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On 2/11/25 2:43 PM, rbowman wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:03:31 +0100, D wrote:
> 
> 
>> Really? I thought it was only appropriate for sweden, but there you go.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvang,_California
> 
> Okay, so its Danish. Close enough.
> 
>>>   Dallas - bourbon, strippers and bootleg Cuban cigars
>>
>> This is the truth! I once met a salesman from Dallas and he said that
>> his best customer always called him to discuss business in some kind of
>> stripping place.
>>
>> He would always sigh, grab fistfuls of one dollar bills, and sit there
>> feeding his customer 1 dollar bills while some woman was dancing in
>> front of him, not appreciating it much.
>>
>> But it would always work, and he would always come away from those
>> meetings with a signed contract in hand. =)
> 
> That is how business was conducted in the first few companies I worked
> for.  It wasn't always a strip joint although the VP of the first company
> did have a thing for strippers, but most of the real work was done in
> bars, sometimes with the system design done on a napkins.

   That's where the internet started ... somewhere there's
   a pic of the napkin  :-)

> There were snags. In the middle of a large project one of the client's
> people came to view the progress. His reputation preceded him. Straight
> arrow, didn't drink, didn't chew, and didn't go with girls who do. The
> sales department had a melt down. "What the hell are we going to do with
> him?"
> 
> Travel in those circles and you get the impression the country is run by
> high functioning alcoholics.

   Yep.

   Made the country a super-power  :-)