Dear Confused

[JerryK]

What would you like to talk about?

[elye]

Okay, I just got an email with some fascinating bits of trivial (and I mean trivial) information:

More people are killed worldwide per year by donkeys than by airplane crashes.

You can lead a cow up a flight of stairs, but never down.

And the best, most fascinating one:

A duck's quack does not echo, and no one knows why.

Comments? Can anyone confirm these claims?

[CarlaB]

Is Jerry bored?

[blueeyedmanda]

Am I missing something?

[elye]

Am I missing something?

I had just finished reading this email containing these bizarre facts and I was thinking, "are these really interesting, or funny, or just weird?" I think all three...then I read Jerry's invitation to bring up anything, and these factoids were in my head...so...there it is. Please ignore them if they're just too weird. I find them strangely compelling...but maybe there isn't any more to say about them!

[confused]

jerry what do u think about when u run every morning.

do u take an ipod with ya and listen to music?

do you run on the street or on a track?

paula

[confused]

Is Jerry bored?

no we just want to hit 500 post lmao

paula

[Nantzie]

JerryK and confused are working to get up to the 500 post mark.

So...

Echoing duck quacks...

Found this -

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Fortunately, we now have more than my personal experience to offer since an acoustic research experiment was carried out at the University of Salford in Greater Manchester in 2003 to set this legend to rest:

Acoustic expert Trevor Cox tested the popular myth

[Lisa]

This may sound strange and perhaps I am. I love duck butts. When they are in the water and duck under the water and their butts stick straight up in the air.

Maybe that's way a duck is called a duck

[jerseyangel]

This may sound strange and perhaps I am. I love duck butts. When they are in the water and duck under the water and their butts stick straight up in the air.

Maybe that's way a duck is called a duck

It is really cute when they do that

I also like the sound of their quacking.

[confused]

I know my kids love to go look for the docs, we had been going every morning around the small river looking for them. One time we found the mom and dad with 5 little babies, it was so cute. Im hoping to feel better soon to go take them to look again

paula

[jerseyangel]

Hey--I wonder who's gonna make 500 first--Jerry or Paula?

[Nantzie]

Jerry's only posted once in this thread... Paula's catching up!

[confused]

Hey--I wonder who's gonna make 500 first--Jerry or Paula?

well i still need 28 to catch up to him, maybe that is why he isnt posting, he is being an gentleman and letting me catch up first lol

paula

[JerryK]

This may sound strange and perhaps I am. I love duck butts. When they are in the water and duck under the water and their butts stick straight up in the air.

Maybe that's way a duck is called a duck

Wow this thread got more response than any more of my other ones! People must be really tired of hearing whining about bathroom habits

Momma Goose, I live in Oregon and am quite familiar with duck butts. I always wonder what could be worth spending vast amounts of time with your butt pointed in the air, but ducks know...

Elye, I watched an episode of "Mythbusters" on the discovery channel where they tried to record the echo of the ducks quack. They didn't have much luck. I think they might have recorded it, but not without much difficulty.

Confused....my mind certainly wanders when I run. Often I run upwards of 8-10 miles and it is really relaxing, that may be hard to believe....Sometimes problems that have been plaguing me for days solve themselves while I'm running, and the answer pops into my head. I run mostly on sidewalks during my daytime runs. The most dangerous part of that is avoiding all the cars turning right without looking and there are a LOT of them. In the evenings I run some of the trails we have round my local area in Oregon. We have a pond with about a mile of trails around it, and then extending for miles and miles into the forest.

There we go, that was post 457

[JerryK]

well i still need 28 to catch up to him, maybe that is why he isnt posting, he is being an gentleman and letting me catch up first lol

paula

And here is post 458!

[confused]

I use to love to run to relax. My neighbor who just lost his wife, he takes a 6 mile walk with the dog every morning, he says its give him the relaxation to make it threw the rest of the day.

Once my health approves i will go back to running, but for now about an mile walk on the bije trails is all i can handle, but of course i always have 2-5 kids with me so a run would be hard lol

paula

[JerryK]

Dear confused,

I see you now have like 4-5 new posts in the last few minutes...You must be highly motivated.

We could spend some time talking about my loathing of the corporation in which I'm employed.

I work for one of the countries most successful high tech corporations. I used to feel highly motivated and proud of what I do. As I've gained wisdom, I've begun to understand that I'm just a number on a balance sheet...a liability so to speak. It's gotten so that I can barely stand to hear our executive staff speak, because I see thru all their lies and company propoganda.

I've worked here 28 years. I'm eligible in a few weeks to take early retirement. Although it doesn't make economic sense to actually retire until I'm in my mid 50s (47 in June)....I'm considering leaving anyway, simply because I no longer care for what the company stands for. I could work somewhere else for 1/2 the salary, but perhaps feel better about where I worked.

Should I do it?

[confused]

I would, if you are not happy were you are at then why stay. it isnt fair to you or the company. And if you can get retirement out of it then all the better.

Would you stay in the same field as you are in now, or just completely change career paths.

Im not motivated im just to sick to do anything but post in here and play in pogo lol

paula

[JerryK]

I would, if you are not happy were you are at then why stay. it isnt fair to you or the company. And if you can get retirement out of it then all the better.

Would you stay in the same field as you are in now, or just completely change career paths.

Im not motivated im just to sick to do anything but post in here and play in pogo lol

paula

I feel so much better now that I can entertain these types of thoughts and it does not bother me.

It is already quite apparent that the only reason I was on ADs was because gluten was gorking me

out. As I phase off of the AD, I actually feel better. Hopefully you will feel better soon.

I would like to completely change career paths. The high tech global workforce is so freakin irritating these days. Companies have spread themselves out globally so that it's much more difficult to get things done. Instead of it being a 9-5 job, it's now a 24x7 job where you might have to call in to

a 3am meeting, because of the geographic location the meeting is being held in. It's maddening.

Then the company wonders why they are not efficient They actually spend money on consultants trying to figure this stuff out

I'm quite an accomplished digital photographer. I guess taking that to the next level and actually making money from photography, would be my dream job. I thought about being a politician, but my mother taught me not to lie or steal.

[Phyllis28]

Jerry,

My husband has chosen to retire next year at 55 from a job he does not like. He will need to get another job to replace the difference between his pension and his salary. In the long run this is best because he will not be stressed and grumpy. He will be in a different field of employment after he retires.

The question is, can you locate employment with a company and job you like.

Most companies care about their employees to a point but they are profit making entities. I do work I like, work on a daily basis with people I like and bring home a paycheck for doing it. I don't have to deal with the top brass.

It is my opinion that all executives spout company propaganda. I simply ignore it.

[Nantzie]

My father-in-law took early retirement from the phone company he worked for (also in IT) several years ago. He was able to pay off their house and take a few months off. He ended up working for a company that did short-term computer contracts. He even worked for Lockheed for a couple months. Nothing exciting, just fixing some admin stuff, but my husband and I got a cool T-shirts out of the deal.

He ended up taking a job working for my husband in the IT department at a mortgage company.

I think you should take it. You could either do some short-term contract stuff, or go in a whole new direction. Or both. Life's an adventure.

Nancy

[confused]

My husband is thinking the same thing lately. He will have 20 yrs in what he is doing now. He will get some retirement if he retires in auguast. But he is unsure what he wants to go into. He is only 40 years old, so he has many options. He is too grumpy working now and it is affecting us all. He is just worrying about getting a new job and insurance, with me and his son being celiac. I always tell him he can retire and i can work but im not well enough to work full time yet.

We use to talk about taking over the farm that we have, but now that I am celiac and so is his son, We can not take over the farm.

Oregan is such an beautiful state, i bet it is easy to take beautiful pics up there.

paula

[elye]

Yep, I agree, hoist yer sails and get outta there, Jerry. (And I'm in the running...post #447)!

[confused]

ughhh i guess that makes me in third place not second lol

paula