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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
Date: 11 Feb 2025 19:43:48 GMT
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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.

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.