OK, got it now. Thanks.
73
Bob K4LW
> Robert Higgins wrote:
>
> >Sorry, I guess I'm just hopelessly dense, but this follow-up post did
> >nothing to help me understand the first post. Perhaps if you explain it
to
> >me like I'm a six year old.
> >
> >73
> >Bob K4LW
> >John Rippey wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> Well first, you have to consider that I might not be taking any of this
> stuff seriously.
> Then read what
>
> John Rippey wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >> When a company loses its brainiest employee (Doug Smith), it's time
> >> for black crepe, it seems to me, rather than sentiments such as he
> >> won't be missed because his work was done. One thing Smith's
> >> departure shows is how difficult it is to recruit and retain
> >> top-notch talent in locations such as East Tennessee. Virginia Tech,
> >> located not far from Sevierville in Blacksburg, Virginia, has the
> >> same recruiting/retention problems for its engineering faculty.
> >> Appalachia is not Austin, Texas, or northern Virginia, if you get my
> >> drift.
> >>
> >
>
> "brainiest employee" makes me think how the hell does he know this? did
> he weigh their brains?
> Well that's not very nice to say and at almost the same instant I had
> this mental image, described below.
> Makes the point in a humorous way.
>
> "Appalachia is not Austin". Yes, I got his drift. I like S.E. TN and
> Blacksburg and said so.
>
> The question about the RX320 was to drive home the first point about the
> "brainiest employee".
> IMO, it's just as difficult, maybe more so, to design something as nice
> as the RX320 is in terms
> of price/performance and sheer elegence. It's a VERY nice design.
>
> I'm not gonna buy an Orion. Would rather spend it building stuff.
>
> 73,
> -Bob
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