Efficiency of digital - Re: [BC] Tower down in Spokane

[Glen Kippel]

They seem to forget that it was us "old coots" that INVENTED all that stuff
they use.

On 12/1/06, Bill Harms <wharms at philcobill.com> wrote:
>
> Doug:
>
>        You caught my drift.  This is happening in my business too. The
> young un's who are fresh out of college look at the old f@!ts as
> deadwood in the way of their next promotion and many of them won't
> even talk to the "old" folks.  I thought I was the only one feeling
> that way until one of my colleagues told me hid feelings.
>
>        Well, what does this have to do with broadcasting?  I firmly
> believe
> that the same mentality permeates throughout much of our society,
> including broadcasting.  What the young people fail to realize is 1)
> that they will be old folks one day,  2) they can learn from the
> wisdom and experience of the older generation, 3) it makes economic
> sense to keep the old generation around as long as they can in
> productive jobs so they young folks don't have to pay as much into
> the social security system.
>
>        My sincerest apologies to those who may think that this is too far
> off topic.  But I think this needs to be said.
>
> Bill
>
> On 1 Dec 2006 at 16:50, Douglas B. Pritchett wrote:
>
> > So if I follow that logic, people like me who are analog and old are of
> no
> > use to society. I think that was the point of the "look to the future,
> > screw the past" rant we saw a few days ago. Don't even worry about the
> > nursing home, just tell me what street corner to stand on, and shoot me.
> > Then digital can flurish, and old f*rts like me can become worm food and
> > never be heard from again. Got it!
>
>
>
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