coffee served in clear glass mugs - check. One of the items you're interested in talking about in world travel - especially Italy - check. Let me combine these two items to mention something Italy has taught me. The lesson I learnt from 8 days in Tuscany? Slow down, relax, and savor what goes on around you. Every single day in Italia began for at a bar usually around the "centro historico" in such towns as Montepulciano, Siena, Casole d'Elsa, Radda in Chianti, Massa Maratima, etc, sitting outdoors under an umbrella sipping away on a cappuccino out of a cup and saucer. After the third day I realized the sin in ordering a cappuccino "to go" as we are so apt to do. A cappucinno is not meant to be all jumbled up in a styrofoam cup and consumed on-the-run. It is meant to be savored while sitting and enjoying conversation. Or, just sitting there, smiling, watching and thinking, "Sic transit gloia mundi" A very humbling experience.<BR/><BR/>TIA - Doc MilnamoDoc Milnamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14859084898805569831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-46800936327859203032008-06-25T13:56:00.000-04:002008-06-25T13:56:00.000-04:00SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!!!!SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!!!!The Conservative Wahoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818674434286683162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-61224031508570208292008-06-25T13:54:00.000-04:002008-06-25T13:54:00.000-04:00OK my brother the Conservative Wahoo, one of my pe...OK my brother the Conservative Wahoo, one of my pet peeves - if you will - is also on your list as 10. Corporate Human Resources offices.<BR/><BR/>I submit to you that corporate America (and corporate 'world' for that matter) began its slow, torturous death spiral circa late 80's when the Personnel Department was renamed Human Resources. <BR/><BR/>What do you see in Personnel? Yes indeed, the word person. What does Human Resources conjure up? How about this - chatel? I'm now a resource, just as land, F&F, buildings, machinery are. How exciting, I'm a "movable article of property"! Wait a second, chatel...hmmm..oh yea, CATTLE!!!<BR/><BR/>Best to you bro. TIA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-47834935481803521262008-06-25T13:26:00.000-04:002008-06-25T13:26:00.000-04:00Great stuff! I don't imagine I will be commenting...Great stuff! I don't imagine I will be commenting too often as I have real difficulty being relevant or coherent - much less both at the same time. <BR/>I do want to thank you for opening my eyes to the fact that I was born to work in Corporate Human Resources.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-7808111776491470792008-06-25T12:53:00.000-04:002008-06-25T12:53:00.000-04:00Oh my, Dan...you're right on target. I despise th...Oh my, Dan...you're right on target. I despise that moment when you are obviously paying with cash, and the server says, "would you like change?" No, I think you really earned that 47% tip, and so I think you should have it. I'LL TELL YOU if you don't have to bring me change....don't ask!The Conservative Wahoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818674434286683162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-62816097180093830322008-06-25T12:39:00.000-04:002008-06-25T12:39:00.000-04:00I am surprised to not see listed under Pet Peeves:...I am surprised to not see listed under Pet Peeves:<BR/>Waiters / Waitresses who ask, "Would you like change?" when you pay for your meal.<BR/>And, I am honored to make "first tracks" on this Blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com