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Subject:Re: Know the New Economy From:Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com> To:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> Date:Mon, 01 May 2000 21:39:13 -0500
Canadians don't have a monopoly of whining and wailing, b*&#^ing, moaning and
groaning while getting the job done and done well! This native Texan is quite
proficient at all of the above!
Jo Byrd
Bruce Byfield wrote:
> Andrew Plato wrote:
>
> Now as far as I am concerned, a REAL professional can still produce beauty from an
> inferior product. An UNprofessional whines about how his/her needs aren't being
> met.
>
> Maybe it's just that professionals have more time to work because they don't waste
> any complaining.
>
> Of course, as a Canadian, I subscribe to a tradition that's at least as old as the
> first World War of complaining loudly WHILE getting the job done efficiently. :-)