Sacred Cows...

[peter d]

Pete I think there is a difference between challenging conventional wisdom and just pushing peoples buttons for sport.

Well then let's at least be consistent, we ride 220/221 pretty hard, don't we?

 

[emahler]

You only wish to sacrifice cows, if you wanted to beat dead horses you could really stir up a hornets nest. :grin: :grin:

wait till i start talking about the monkeys

 

[iwire]

Well then let's at least be consistent, we ride 220/221 pretty hard, don't we?

I think I have been consistent with him. :grin:

I told him straight up that as long as he is ignoring the NEC with pride I would be a thorn in his side.

 

[emahler]

I agree, and I suspect that E would too, but it needs to be done at some level. Anything that stimulates thought, and not discontent, is a good thing.

i don't know...stimulating discontent has worked well for some groups over the years...

 

[celtic]

wait till i start talking about the monkeys

Give me a "head's up" on that...ok?
My 5 yr old has "monkey guards" ....I'm not sure what they are/what it means...but I don't ANGRY monkey guards in my house.
(My 5 yr old likes to "read" over my shoulder sometimes...and she can spell/read monkey)

 

[emahler]

I think I have been consistent with him. :grin:

I told him straight up that as long as he is ignoring the NEC with pride I would be a thorn in his side.

i can respect that...

 

[mdshunk]

wait till i start talking about the monkeys

Every time my kids have the TV show "Code Monkeys" on the screen, my thoughts immediatly turn to this site. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Monkeys

 

[emahler]

Give me a "head's up" on that...ok?
My 5 yr old has "monkey guards" ....I'm not sure what they are/what it means...but I don't ANGRY monkey guards in my house.
(My 5 yr old likes to "read" over shoulder sometimes...and she can spell/read monkey)

well, i can assure you that I won't advocate spanking the poor monkeys...they have it hard enough...you'll be ok...

 

[celtic]

Every time my kids have the TV show "Code Monkeys" on the screen, my thoughts immediatly turn to this site. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Monkeys

Do your kids know anything about "monkey guards" and "Star Wars" :-?

The mind of a 5yr old is a strange and wonderous place :grin:

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

Look the definition of forum up in the dictionary - yes I understand that Mike has some constraints that are additional. Yet, we do need the input of people who are willing to go out on a limb and 'stir the post'. I do not see that Emahler ment to stir it so much that it would be shut down, but pushing the envelope has always been one of my "Sacred Cows".
I say lets have at it - in a as friendly a manner as is possible.

 

[HaskinsElectric]

Perhaps Carl Jung put it best: "In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order."

 

[emahler]

Look the definition of forum up in the dictionary - yes I understand that Mike has some constraints that are additional. Yet, we do need the input of people who are willing to go out on a limb and 'stir the post'. I do not see that Emahler ment to stir it so much that it would be shut down, but pushing the envelope has always been one of my "Sacred Cows".
I say lets have at it - in a as friendly a manner as is possible.

that's the gist of it Pierre...think outside of your box...see it from someone else's POV...maybe even learn something...

 

[iwire]

I do not see that Emahler ment to stir it so much that it would be shut down,

I never even considered shutting down either of the threads.

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

I never thought that you did.

 

[HaskinsElectric]

Daedalus was imprisoned in the Labyrinth along with his son Icarus. Daedalus constructed a pair of wings from wax and feathers for he and his son so they could escape the Labyrinth (I will not go into detail as to why Daedalus was imprisoned in the Labyrinth as this is a family oriented forum).

Daedalus told Icarus not to fly too close to the sun because his wings would melt, but as we all know Icarus did not listen.

Moral of the story: Listen to emahler and you won't go wrong.

 

[mdshunk]

Daedalus was imprisoned in the Labyrinth...

I want my one minute back.

 

[iwire]

Daedalus was imprisoned in the Labyrinth along with his son Icarus. Daedalus constructed a pair of wings from wax and feathers for he and his son so they could escape the Labyrinth (I will not go into detail as to why Daedalus was imprisoned in the Labyrinth as this is a family oriented forum).

Daedalus told Icarus not to fly too close to the sun because his wings would melt, but as we all know Icarus did not listen.

Moral of the story: Listen to emahler and you won't go wrong.

Now that is about the funnest post I have seen in a while.:grin:

 

[emahler]

Daedalus was imprisoned in the Labyrinth along with his son Icarus. Daedalus constructed a pair of wings from wax and feathers for he and his son so they could escape the Labyrinth (I will not go into detail as to why Daedalus was imprisoned in the Labyrinth as this is a family oriented forum).

Daedalus told Icarus not to fly too close to the sun because his wings would melt, but as we all know Icarus did not listen.

Moral of the story: Listen to emahler and you won't go wrong.

you are probably my favorite person i've never met...where do you come up with this stuff?

btw- TRUTH!

 

[iwire]

where do you come up with this stuff?

I believe they are called books.

 

[emahler]

I believe they are called books.

i'm talking about the ability to take knowledge and use it...something that is lacking in the trades...

do you think he was in the middle of reading this story? nope, he brought it back from the depths of his memory and put it to use...that's the impressive part...