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Cody8404
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
602 Posts |
 Posted - 07/23/2008 : 17:08:31
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Poll Question:
In the Hitch Hikers guide to the Galaxy one planet divided the population into three groups.
The A GROUP are those who think, plan and make things happen. They don’t do, but without them the world would stop.
The B GROUP are those who make life wonderful, accountants, hair stylists, lawyers, painters, artists, and all the other folks who work hard everyday, but don’t actually produce anything.
The C GROUP are those who actually do things, the builders, assembly line workers, fruit pickers, housekeepers, etc. These folks get things done the A GROUP finds needs to be done.
Which group are you in?
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| A GROUP -- great planner/thinker |
 [43%] |
15 votes |
| B GROUP -- |
[37%] |
13 votes |
| C GROUP -- workers |
[20%] |
7 votes |
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Total Votes: 35 counted »» |
Last Vote:
04/28/2009 21:49:22 |
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Awake, O kings of the earth! Come ye, O, come ye, with your gold and your silver, to the help of my people, to the house of the daughters of Zion, to the help of the people of the God of this Land even Jesus Christ. |
Edited by - Cody8404 on 05/20/2009 16:45:14 |
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Flbandit
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
851 Posts |
Posted - 07/23/2008 : 17:25:07
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I think I am anyway! I was very nearly group D early this week, unemployed! Now I'm back to making plans for other people to carry out!
BTW, I LOVE that series! |
Are you throwing that out? |
Edited by - Flbandit on 07/23/2008 17:25:48 |
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Delawhere Jack
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1680 Posts |
Posted - 07/23/2008 : 17:50:57
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You need to add D: All of the above. Some of us are SPECIAL
(Edit, hope that didn't sound conceited, I put myself down as a B, but I do a LITTLE A and C as well) |
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." Thomas Jefferson
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Edited by - Delawhere Jack on 07/23/2008 18:08:17 |
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natsb88
Administrator
USA
1850 Posts |
Posted - 07/23/2008 : 17:52:12
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Well let's see...
I own and operate an online model railroading store.
I own and operate an online copper bullion store.
I have worked on the design and construction of various machines.
I have done CAD and prototyping work.
I build and service computers in my local area.
I am a student leader for Tech Desk Advanced Support at my college (I diagnose, disassemble, replace, repair, and clean spills from laptops, etc)
I am currently working on an engineering project with some engineering friends that will hopefully evolve into another business over time.
Where does that put me? And more importantly, what the heck am I going to do once classes start again  |
Nate
The Copper Cave
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jpf231
Penny Collector Member
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - 07/23/2008 : 17:53:56
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| The problem is that no one is willing to be a C anymore and very few folks qualify to be an A although everyone thinks they can. |
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Nickelless
Administrator
USA
5580 Posts |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 07/23/2008 : 18:36:20
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| Lawyers make the life wonderful? I guess, if you happen to be a lawyer.... |
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Edited by - fb101 on 07/23/2008 18:36:52 |
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misteroman
Administrator
USA
2565 Posts |
Posted - 07/23/2008 : 20:16:52
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| Where does a slumlord fall? |
Buying CU cents!!!! Paying 1.2 unlimited amounts wanted. Can pick up if near Ohio area. |
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Nickelless
Administrator
USA
5580 Posts |
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TXTim
Penny Hoarding Member
629 Posts |
Posted - 07/23/2008 : 21:22:46
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| Im a copper magnet. |
Beer is my currency. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 07/24/2008 : 06:14:56
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Okay, I'm a thinker and a planner, but I do my thinking and planning as an HVAC/R installer. (Usually very physical and technical). That would make me an "A-C". But I think most of you would agree, my job makes most people happy all year around. So in comes the "B". So what am I?
Deal |
Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
- Samuel Adams |
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M83striker
Penny Pincher Member
USA
108 Posts |
Posted - 07/24/2008 : 08:10:41
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| Where exactly would a PE/Fire Protection Engineer fall into the catagories? I think and plan all day yet I also like to think that I make life wonderful and safe. |
When my wife got after me it sounded like "Blah,Blah,Blah", but now it sounds like "Clink,Clink,Clink". Its amazing what that Ryedale can do for a hounded husband. |
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
3788 Posts |
Posted - 07/24/2008 : 12:21:45
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| Real Estate Developer that plans, thinks, finds stuff for all our staff to do. So that would be A - but I make the world wonderful by creating communities and buildings for people to live and work. Oh, and I'm not a slumlord. |
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw.
Why Copper Bullion ~~~ Interview with Silver Bullion Producer Market Harmony
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aboxaweek
Penny Collector Member
USA
326 Posts |
Posted - 07/24/2008 : 22:03:50
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of course c
a 14 year old meat guy once in a while, and a cement finisher |
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fasTTcar
Penny Hoarding Member
Canada
573 Posts |
Posted - 07/24/2008 : 22:31:30
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Originally posted by NotABigDeal
Okay, I'm a thinker and a planner, but I do my thinking and planning as an HVAC/R installer. (Usually very physical and technical). That would make me an "A-C".
If you install HVAC, AC should work for you. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 07/25/2008 : 06:11:11
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Originally posted by fasTTcar
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Originally posted by NotABigDeal
Okay, I'm a thinker and a planner, but I do my thinking and planning as an HVAC/R installer. (Usually very physical and technical). That would make me an "A-C".
If you install HVAC, AC should work for you.
Funny you say that. A lot of people think my job is comfortable, it's not. If it's summer and I'm installing a new system it is hot. If it's winter it is cold. I have to leave just as the air/heat is ready. And working in the caves is a whole new story....
Deal |
Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
- Samuel Adams |
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Ant
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 07/25/2008 : 09:43:48
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My real career, the one I am educated in and worked in for years: remote sensing analyst (Category A)
My last job: paralegal for a criminal defense attorney (Category C)
Now (and hopefully for a long while): housewife and mother (Category B). I like being at home. There's always something to do -- clean, organize, cook, iron, fix stuff . . . it's pretty neat. I never thought that just running a house would take up 7 or 8 hours a day, but it does. (Tiny brag: Our grocery bill is now $100/week for three people and a large dog, and that's with a hot meal every night cooked from scratch, no junk food! There's something to this staying at home.  ) |
Lovely dimes, the liveliest coin, the one that really jingles. --Truman Capote
Coins are the metallic footprints of the history of nations. --William H. Woodin |
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thebeave
Penny Sorter Member
USA
49 Posts |
Posted - 07/25/2008 : 12:43:44
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| Definately a C, gotta make those pizzas until I get through college. Technially I guess I could be an A since I'm a manager but I don't just sit in the office like some of the others. I won't make anyone do any work that I wouldn't do and they work harder for me because of that. |
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TXTim
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 07/25/2008 : 13:52:08
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quote:
Originally posted by Ant
My real career, the one I am educated in and worked in for years: remote sensing analyst (Category A)
My last job: paralegal for a criminal defense attorney (Category C)
Now (and hopefully for a long while): housewife and mother (Category B). I like being at home. There's always something to do -- clean, organize, cook, iron, fix stuff . . . it's pretty neat. I never thought that just running a house would take up 7 or 8 hours a day, but it does. (Tiny brag: Our grocery bill is now $100/week for three people and a large dog, and that's with a hot meal every night cooked from scratch, no junk food! There's something to this staying at home. )
God bless you, Ant!
The world needs more people like you. |
Beer is my currency. |
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1021 Posts |
Posted - 07/25/2008 : 14:01:41
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quote:
Originally posted by Ant
(Tiny brag: Our grocery bill is now $100/week for three people and a large dog, and that's with a hot meal every night cooked from scratch, no junk food! There's something to this staying at home. )
I'm going to get my wife to call you Ant. That's wonderful. |
"Rich," the Old Man said dreamily, "is not baying after what you can't have. Rich is having the time to do what you want to do. Rich is a little whiskey to drink and some food to eat and a roof over your head and a fish pole and a boat and a gun and a dollar for a box of shells. Rich is not owing any money to anybody, and not spending what you haven't got." Robert Ruark
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...-----still taunted
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1021 Posts |
Posted - 07/25/2008 : 14:03:18
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Originally posted by fb101
Lawyers make the life wonderful? I guess, if you happen to be a lawyer....
Hey now... You don't want to commit slander do you? |
"Rich," the Old Man said dreamily, "is not baying after what you can't have. Rich is having the time to do what you want to do. Rich is a little whiskey to drink and some food to eat and a roof over your head and a fish pole and a boat and a gun and a dollar for a box of shells. Rich is not owing any money to anybody, and not spending what you haven't got." Robert Ruark
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...-----still taunted
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Cody8404
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2008 : 12:31:27
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| I see an interesting list. From the votes most of us are in the B -- list. We work, sometimes really hard, but we don't produce anything. I see we do have some people some builders and thinkers as well. Sad part is I know my work is not needed, but I hope the job keeps up. |
Awake, O kings of the earth! Come ye, O, come ye, with your gold and your silver, to the help of my people, to the house of the daughters of Zion, to the help of the people of the God of this Land even Jesus Christ. |
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AFModell
Penny Sorter Member
USA
82 Posts |
Posted - 07/30/2008 : 02:30:58
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I picked C since I am a govt employee and we all know how much we govt employees do lots of producing!
Truthfully, I imaginatively fall somewhere in between B and C, as I am a pilot for the Air Force and I move troops and cargo around the world, hence facilitating the movement of goods and people.
And I cant sleep. |
A penny saved is...TWO pennies earned! |
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2533 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2009 : 17:07:36
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Where would a grocery manager fall.
A. I make things happen by planning and making sure things get done.
B. I make people happy and make sure they have food to eat. w/o us the grocery stores would be empty.
C. I do things. I have to stock the shelves and build displays. And I can stock more cases per hour than any of my stockers. |
You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK
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vrbsroma
Penny Collector Member
394 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2009 : 17:20:35
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| I'm a lazy type "A" who plans and plans and plans, but never gets much done. |
As far as I know, it is stated "In God We Trust" on the US dollar. How can I trust this currency if I do not believe in God?
Possession is nine-tenths of the law.
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buyingsilvers
Penny Collector Member
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Posted - 05/20/2009 : 20:52:48
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B.
Used to be a C and actually enjoyed hands on work before I got my degree and turned into a paper pusher. |
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