Oh yes,, men can bully and so do women,, I would much rather have to deal with the bulling of men than of women. When women start bulling I head for the high country. Allan
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 2:49 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > I like women Jean and pretty much 'insist' on equality. My guess is > that management has been full of 'old wives' so long that there was > nothing to 'feminise'. Some of my friends have wondered whether I'm > just not as well acquainted with the kind of bullying women do as men, > being a survivor of disciplined service. Women have no place other > than one of their own freedom and I don't see any gender differences > in that. > > On 27 Aug, 00:50, Jean Briscoe <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I am sorry for your health and have hope that you take care of yourself > and > > I agree freedom is important..woman can be so wrong and not know there > > place....and their place is this to exalt man and help and contribute > what > > they can...in any field.....be strong. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 3:08 PM, archytas <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Nasty bugs - I was quite 'happy' with my disillusion. Another week of > > > the tablets and I may be so content I'll put some of you guys back on > > > my Xmas card list! > > > > > On 26 Aug, 22:44, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dear Neil, sounds like the person who went to the doctor and said 'It > > > > hurts when I do this!' > > > > MD's response, "Then don't do that!" > > > > > > All the best through your bout of disillusionment Neil! > > > > > > On Aug 26, 4:59 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I've sort of 'gone native' in a personal quest to discover how bent > > > > > society has become (and perhaps forever was). I have arrived at my > > > > > conclusions. I watched an old episode of 'The Wire' last night > (BBC2 > > > > > is running the series about 4 years late). The drunk, divorced, > > > > > shagger-Irish cop is setting Baltimore up with a false serial > killer, > > > > > in order to force the powers-that-be to provide resources for real > > > > > murders. This would be a fair summary of what I've found, though > it > > > > > ain't 'dark' enough. My current situation is that I need a place > of > > > > > safety to write from (harder than I was expecting to find - they > are > > > > > very good at reducing us to functionaries) and a pain in the head > > > > > trying to work out how any of the good bits of society work. Just > to > > > > > put the cap on, I have a real pain in the head from an infection, > and > > > > > in taking the antibiotics have discovered I had let myself run down > > > > > pretty badly - all sorts of problems I was putting down to age and > > > > > depression seem to be falling in front of the microbe wipe out! > > > > > > > I have to say Slip, that I've generally been sickened by 'women in > > > > > power' - they have tended to bully by nasty means, reminding me of > > > > > some primate political behaviour. I've always found it much easier > to > > > > > shrug off bullying by men. I wouldn't consider this a gender point > > > > > really - something is so very wrong with hierarchy. I believe most > of > > > > > our interactions are primitive and driven by a biology we refuse to > > > > > understand. I have got to the point at which I would rather die > than > > > > > take any more of it, but not made a decision to retreat to the > > > > > hermitage. I do need to break away from my 'research' as this only > > > > > proves the same point over and over. > > > > > > > On 26 Aug, 00:27, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I have to say our feathers take on a similarity of color, though > the > > > > > > flocking is non existent, probably only a distance factor. I've > had > > > > > > many similar situations which I attribute to, especially with > women > > > > > > entering the higher echelons of the work force, a need to justify > and > > > > > > substantiate the position by exerting some form of muscle beyond > the > > > > > > shoulder padding found in much of the corporate female dress. > I've > > > > > > always maintained a significant lead in life so that I could walk > > > away > > > > > > fairly unscathed from any situation, mainly due to the > recognition > > > > > > that those in the position to quash usually resort to > intimidation > > > > > > relating to their idea that you need to suck up and take the piss > out > > > > > > of desperation, which is usually their position. I wish I had a > > > > > > camera for every face that could not believe I was walking out > the > > > > > > door instead of kissing buttocks, not that some of them weren't > worth > > > > > > a kiss or two. The poor dedicated souls as you say just can't > imagine > > > > > > that there is a huge world out there with a myriad of > opportunity. > > > > > > The only reason I'm here doing what I do is because I was in the > > > right > > > > > > place at the right time and not sitting in some cubicle like a > > > > > > component in the circuit board of corporate functionality. For > me > > > the > > > > > > most precious commodity in life is freedom and I'd have no qualms > of > > > > > > dying penniless in the knowledge that I've lived in freedom. > > > > > > > > On Aug 25, 1:37 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Fret, Slip? I'm disappointed, but hardly surprised the world > is > > > full > > > > > > > of the wrong stuff. I have long wondered how so many manage to > > > > > > > imagine it isn't until their slap in the face with the wet fish > > > comes > > > > > > > along. They promoted me in my last job and I went through an > > > archaic > > > > > > > ritual before being given the keycode to the executive car > park. I > > > > > > > was regarded as most ungrateful in declining it. I travelled > in by > > > > > > > train and objected to the somewhat savage deduction from salary > for > > > > > > > this 'perk'. Now that I could reliably park my car, I could > also > > > hire > > > > > > > one if needed and did that rather than pay for a parking space. > > > All > > > > > > > this upset someone in personnel so severely that my keycode > > > privilege > > > > > > > was withdrawn, leading me to protest that only the keycode > itself > > > > > > > should be withdrawn as the privilege came with my rank. > Several > > > > > > > months of exchange with this idiot passed before she realised I > was > > > > > > > not fretting but taking the piss. A small magnet prevented > these > > > > > > > keycodes from working and I used to have great fun watching > > > desperate > > > > > > > managers trying to get in. In the case of the exceptionally > > > obnoxious > > > > > > > bastards, I would set the magnetic device only after they got > in, > > > to > > > > > > > check their reaction to being kept (as such dedicated souls) in > the > > > > > > > heaven of work for a second longer than necessary. I rarely > fret > > > old > > > > > > > boy, there is too much revenge to take! > > > > > > > > > On 25 Aug, 16:33, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Well, anyway, it is always good fun when I can't remember any > > > other > > > > > > > > knock knock jokes. I can always count on Slip to play. > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 25, 11:21 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I found the old links, they are not valid anymore, you are > > > right, > > > > > > > > > they've been scrubbed. So has a lot of other things which > I > > > find > > > > > > > > > nearly impossible to find. Possibly overloaded archival > > > storage > > > > > > > > > bins. > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 25, 9:57 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > until you open the door, and then POUNCE! while the jaws > > > theme plays > > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 25, 10:36 am, iam deheretic <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Land sharks (what ever they are) must be disappearing > so > > > they can approach > > > > > > > > > > > their next victim with land stealth.. :o) > > > > > > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Molly Brogan < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If I could find the video clip of the Saturday Night > Live > > > landshark > > > > > > > > > > > > skit, I would post it, but they seem to disappear of > the > > > web as fast > > > > > > > > > > > > as they are posted. SN must have a microsoft frame > of > > > mind. It is > > > > > > > > > > > > good though. Slip found one once... > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > ( > > > > > > > > > > > ) > > > > > > > > > > > I_D Allan- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- ( ) I_D Allan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
