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Vic Smith

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:06:04 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:29:18 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

Bloomberg is much less abrasive and opinionated than Perot. I met
Ross once at a fancy sailing party in Bermuda. He has a really nice
spread there, with the ocean on one side and a very scenic lagoon on
the other.

Perot was very businesslike and I answered all his questions with "we
did that" but he was still an asshole who I knew hated my beard ...
FKM ! ... same thing I told IBM for 26 years.

Ran into that when I got out of the Navy and went to work in the steel
mills. Grew a beard, and had managers tell me it was a fire hazard.
Told them their clothes were the same hazard, and when they went naked
I'd cut off my beard. I know I got a traffic ticket once because of
that beard. 1968 Chicago was probably a bad time for me to grow a
beard, but that's how it worked out. Reminds me something Ed said.
He was a WWII vet I worked with at IH while the Dem convention was
going on. "One 500-pounder would take care of them ****ing hippies."
Even though I was on his side, I did think that was a bit harsh.
Those EDSers were the para-militarys of consulting. We'd joke about
them sometimes, but they were generally good. Wasn't their choice
what to wear. When I was consulting for CGA had an account manager
suggest I would look good in a 3-piece. Since my client only required
tie and sports coat, I suggested to the account manager that he take
me shopping for a 3-piece, or put a bonus in my check.
Never ever wore a 3-piece, which was the EDS uniform.

--Vic