[Futurework] Worst Jobs in History

2005-08-19 Thread Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
Worst Jobs in History http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/W/worstjobs/ A good place to visit on days when your own job is driving you nuts. ___ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca

Re: [Futurework] Worst Jobs in History

2005-08-19 Thread Christoph Reuss
Worst Jobs in History http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/W/worstjobs/ Roman/Anglo-Saxon Medieval Tudor Stuart Georgian Victorian They forgot the Thatcher era and the Turd Way era. Taboo? Chris

[Futurework] the Future of Work in Canada...

2005-08-19 Thread Christoph Reuss
...could be cleaning up the pine beetle before it destroys all forests. This is for those who think that increased CO2 is good because it makes plants grow faster... Chris Unless there is a severe winter cold snap, all recently attacked trees will have to be logged or burned before the

[Futurework] 250 mpg available now!

2005-08-19 Thread Barry
Given this widely reported AP story on the possibility of 250 mpg autos, why are we involved in Iraq and why are we all dependent on foreign oil? That could be changed almost overnight - or at least very quickly - if political leaders (elected or grass-roots) had the will to make it happen. Barry

Re: [Futurework] Can the Shrubbites accept this?

2005-08-19 Thread Darryl and Natalia
All mail scanned by NAV However: A note to think about. ORGANIC BYTES #62 7/27/2005 CHEMICAL EXPOSURE IN UTERO A new chemical study of umbilical chord samples from the American Red Cross has found that babies have an average of 200 known toxic chemicals in their blood, including mercury,

[Futurework] Business has taken over culture

2005-08-19 Thread Barry
The sadly disturbing aspect to me about the following article is it's apparent accuracy in describing the commoditisation of all aspects of our culture. Barry The decline of public language By MARGARET WENTE Saturday, August 13, 2005 Updated at 1:29 AM EDT From Saturday's Globe and Mail

Re: [Futurework] the Future of Work in Canada.

2005-08-19 Thread pete
On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Ed Weick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for posting, Chris. I was in British Columbia in June and saw plenty of ugly black stands of dead pine. Ed [The Future of Work in Canada] ...could be cleaning up the pine beetle before it destroys all forests. This is for

RE: [Futurework] introducing Free Trade at Gunpoint (how else?)

2005-08-19 Thread Harry Pollard
Chris, I don't understand your statement: what you call real free trade would end up just the same -- with the biggest bully coercing everyone else at their peril . . . How is that possible? Harry *** Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles Box

RE: [Futurework] the Future of Work in Canada...

2005-08-19 Thread Harry Pollard
Chris, I was in Calgary after DDT was banned. The mosquitoes were lining up to get you. They had trouble finding an unstung patch of skin. So, handling the beetle may be easier than is posited. Harry *** Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles Box 655

RE: [Futurework] Business has taken over culture

2005-08-19 Thread Harry Pollard
Barry, Delightful! However, all this is about the producer, when the important part of the economy is the consumer who is all of us. If they want to beat their brains out to find something we like so be it. Aint no skin orf my nose as someone must have said. Professional