I once had a Polish guy ask me to make a wheel for his Swedish car using
African mahogany. Ha ha hahahahaha. Uh, sorry, it must be dust from that
Mexican wood I'm using that's making me a tad silly, but I actually prefer
it to those oily Bolivian woods, not to meention those odd Asian varieties.
All in all I'd like to stick to good ole American woods, but hey, I don't
discriminate.
In all seriousness, I wouldn't normally contribute to perpetuating a thread
like this, but I've always found this subject fascinating. People have
different opinions, values, and sensitivities - mostly because of how, when,
or where they grew up; family of origin; or religious teachings. While many
people can take things in stride, others just can't. We can prescribe
solutions like lighten up, or just delete when you see... but that isn't
likely to work well. I learned this lesson well in my past career as a
manager of people. Everyone would joke around until someone unknowingly hit
upon a sensitivity. I just couldn't allow jokes because you never knew when
the line would be crossed in someone's mind.
I also learned of another interesting phenomena; when I spoke to people
candidly, or even officially, of organizational direction, and that
direction changed or didn't materialize, I was sometimes accused of lying.
They didn't seem to understand that things could change direction. This
brings me to politics. We can see the same things happen, the president
couldn't have just been wrong, he had to have lied. But I will say that I'm
not so naive as to believe any politicians are entirely honest.
This is a great bunch of people. My vote is to keep things focused on our
common hobby.
In peace,
Mike Lempert
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