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#2210506 02/10/09 04:03 PM
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Our Life together is like a vibrant, yet fragile rose.

You are the beautiful Blossom that sets atop the stem.

I am the Thorns which hide in the leafy shadows.

Basking in the spring time Sun, we are nourished by the same Vine.

The loveliness of your bloom invites and entices the wanderer's eye.

In verdant disguise I remain steadfast as a refuge, yet forgotten.

The wanderer approaches, deftly eluding the thorny snare.

The Blossom is plucked from the Vine.

The Thorns wither in the searing Sun.

Apart from each other, we die.


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Was this directed at me?

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I think that it is directed at my Sand Wedge.

Sorry for the sarcasm, very nicely written.

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Originally Posted by Mike_C2
Was this directed at me?

No. I was just unloading some pain. I had the ideas rolling around in my head. I hope I didn't push anybody to suicide!! crazy


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Hmmm...why don't you write a poem? You know Nantucket, etc, something what rhymes, yo...

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Originally Posted by Mike_C2
Hmmm...why don't you write a poem? You know Nantucket, etc, something what rhymes, yo...

That's the best I could do... I'm a computer programmer.

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Write a program to express your heart.


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Originally Posted by Bob_Pure
Write a program to express your heart.

Well, my wife is a Quality Engineer... that just might work.


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Well, my wife is a Quality Engineer...


Tell her to 6-Sigma your marriage. smile

Please tell me that she is not in automotive.

Mr. G

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Originally Posted by Mr. Goodstuff
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Well, my wife is a Quality Engineer...


Tell her to 6-Sigma your marriage. smile

Please tell me that she is not in automotive.

Mr. G

automotive, meat packing, ELECTRONICS, what does it really matter??

Anyway, tagging along at the ASQ meetings is kind of fun.


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Originally Posted by Mr. Goodstuff
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Well, my wife is a Quality Engineer...


Tell her to 6-Sigma your marriage. smile

Please tell me that she is not in automotive.

Mr. G

The company that we both work for refuses to train any internal employees as Black Belts... doesn't want to lose employees. go figure.


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The company that we both work for refuses to train any internal employees as Black Belts... doesn't want to lose employees. go figure.

Indeed. Bleed them for every ounce of knowledge you can and then use it to benefit yourself, either at your current job or with a new employer. Times are tough now, but they will get better. In the meantime, be the best you can to help your company prosper.

Quality is the most underappreciated. There isn’t a single manufacturing guy that thinks that quality engineers are anything but an expense. My toughest task was always to get manufacturing to buy into the mandates that provide quality. I had great fun moving some of my manufacturing guys into quality and watch them get their head handed to them on a daily basis. I dare say that I made a believer out of more than just one.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Goodstuff
Quality is the most underappreciated. There isn’t a single manufacturing guy that thinks that quality engineers are anything but an expense. My toughest task was always to get manufacturing to buy into the mandates that provide quality. I had great fun moving some of my manufacturing guys into quality and watch them get their head handed to them on a daily basis. I dare say that I made a believer out of more than just one.

Mr. G

The wife says underpaid as well...


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