Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Catrike Ryder Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Job Offer Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 03:53:24 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 225 Message-ID: References: <8bsltj9vtgcl6hat19jtv5jc1qgo6m0ob5@4ax.com> <4jamtjtbo7us6rf930lgn77f7cp521gl96@4ax.com> <6mfmtjdn3iv43u0jvvgv4pq0url2f2tfd9@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:53:27 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3e6eb54d5feea7305c233782cb713273"; logging-data="2943030"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/cO0Dciw2VQNkLRJNc2TTUwSDksiwe1OA=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:HldXXHgTvZNMqaR/WpLWUNDnCiU= Bytes: 9884 >CWP-7 Park tool crank pullerOn 20 Mar 2025 00:13:54 GMT, Roger Merriman wrote: >Catrike Ryder wrote: >> On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:53:09 -0500, AMuzi wrote: >> >>> On 3/19/2025 4:41 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote: >>>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:17:17 -0500, AMuzi wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 3/19/2025 4:16 PM, AMuzi wrote: >>>>>> On 3/19/2025 4:10 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote: >>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:06:44 -0500, AMuzi >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 3/19/2025 4:03 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote: >>>>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:38:24 -0500, AMuzi >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 3/19/2025 3:36 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:45:15 -0300, Shadow >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 05:11:53 -0400, Catrike Ryder >>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0700, John B. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 04:14:24 -0400, Catrike Ryder >>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 07:50:31 +0700, John B. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:38:47 -0400, Catrike Ryder >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:22:05 -0500, AMuzi >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/18/2025 4:55 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/18/2025 4:05 PM, AMuzi wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/18/2025 2:54 PM, Shadow wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>        PS Not all monarchies are "bad" per >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> se. As long as >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> they don't >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> steal too much and actually care for their >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "subjects". >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>        []'s >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I agree again. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But with every system, there are degrees of >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> plunder, death >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and destruction. Some pursue mass murder, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> some are >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> horrible, others merely awful, some bearable. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And as always, I'll ask: So what's the solution? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> heh heh heh read some Marx! or any political >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> philosopher. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The dialectic is eternal. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's perpetual conflict. Inherent to all human >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> societies. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In some cases civil and rhetorical, in others >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with a sword, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> knout, secret police or what have you. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh and don't discount 'civil and rhetorical' >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which can be >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pernicious and severe. Per Alphonse Capone, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "You can steal >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> more with a pen than a gun."  The modern >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> applications of >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that usually start with, "For the children...". >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No matter what kind of government, there will be >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at least one person >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> who wants to take control of everybody else... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and believes it's only >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> right and proper that he does so. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Never mind governments... in any group. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Frankie??? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's a self esteem thing. When people take >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> directions from someone >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with low esteem it makes them feel important. It >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't seem to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> matter if the directions are forced on them as in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> schools, or >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> voluntary as in social groups. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think leaders are generally people with low >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> esteem who need >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> followers to make them feel important. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's not, "I'm important so I will lead you." It's >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> more likely, "I >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> need to feel important, so follow me." >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry I can't agree with you, at least in all >>>>>>>>>>>>>> circumstances. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not many senior people in the military are weak >>>>>>>>>>>>>> kneaded, quite simply >>>>>>>>>>>>>> because their responsibilities are already mapped >>>>>>>>>>>>>> out before hey get >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the job."I appoint you as in charge of aircraft >>>>>>>>>>>>>> maintenance" and "if >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the airplanes don't fly as scheduled you lose your >>>>>>>>>>>>>> job" while probably >>>>>>>>>>>>>> not spoken is understood by both parties. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> "Leaders" in every category are forever striving to >>>>>>>>>>>>> have more power >>>>>>>>>>>>> and get more control. I know that they believe they >>>>>>>>>>>>> are "serving," but >>>>>>>>>>>>> that's a bullshit attempt to justify their need to >>>>>>>>>>>>> feel important. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>     Some leaders are different. Just like people are >>>>>>>>>>>> different. >>>>>>>>>>>> One of the first things you learn in medicine. >>>>>>>>>>>>     Study "Pepe" Mujica and Luiz Inacio Lula da >>>>>>>>>>>> Silva. They are as >>>>>>>>>>>> poor today as they were when they took office...... >>>>>>>>>>>>     Mujica retired last year, and wants to spend the >>>>>>>>>>>> rest of his >>>>>>>>>>>> life on his farm. Lula retired in 2010 intending to >>>>>>>>>>>> spend his last >>>>>>>>>>>> days with his family, and only came back to fight the >>>>>>>>>>>> fascists here in >>>>>>>>>>>> Brazil. >>>>>>>>>>>>     Even Jesus, who I believe existed (but as a >>>>>>>>>>>> politician not a >>>>>>>>>>>> character in a  rather badly written fairy tale) was >>>>>>>>>>>> never a >>>>>>>>>>>> power/money/control grabber. And he is still a >>>>>>>>>>>> "Leader" today. LOL. >>>>>>>>>>>>     []'s >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, from what I read he seemed like an allright kind >>>>>>>>>>> of guy. Too bad >>>>>>>>>>> that so many people call him by the wrong name. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>> C'est bon >>>>>>>>>>> Soloman >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Allah? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I read somewhere that his name started with "y," but I'm >>>>>>>>> pretty sure >>>>>>>>> they didn't have the English alphabet then. Being a >>>>>>>>> respect person, I >>>>>>>>> always reffered to him as Mr. Christ. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> C'est bon >>>>>>>>> Soloman >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You're maybe thinking YWH, whose name shall not be spoken. >>>>>>>> Oh, and The Christ is an honorific not a name. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Yeah, I knew that. I was teasing. I do that sometimes. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> C'est bon >>>>>>> Soloman >>>>>> >>>>>> I know nothing of Aramaic but in Latin there's no J (or K, >>>>>> U, W, Y) so maybe IVSUS in pre-English orthography. >>>>>> ========== REMAINDER OF ARTICLE TRUNCATED ==========