At my age and experience, I realize there is a high level of emphasis, taught within schools and executed by large corporations, for teams to make important decisions. This is because leaders who support that concept don’t really know all of their business… it may be just too big. The only way to actually get things done quickly today without team compromise is to own a small dictatorial run business or retire. I am not sure which is worse. One,...
Continue reading...“Knock, knock…”
“Who’s there?” “Adoor” “Adoor Who?” “A door to build a boat upon.” I am building, actually going to start to build after I get the door, a rather large model boat. I need a flat building board upon which to construct the hull of this model boat. I have used a flat hollow core door to build model airplanes and wings very flat for many years. I think I left it in Ohio from the...
Continue reading...North Central Texas Wildlife
I know most of the city-bread readers of this blog have a different idea what the Dallas Texas wildlife might be all about. The attached pictures show a considerably different type of wildlife a little farther west in north central Texas, near a tiny town named Cross Plains. The pictures were taken on motion detection cameras at feeding stations on a ranch located just several miles south of Cross Plains. (32° 0’54.31″N, 99°10’43.01″W, Front Gate) ...
Continue reading...Ladies of the Lake
I just had to post this picture. I call these gals the “Ladies of the Lake” as they are friends, all living on the same end of the little lake that adjoins our homes. Left to right is Evelyn, Sandy, Pam, and my wife Gloria. The picture was taken at our home at a wedding shower party held for our daughter Shelley. I did not take the picture, the photographer may have been Danielle. If...
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