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RE: Steemit Basic Income Giveaway (Technology and Inventions)
Oh man, rewriting it 33 times! I don't think I would have the patience for that! Even with word processors, when I have to use them, I am hard pressed to do more than a couple of revisions before I lose interest... but it is great that you have the ability to keep at it and make your work better!
Haha, what would we do without the ability to keep chatting whilst doing something else!
I admit I was a little obsessive with that booklet.
The back story on that is that at the time I was a railroad train dispatcher. I made a mistake and was suspended for two months. If it had been for a week I would have felt desperate to get back to work. But I decided to make use of my off time to work on the home business I'd started. Writing the booklet was part of that, and giving classes at the community center. By the time one month had passed I was making serious plans to leave my railroad job and do my small business full time. It took 3 years for that to happen but it was the best decision I ever made!
A little obsessive....
I prefer my phone calls to be about 3 seconds long! Preferably consisting of a question and a simple YES/NO answer! Okay... for more complicated questions, probably about 10 seconds maximum!
Okay, I hope you didn't make a mistake in the railway scheduling! That would have been difficult... definitely, for those things a lot of obsessiveness is a good thing!
I'm assuming these are business calls? Because that's a bit abrupt if it's a call to a friend! (Hi, how are you? Fine. Okay, bye.) :-)
I have friends that can take 20 minutes just saying goodbye!
You know, I don't actually remember what my offense was! I might have delayed a priority train. (The RR pays a fine for delaying an Amtrak train and they really don't like that.) I was still new and while I didn't think I should have been given a pass I thought 2 months was excessive. From their side it worked, I was never suspended again.
My wife's family takes about 20 minutes to say good bye! It drives me nuts! However, I think my kids take a bit after me in that respect... we say it is about time to leave... and before we know it they have jackets on and shoes on and are waiting by the door!