[SBE] Industry retirement situation

[John Freberg]

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On Mar 17, 2008, at 8:48 PM, Barry Mishkind wrote:


> 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.

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> 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.)

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> 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.

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> 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.

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> 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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>> -----Original Message-----

>> 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

>> To: sbe member discussion mail list

>> 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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