Let me say this about that. Over the course of my career, I had numerous occasions to travel to foreign countries on business. Most of these trips were required to start new businesses or factories in a particular country, or to establish a partnership with an existing company. Low labor costs were important to the success of any […]
Let me say this about that. In American culture, failure is avoided like the Ebola virus. No true American sees failure as anything but their inability to function as a relavent member of society. Ask any kid about their heros and you are not likely to find a list of famous losers. The incessant mental pounding […]
Let me say this about that. My dad was a cowboy. Really, he was a cowboy. But the range he rode, the cows he punched and his nighttime campfires out on the prairie, were all in his head. He was a 19th century cowboy trapped in a 20th century laborer’s body. His character, his personality and […]
Let me say this about that. In 1957, I had just reached the age of twelve years and began to contemplate my future. Or, as was the common expression in those days, “what was I to become when I grew up”. Adult men in the deep south back then were defined by how they earned their […]
Let me say this about that. Human beings are a funny lot. We seem to think we understand the world we live in quite clearly. However, as I have aged, I am beginning to see that I don’t ‘really’ understand a helluva lot. Allow me to illustrate. How do you make a question mark in Chinese? […]
Let me say this about that. whine: [hwahyn, wahyn] – verb. To utter, in a nasal tone, unfounded complaints. To snivel in a peevish and self-pitying way. To accuse, without basis, someone else for one’s own self-created problems. They have been with us all our lives – WHINERS. In grammar school there was always some kid who […]
Let me say this about that. In this land of political correctness, where every child is ‘special’, where communication forbids the utterance of words that begin with certain letters, and where ‘real’ people have faded into a vanilla existence dictated by the emergence of the wimpy generation ….. thank God for the Florida Keys !!! The Florida […]
Let me say this about that. About a year ago, I wrote an article for this blog entitled “Penis size – does it really matter?” Since the LMSTAT blog was started in 2009, this single article has received more hits than any other – by far. I have no way of knowing who among you has […]
Let me say this about that. Am I alone here, or does anyone else remember when common sense ruled our decision making? Is there anyone else out there that belongs to the tribe who believes rational thought, logic and reason are required to guide us through life? Are facts irrelevant in today’s world? Have intelligence, lucidity, […]
Let me say this about that. “Well, at least it was a Fair Fight”. We’ve all heard this expression since we were kids. A “Fair Fight”, as a way to settle differences of opinion, is as much a part of the American lexicon as the ‘right to bear arms’. That’s what we Americans are all […]
