I’m reminded of a saying from Groucho Marx: "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.”
That advice has saved me a boodle on membership dues. . . . Bob > On May 14, 2020, at 6:52 PM, Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> wrote: > > I get the feeling there’s a pitch coming about buying into a timeshare. > > From: Friam <[email protected]> on behalf of Prof David West > <[email protected]> > Reply-To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 5:40 PM > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Gentleman's Club > > Should FRIAM aspire to "club" or to "salon?" I would hope the latter. > > davew > > > On Thu, May 14, 2020, at 6:27 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: >> You are eminently clubbable wrt Friam, Jon. >> >> --- >> Frank C. Wimberly >> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, >> Santa Fe, NM 87505 >> >> 505 670-9918 >> Santa Fe, NM >> >> On Thu, May 14, 2020, 6:22 PM Jon Zingale <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> Glen astutely begins: >>> "We talk a lot about filosofy, culture, and politics on this list. And we >>> quote a lot of old white guys. Sporadically one of us will lament..." >>> >>> From a wonderfully humorous wikipedia article on The Gentleman's Club >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen%27s_club>: >>> "An increasing number of clubs were characterised by their members' >>> interest in politics, literature, sport, art, automobiles, travel, >>> particular countries, or some other pursuit. In other cases, the connection >>> between the members was membership of the same branch of the armed forces, >>> or the same school or university. Thus the growth of clubs provides an >>> indicator as to what was considered a respectable part of the >>> "Establishment" at the time. >>> By the late 19th century, any man with a credible claim to the status of >>> "gentleman" was eventually able to find a club willing to admit him, unless >>> his character was objectionable in some way or he was "unclubbable" (a word >>> first used by Samuel Johnson >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson>).[2] >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen%27s_club#cite_note-2> This >>> newly-expanded category of English society came to include professionals >>> who had to earn their income, such as doctors and lawyers." >>> >>> Is it possible we are a gentleman's club? If so, I suspect I am unclubbable. >>> >>> .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... >>> .... . ... >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>> <http://bit.ly/virtualfriam> >>> unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> <http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com> >>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>> <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/> >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>> <http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/> >> .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... >> .... . ... >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> <http://bit.ly/virtualfriam> >> unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> <http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com> >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/> >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> <http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/> >> > > .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... > .... . ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
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