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To: robert b furman who wrote (9994)	6/22/2020 12:22:06 PM
From: the longhorn	3 Recommendations Recommended By da_spot Kirk © Winfastorlose Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26862

I know you used to manage quite a few employees and I'll bet you were good at it. I always thought that was probably one of the keys to a successful business. This is a bit OT but worth telling...an example of how not to manage employees and maybe why so many young people don't keep their jobs very long. Yesterday I hauled the last of my cattle over to my partner's place in eastern NM in the ranch country. They have grass there with likely more good rain coming tomorrow. We have nothing but grasshoppers. Its gotten so bad the big hoppers are eating the little ones. Drove 200 miles and hardly saw a cow. Dried up desolate pastures. Anyway, just as I pulled up to his gate, he was talking to a young fellow wearing a mask driving a strange looking little company car. This fellow was heavily tattoed and black. My partner and his son were both visibly displaying guns. My partner, who is a middle aged cowboy fellow and a very fine person, was lecturing the young guy but also stopping to pat him on the back and reassure him it was well meant. My partner does his banking with a coffee can. He's an old school type who grew up riding and roping for his grandpa and knows about everything one can know about a cow. But he's not into credit cards. So he decided maybe he needed to establish some credit officially so he bought tires for two trucks and did so through a rent to own company. He doesn't go into town often...waited until the last day this month to make a payment on the tires. The credit company sent this kid out to collect or repo the tires...a day early in this case. The kid waits by the gate for an hour wearing his Covid mask like instructed. The gate is a half mile from the house. My partner is watching through his riflescope and sees a tattoed young black fellow wearing a mask standing by his gate. SO he and his son gun up and head down. The kid sees these two cowboy types with guns approaching him and he's shaking with fear. He found out what the young fellow wanted, explained he had just paid, and then passed on some advice. Nobody in Roosevelt County is wearing that stupid mask. If you have business, take the mask off and drive in officially, etc. Hard to imagine a company sending a single, young minority fellow out to these ranches to take back tires with an inaccurate list and instructing them to wear a mask in the process. Poor kid. Wonder if he keeps that job. lh

To: robert b furman who wrote (9994)	6/22/2020 1:30:10 PM
From: Kirk ©	Respond to of 26862

Sounds nice up in WI! My Coyote Point Recreation Area opened last week and I windsurfed four of the last six days including Saturday and Sunday. Better location with wind on the shore so all you have to do is make sure you are not directly downwind of someone breathing within 25 feet and you are probably safe. We wear masks and bandannas when talking 3 to 6 feet apart... It feels safe and I sure feel good after the exercise! Stay safe. Areas with low population have far, far fewer "multiplications" of: if you breath on two people and they breath on two people.... how long to have that first breath hit 1,000,000 people.... Some of us are staying as safe as possible... I'll probably have a dinner out with a buddy next month but otherwise we do take out or cook at home. Easier to keep my pre Covid-19 weight without all that restaurant food! I turned down a July 4th pool party BBQ at my brother's in Napa.... too many people "getting back to normal" and I'm not ready for potluck or trusting who they would invite plus the "kids" aged 24 to 31 to keep in social bubbles.... hard to be a party pooper but I like life. Make sure you read this and share it. What they don’t tell you about surviving COVID-19 'Recovered' doesn't mean healthy again By Mike Moffitt, SFGATE Updated 7:47 am PDT, Monday, June 22, 2020