"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:



Also at dinner tonight, my father demonstrate that he, like the others,
will
permit himself to hear nothing negative about his president. I wasn't in
the
mood to discuss politics, but he kept pressing to do so. He pointed out
that
I still have a job because of Nookular Boy. Being an equal opportunity
aggravator, I reminded dad that our company's profits are getting
hammered
by the price of oil, and asked him if he thought that was a good thing,
or a
bad thing. Wrong question. The dinner went downhill from there. :-)



As the saying goes, "It takes two to Tango". It's too bad everyone
seems to think they have to win, when both parties can given a little
effort. Maybe a course like

http://www.bbll.com/ch22.html

should be included in every high school and college curriculum.

Eisboch

Actually, that's how I conduct 99% of my life. But, my dad has a thing about
control, and the rest of the family has decided he needs to be ground down a
bit with a very coarse rasp. Otherwise, there's no living with him.