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Pastimes : The OTCBB Garbage Dump -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wayne Rumball who wrote (1895)	9/8/1999 10:07:00 PM
From: Mike Hermann	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2942

If the market doesn't tank I think the excitement will be back soon. It can't be as bad as the mining business these days which prompted this email from a colleague. Speaking of horses > Ancient wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, > the best strategy is to dismount. In organizations, however, we often > try many other strategies, including the following: > > Changing riders. > Buying a stronger whip. > Getting back on: "This is the way we've always ridden." > Appointing a committee to study the horse. > Arranging a visit to other sites to see how they ride dead horses. > Increasing the standards for riding dead horses. > Appointing a committee to revive the dead horse. > Creating a training session to improve riding skills. > Comparing the state of dead horses in today's environment. > Changing the requirements so that the horse no longer meets the standard > of death. > Hiring an external consultant to show how a dead horse can be ridden. > Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed. > Increasing funding to improve the horse's performance. > Declaring that no horse it too dead to ride. > Doing a study to determine if "outsourcing" will reduce the cost of > riding a dead horse. > Buying a computer program to enhance dead horse performance. > Declaring a dead horse less costly to maintain than a live one. > Forming a work group to find uses for dead horses. > Changing performance requirements for dead horses. > Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position. >