[SBE] Industry retirement situation

[Barry Mishkind]

Yes, with fuel prices rising, it is time to take note. I'm already 
working on my new career as a buggy whip engineer, and including a 
certification program for all analog and digital buggy whip engineers.

The group I am working with, the Association of Buggy Whip 
Manufacturers, has high hopes for our new Digital Buggy Whip. As 
designed, each new digital buggy whip will have multiple whiplets (2 
or 4) on it, and capable of whipping multiple horses at one time. 
Precorrection will be employed, so the lead horses get whipped first, 
in order to prevent excessive crashes. Installers will need to be 
careful to make sure the assembly is carefully aligned. (If 
misaligned, it is easy to see how they could cause trouble for 
adjacent buggy operators.)

We are hoping to lobby successfully for a government mandate, 
requiring digital buggy whips on all carriages (The Amish will also 
have to have them too, unless they ride with one wheel on the 
shoulder, to prevent any possibility of interference with oncoming 
buggies). We are hoping to also get a "sunset date" on all buggy 
whips, except those used on one-horse carriages.

By the way, information from the ABWM has been prepared to explain 
this a special type of digital whip: known as IBOC (in buggy, on 
carriage) and which will be licensed by the ICOR (in carriage, on 
road) company. Originally, it was considered calling it the HD whip, 
but then someone said "hot dog!" and we adjourned for dinner.






At 03:28 PM 3/17/2008, McGlothen, Darryl, wrote

>Knowledge and skill in the manufacture of 'buggy whips' may just likely

>be a valuable commodity if the cost of fuel continues to rise. The key

>in any economy is flexibility. The 'engineer' of today may well be

>replaced by the technology of the future; and that sooner than most of

>us think! Make use of the tools at hand (SBE membership, education and

>participation) but be ready to move in a totally new direction.

>

>Darryl

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>From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of

>Barry Mishkind

>Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 3:09 PM

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>Subject: Re: [SBE] Industry retirement situation

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>None of these media have managed to make any money aside from a few

>publicized buyouts, so "embracing" such media is still premature.

>Would one want to learn how to make buggywhips?

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>Without a clear view of how things will shake down - and which ones

>may have a viable economic foundation    the rest is just talk that

>does not help people who are scrambling just to survive.

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> > > The really sad part is that while we can see these issues, the tech

> > > folks have relatively little leverage to do much. Sort of like a

> > > train engineer, we can only drive on the tracks we are given.

> > > Until the content problem is solved - a way to involve young people

> > > in the air product - we will see more erosion in listeners/sales.

> > > The challenge for engineers to avoid being red-lined.

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Barry Mishkind     -       Tucson, AZ    -   520-296-3797