[SBE] Industry retirement situation

[William McCombs]

Very clever, very good, very funny!!!!

On Mar 17, 2008, at 9:24 PM, John Freberg wrote:


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> ROTFLOL

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

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>> 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.

>>

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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

>>>

>>>

>>> -----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

>>>

>>> 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?

>>>

>>> 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.

>>>

>>> snip

>>>

>>> > > 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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