tony clennell on sun 6 apr 08
Mel- don't print this little story if you think it will open political
flood gates. I used it in my class to talk about the free enterprise
system which is what I was getting paid to teach. I had students
compete in the finals of the Marketing Education Association in New
Orleans, Salt Lake City and Orlando. Not bad for a guy teaching in a
small town of 2000 people in northern Ontario. You were a good
swimming coach and I could teach entrepreneurial skills.
In another life I taught Grade 12 Marketing and I had a hand out I
would give my students to explain the free enterprise system that I
studied as a undergrad and have practiced all my life. I got my first
job working for my uncle at 6 slip casting pansy pots so working for
money was instilled in me early. I will try to recreate the handout
which was presented by the Canadian Independent Federation of Small
Business. My Professor John Bullock was founder and President.
Wake up, Canada! There is no free lunch!
One day in the barnyard the rooster, the pig, the horse and the duck
were enjoying a day basking in the May sunshine. The rooster said to
his barnyard friends ' Let's all get together and plant some wheat!"
"Not I" said the pig "I'd loose my unemployment insurance benefits!"
"Not I "said the horse "I've got a bad leg and I'd loose my Workman's
compensation allowance!" "Not, I" said the duck" I need to be paid a
union wage!" So the rooster said " Well then I will" and went to work
and tilled the soil, planted the wheat, watered it and tended it till
there was a fabulous field of golden wheat. So the rooster said to his
barnyard friends "Look at this magnificent wheat who will help me with
the harvest?" "Not I" said the horse. "Not I " said the pig. "Not I'
said the duck. So the rooster said 'Then I will and he went to work
and harvested the crop. When all the work was done the horse, the pig
and the duck all demanded their fair share. There was a big commotion
in the barnyard and the farmer came out to see what was wrong. When
the horse, the pig and the duck explained that the rooster wouldn't
share the wheat the farmer turned to the rooster and said ' Look at
the unfortunate horse, look at the disadvantaged pig and please
consider the rights of principled duck.
Mr. Rooster we must share with our barnyard neigbours and he took to
distributing the wheat equally among the barn yard animals.
Now, everyone in the barnyard wonders each beautiful day in May why
the rooster doesn't do a spring planting of wheat.
cheers,
tony
Lee on sun 6 apr 08
Tony,
I love fables! In stories, you get the truth you can say in fact=
.
This story is kinda amusing when you think of what the
roosters only real job is, on the farm. ;^) He has a free lunch
until a young turk replaces him and he goes in the boiling pot, too
tough to roast or fry.
The news reports today, and I am Sorry to hear, that
Charleton Heston pass on, to the big gun shop in the sky. I hope
he will get a chance to go hunting at the "happy hunting grounds",
with the real Moses. Moses with a sling and Charlie with a nice old
rifle. (I am trying to decide between shopping for an old turkey
gun (over/under rifle/shotgun) or a slug oriented 12 gauge. There
are some models with multiple barrels that can be used for just about
anything. Nothing like a fine tool.)
--=20
Lee, a gun toting, meat eating liberal in Minneapolis
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
"Ta tIr na n-=F3g ar chul an tI=97tIr dlainn trina ch=E9ile"=97that is, "T=
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land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent
within itself." -- John O'Donohue
James and Sherron Bowen on sun 6 apr 08
Lee,
If you're going for deer then you need the twelve. For turkey the little
Savage O/U in twenty gauge with your choice of 22LR or 22 WRM would be
suitable, but I would just see no point in buying both since the twelve will
work for birds too. The multiple barreled (more than 2 barrels) guns are
German drillings and very expensive while usually chambered for difficult to
find rifle calibers. Talk to you local dealer about a twelve suitable for
birds and slugs. I bet with a variable choke, carefully chosen loads, and
convertible sights you can have one gun do many things. The only gun I would
lust for now is a Richland Arms Model 707 twenty gauge. Don't ask why
because I don't even know for sure myself.
Jim,
In Boyero wondering if I should hunt the Eurasian doves that have taken up
year round residence here and are the noisiest birds we have ever had.
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From: "Lee"
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Subject: Wake up, Canada! There is no free lunch!
James and Sherron Bowen on sun 6 apr 08
Reminds me of a story Ronald Reagan used to tell about how taxes were so
high he had to quit making movies each year because he was working for free.
To which I say "Good, who needs more crummy Ronald Reagan movies anyway? Now
there are more opportunities for good young underemployed actors."
Jim
In Boyero thankful for all the good that labor unions and progressive income
taxes have brought to America.
----- Original Message -----
From: "tony clennell"
To:
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:47 AM
Subject: Wake up, Canada! There is no free lunch!
John Rodgers on sun 6 apr 08
Lee,
I too, love a good fable - the tortoise and the hare, the scorpion and
the frog, the ant and the grasshopper, to name a few.
It sad to learn of Charlton Heston's passing. He was a good man.
In my hunting years I have used many fine firearms to hunt ,turkey, dove
and quail, ptarmigan and spruce grouse, along with deer, moose and bear.
Except for the moose and bear - which need a rifle for hunting - I
always used a shotgun of one make and model or another. Of all the
latter, I found that I liked a Mossberg pump shotgun with a modified
choke, best. For geese, I liked the pump with a goose barrel chambered
for a three-inch shell.
Regards,
John Rodgers
Chelsea, AL
Lee wrote:
> Tony,
>
> I love fables! In stories, you get the truth you can say in fact.
>
> This story is kinda amusing when you think of what the
> roosters only real job is, on the farm. ;^) He has a free lunch
> until a young turk replaces him and he goes in the boiling pot, too
> tough to roast or fry.
>
> The news reports today, and I am Sorry to hear, that
> Charleton Heston pass on, to the big gun shop in the sky. I hope
> he will get a chance to go hunting at the "happy hunting grounds",
> with the real Moses. Moses with a sling and Charlie with a nice old
> rifle. (I am trying to decide between shopping for an old turkey
> gun (over/under rifle/shotgun) or a slug oriented 12 gauge. There
> are some models with multiple barrels that can be used for just about
> anything. Nothing like a fine tool.)
>
>
John Sankey on tue 8 apr 08
A well-known story, usually raised when talking about the
communist system. Didn't seem to have much to do with Canada, in my
70 years experience of it anyway. However, as a Canadian,
I didn't realise it was a coded pro-gun comment until the
reponses started appearing!
Here, where our military is firmly under civilian control,
we're quite happy to leave our defense to them rather
than to militias as in Iraq and Afghanistan.
John Sankey
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