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Posted by 243129 on Monday, October 21, 2019 10:34 AM

BaltACD

 

 
charlie hebdo
 Now,  now!!!  Oops - Sign

 

Gee - I did Dale Carnegie about 30 years ago, it should help one get a grip on themselves.  Moved on and competed in a few Toastmasters Speach contests.

 

Did not compete in any spelling bees however.

 

Sorry guys I couldn't resist.Stick out tongue

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Posted by Electroliner 1935 on Saturday, October 19, 2019 9:54 PM

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(Can someone tell me what 'speach' is?  Is that like Muzak for automating the inevitable string of toasts at dinner parties?)

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That is a Georgian with a lisp saying the states nickname

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Posted by 243129 on Saturday, October 19, 2019 9:53 PM

Overmod

 

 
BaltACD
... it should help one get a grip on themselves.

 

Good entry for the 2020 Yogi Berra parody quote contest!

(Can someone tell me what 'speach' is?  Is that like Muzak for automating the inevitable string of toasts at dinner parties?)

 

Smile

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Posted by Overmod on Saturday, October 19, 2019 9:26 PM

BaltACD
... it should help one get a grip on themselves.

Good entry for the 2020 Yogi Berra parody quote contest!

(Can someone tell me what 'speach' is?  Is that like Muzak for automating the inevitable string of toasts at dinner parties?)

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Posted by BaltACD on Saturday, October 19, 2019 8:48 PM

charlie hebdo
 Now,  now!!!  Oops - Sign

Gee - I did Dale Carnegie about 30 years ago, it should help one get a grip on themselves.  Moved on and competed in a few Toastmasters Speach contests.

Never too old to have a happy childhood!

              

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Posted by charlie hebdo on Saturday, October 19, 2019 8:23 PM

243129

I am going to enroll in the Dale Carnegie courseStick out tongue and I am done with the eunuch desk jockeyBig Smile

 

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Posted by 243129 on Saturday, October 19, 2019 7:58 PM

I am going to enroll in the Dale Carnegie courseStick out tongue and I am done with the eunuch desk jockeyBig Smile

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Posted by Overmod on Saturday, October 19, 2019 11:42 AM

charlie hebdo
No.  But on this matter,  I have wised up.

And I, for one, greatly respect his choice, and the thought behind it.

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Posted by charlie hebdo on Saturday, October 19, 2019 10:51 AM

BaltACD

 

 
charlie hebdo
Maybe you should heed your little  maxim yourself, Balt. Everything Joe posts,  you snipe at.  It's tedious. 

 

Like you are the Angel?

 

No.  But on this matter,  I have wised up.  

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Posted by 243129 on Saturday, October 19, 2019 9:44 AM

BaltACD

 

 
243129
 
BaltACD 
243129
You did not answer the question so let me rephrase it. Who specifically are you referring to when you make that statement? 

Don't waste your time or mine.  Generic statement, if the shoe fits............ 

You made that statement pertaining to the subject matter on this thread. Now that you have been confronted it is clear that you lack the cojones to back up what you infer and to whom you are referring to. Why am I not surprised?

 

If you want everything to be about you - it is.  If you don't it isn't.  Simple concept. 

Idioicy is still idiocy in doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

 

Your non answers to my direct questions attest to the fact that you have no cojones.

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Posted by BaltACD on Saturday, October 19, 2019 8:57 AM

charlie hebdo
Maybe you should heed your little  maxim yourself, Balt. Everything Joe posts,  you snipe at.  It's tedious. 

Like you are the Angel?

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Posted by charlie hebdo on Saturday, October 19, 2019 8:30 AM

Maybe you should heed your little  maxim yourself, Balt. Everything Joe posts,  you snipe at.  It's tedious. 

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Posted by BaltACD on Saturday, October 19, 2019 6:47 AM

243129
 
BaltACD 
243129
You did not answer the question so let me rephrase it. Who specifically are you referring to when you make that statement? 

Don't waste your time or mine.  Generic statement, if the shoe fits............ 

You made that statement pertaining to the subject matter on this thread. Now that you have been confronted it is clear that you lack the cojones to back up what you infer and to whom you are referring to. Why am I not surprised?

If you want everything to be about you - it is.  If you don't it isn't.  Simple concept. 

Idioicy is still idiocy in doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

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Posted by 243129 on Friday, October 18, 2019 9:20 PM

charlie hebdo

 

 
243129

You did not answer the question so let me rephrase it. Who specifically are you referring to when you make that statement?

 

 

 

Joe: Don't waste your time with responding to his sniping. 

 

Thank you for the advice but excuse me for not taking it.

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Posted by 243129 on Friday, October 18, 2019 9:09 PM

BaltACD

 

 
243129
You did not answer the question so let me rephrase it. Who specifically are you referring to when you make that statement?

 

Don't waste your time or mine.  Generic statement, if the shoe fits............

 

You made that statement pertaining to the subject matter on this thread. Now that you have been confronted it is clear that you lack the cojones to back up what you infer and to whom you are referring to. Why am I not surprised?

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Posted by BaltACD on Friday, October 18, 2019 4:55 PM

243129
You did not answer the question so let me rephrase it. Who specifically are you referring to when you make that statement?

Don't waste your time or mine.  Generic statement, if the shoe fits............

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Posted by charlie hebdo on Friday, October 18, 2019 9:20 AM

243129

You did not answer the question so let me rephrase it. Who specifically are you referring to when you make that statement?

 

Joe: Don't waste your time with responding to his sniping. 

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Posted by 243129 on Friday, October 18, 2019 9:10 AM

You did not answer the question so let me rephrase it. Who specifically are you referring to when you make that statement?

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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, October 17, 2019 10:14 PM

243129
 
BaltACD

Idiocy is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. 

Who might you be referring to?

Anyone that does the same thing over and over and over again and achieves the same results as they obtained the first, second and third times - etc.

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Posted by 243129 on Thursday, October 17, 2019 9:53 PM

BaltACD

Idiocy is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

 

Who might you be referring to?

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Posted by Overmod on Thursday, October 17, 2019 6:47 PM

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BaltACD

Idiocy is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

 

 

The correct saying is the definition of insanity, not idiocy.

But that's also a distressingly similar description of the Monte Carlo method...Smile

I concur that it is rude, and in context might well be the 'next thing' to trolling, considering the change in sense that goes with the change in word.

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Posted by charlie hebdo on Thursday, October 17, 2019 6:13 PM

BaltACD

Idiocy is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

 

The correct saying is the definition of insanity,  not idiocy. In either case,  it's rude.

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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, October 17, 2019 5:50 PM

Idiocy is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

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Posted by charlie hebdo on Thursday, October 17, 2019 2:51 PM

Maybe use a pseudonym and re-edit so the text no longer has your tell-tale fingerprint on it. 

I don't want to sound like I am attacking you but it's pretty clear that around Amtrak corporate offices,  you are about as welcome as the bubonic plague. 

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Posted by Overmod on Thursday, October 17, 2019 9:53 AM

243129
My meaning was that I tried the nicey-nice route with the company. I was explaining to Charlie that it doesn't work with Amtrak.

Sorry for assuming the worse!  That's my fault entirely.

Reading between the lines of the account of the guy running the Amtrak training facility -- who should be one of Joe's principal targets, if anyone -- you have a thirtysomething sort of guy who has learned just enough that he relies on his tech people and outside 'experts' for the systems, approaches, lesson plans and methodologies, etc. that he implements in his program.  You might have to learn and use some of his chosen jargon to impress him enough to adopt the things you think are important, both in the short and longer term, both as part of the training approach and in terms of providing positive learning, encouragement, etc. after they are out of 'school' but still learning every day...

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Posted by charlie hebdo on Thursday, October 17, 2019 9:23 AM

243129

My meaning was that I tried the nicey-nice route with the company. I was explaining to Charlie that it doesn't work with Amtrak.

 

Joe: Thank you for being open to my suggestions.  Although your more neutral,  professional approach to Amtrak (I would hesitate to call it nicy-nice!!!) did not succeed,  I would advise you to not draw the wrong conclusions. One,  the well was already poisoned, i.e., you could have penned a paen of praise to Amtrak management and it would have ended up in the trash before opening.  Two,  don't give up.  As Overmod has suggested to Dave Klepper,  find another route. I'm still pulling for you to succeed. 

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Posted by 243129 on Thursday, October 17, 2019 9:02 AM

My meaning was that I tried the nicey-nice route with the company. I was explaining to Charlie that it doesn't work with Amtrak.

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Posted by Overmod on Thursday, October 17, 2019 8:31 AM

243129
So as you see I tried the nicey-nice route to no avail.

Certainly NOT to no avail.  He approves it.  He likes it.  He likes the positive approach, too.  Do not be fooled by the comment on improvement; that's not intended as sarcasm -- academics and science thrive on noting and perfecting small details.  Take your +1 in the generous spirit it was given, and keep working on getting Amtrak et al. to change for the better.

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Posted by 243129 on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 10:58 PM

charlie hebdo

Joe: Quite good!!  Some of us might quibble about details, such as greater emphasis on cognitive abilities such as sustained attention in the vetting,  but overall I like it and the tone is restrained.  

+1

 

So as you see I tried the nicey-nice route to no avail.

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