Bob, What's up with this "My Ravi Yogi"...LOL.. On Nov 30, 2011, at 7:22 AM, Bob Price <bobpri...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Emily, > > Excellent, it's my sincere hope that My Ravi Yogi (much more functional then > My Yahoo) with take time from his busy schedule, stacking all those books > being thrown at him, and provide the much needed input you have requested. > After reading your clarification to the *tender* I reread my PQ, and sure > enough, found two deviations to the scope---desperate for repair: > > Should read: > > 3. Is every thought, that comes into your head, an *idea*? > > 4. Most of the time typing *is* typing and a cigar *is* a cigar? > > Bye bye for now, I need to feed the turkeys, Christmas is just around the > corner. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLBNXdGrD5M > > ________________________________ > From: Emily Reyn <emilymae.r...@yahoo.com> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 2:13:02 AM > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "I'm having an emotion" / the pre-qualification > (was.... Bob) > > Dear Bob, I think that you may have seen my follow up post to Barry's reply > and I appreciate you expanding on a scoping process for the aforementioned > "manual project" you've been kicking around. I see immediately that it > reflects vast and authentic experience on this speck of dirt we inhabit. > This effort could very well require a "team" of experts and luckily, the pool > of candidates on FFL is colossal. > > My initial thoughts? > > The title..."I'm having an emotion" - it's very feminazi, wouldn't you say? > Excellent choice for a working draft. > > I will have to read and reread this scope of work a few more times to fully > grasp its contextual genius (as I am a bit slow) and also pull out my atlas > and encyclopedia. To support my efforts, I want to enlist the help of my > right hand man Ravi and beg him to get me a key points memo. Of course, he > may reply with "that is the point - there is no point." If this is, in fact, > the case, I will be grateful for the translation and beg him to let me buy > him a pack of smokes and a cup of coffee. > > Fortunately for all, being as overcommitted as I am to the self-centered idea > of claiming my own life, I can only serve in a "hit and miss" advisory > capacity in preparing said manual. I may be able to provide some objective > or subjective perspective on "feelings" and "emotions" - real or imagined - > doesn't make any difference to me. I feel like I may have some untapped > expertise in the "touchy feely" department. But, I warn you that "crying out > loud" appears to be my current modus operandi, and it can get very tiresome. > And yes, my motherly instincts do tend to kick in - I want to protect all the > puppies - another potential downside to any relevant input. All in all, all > good reasons not to bid. > > In my role as complacent strategic advisor, "you have my approval to > proceed." > > I am late this year in lining my marmot hole with grass, so must scurry > amongst the boulders tonight and collect what remains. > > P.S. Your topic list is an excellent beginning. MZ, should he choose to > bid, could round it out for you with ease. Judy could edit it into something > ruthlessly coherent and logical. You have outed me though - I have no > contributions for two main reasons: 1) I don't pay full attention to most of > KB's posts - probably because my DVD player (the one attached to my TV that > broke) is not hooked up. 2) I'm still far, far too frightened to put my neck > out there with what might be interpreted as "accountability" and would prefer > to just hug a tree. > > >________________________________ > > From: Bob Price <bobpri...@yahoo.com> > >To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 11:34 PM > >Subject: [FairfieldLife] "I'm having an emotion" / the pre-qualification > >(was.... Bob) > > > > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o58ypeFFWk&feature=related > > > >Emily, > > > >"I'm having an emotion". > > > >No, it wasn't KB I heard say that, although you might be forgiven for > >thinking it was. I heard a young woman > >say it, some years back, and I'm thinking it would make a great title for the > >upcoming *feelings* manual we're planning for KB. > > > >I'm also thinking; I should not be such a fun hog, and assume I'm the best > >suited to develop the "manual"; > >as entertaining as it is, winding KB up, like a cheap Chinese watch (current > >synonym for "pushing buttons", a.k.a. winding up---if you're on the > >receiving end, appears to be *rag*), fair is fair, and many of my fellow FFL > >posters > >have had the pleasure of receiving Barry's film reviews much longer than I > >have, > >and therefore, I believe, the project calls for a *competitive tender*, and > >to > >keep things on a professional basis (can't forget: "The Corrupt Practices > >Act"), we should begin with a prequalification process. > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqoj4zJ3OIs&feature=fvsr > > > >I fully understand your maternal concern that KB's recent sniveling is > >starting to sound more like > >whining, which may soon lead to something that could embarrass all of us; so > >I > >promise, the first time I get the urge to change KB to CB I'll stop picking > >on him, > >and switch to some engineering stories (I'll include some working titles > >below, > >to prove my sincerity). But I must alert you to a potential danger for your > >commendable motherly instincts; one of the pitfalls of circular firing > >squads, > >like the good KB's, are that they seem to be overly cooperative when you ask > >them > >to line up, single file, in a tight formation, and thereby assist yours > >truly in conserving > >ammunition. I'm just suggesting you show a little caution if KB asks you to > >stand behind him > >(or in front, for that matter); just today I read one of his squad members > >inform us that he is 52 (still pondering that factoid), and then threaten > >*My Ravi > >Yogi* with some Buddhist thugs (a word the Brits swiped from India) from Fox > >News, and not to forget today's show stopper from the Menza applicant stating > >she preferred Madonna to LG, but did not like to watch her dance. > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixljWVyPby0 > > > >For the pre-qualification, which is open to everyone, I propose bidders > >submit ten questions / statements, and/or topics that should > >be included in the scope of work of the tender. > > > >1. When you ask someone if you: "knew them, back in the day", and they > >ignore you, > > > >are they trying to tell you something? > > > >2. If you don't understand irony, should you email one of your shrinking > >circle (circular firing squads will do that > >to populations) of FFL friends before embarrassing yourself? > > > >3. Is every thought that comes into your head is not an *idea*? > > > >4. When is typing typing or a cigar is a cigar? > > > >5. Before you state that you're more creative than the author of "In Cold > >Blood" should you check with > >someone who has read something more than the "Dharma Bums" to see how > >saying that will sound to everyone (except the Madonna lady of course)? > > > >6. Stop threatening to stop posting on FFL, its OK---we understand, we're > >all you have. > > > >7. Writing about other people’s creativity is generally not considered > >creative, particularly if > >you’re boring the hell out of your audience. > > > >8. Most people, over eleven, know what's up when someone compulsively > >tailgates rather than engages in > >exchanges, for example; when someone mentions psychedelics, don't say you met > >one of Tim's girl friends (its not the same thing), when someone mentions > >flying, don't say you managed it, but got stiffed on the price (makes you > >look > >naive), when someone says the speed of light might be different than we were > >told, don't say you peed on Einstein’s pants 106 years ago (makes it look > >like you can't count), when someone mentions Hollywood, don't say you lived > >in > >Malibu with some screenwriters (makes it look like you're too big a loser to > >own your own place in Malibu); better to stop typing and notice the waitress > >is > >hoping you'll move on. > > > >9. It's OK to admit you read and reread Judy's emails, to be able to keep up > >with her; nothing to be ashamed > >of, having no life is like that. > > > >10. Rama was the last daddy you'll ever have; if MZ wanted children I'm sure > >he'd aim higher than the > >leftovers from a guy who offed himself, rather than face prison. > > > >In case this makes him cry, here are the promised working titles: > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUKLr5C19Bg&feature=related > > > >1. Arguing with spiders in Brunei. > > > >2. Hand gliding a Sharjah storm front; hailstones as big as cantaloupes. > > > >3. Kurds, Beirut, and Hollywood squares. > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjGpcEA-FyE > > > >________________________________ > >From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > >Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 2:40:07 AM > >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: For Fanboy Robin (Bob) > > > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > >> > >> What's goin' on Bob? What are you doing spending your time > >> outwitting KB and Vaj and others that shall not be named? > > > >And who obviously don't care what he thinks of them, > >if they even bother to read it. :-) > > > >> We want to hear from you Bob. How's it going from your > >> authentic self. > > > >Have you considered the possibility that he has none? > > > >Think about it. How much do *any* of the folks who seem > >to live to rag on me and Vaj and Sal *ever* have to > >say, except when they're doing the ragging rag? I guess > >what I'm suggesting is the same thing you seem to be > >suggesting above -- that there is a possibility that > >they don't actually *have* anything to say when they're > >not playing "Gotcha." > > > >It's just a suggestion. There is a simple way to prove > >it wrong, whether the suggestion comes from me, or from > >you, or from anyone else. But that would involve any of > >them saying something new, or original. I'm betting that > >isn't going to happen because the capacity for doing it > >simply isn't there. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
