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I got my start in the domestic produce department. I mostly oversaw potato pricing in Oregon, Idaho, and Maine up into the late '70s. At that point there was a downsizing in my office and I had to take over the pretzel desk too. An odd combination, but I made the best of it for a few years. IIRC, it was in the mid '80s when the orange guy retired and I had to assume his responsibilities as well. Once again, I excelled with the new duties and with my proximity to New Jersey I was given the task of the tomato market in quarter one of last year. That my friends, is how I became the seat warmer at the PPOT desk.

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Old 06-08-2010, 10:49 AM
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So when is the U.S. going to convert to the metric system?
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When Mother says so. And not until she's darn good and ready.

Uconn, you're a bit older than me. Are you the guy who they used to base the Orange Juice trader character in the old Eddie Murphy movie Trading Places? If you recall, the climax of the movie revolved around Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd getting government weather data early and cornering the orange juice futures market, crushing the trading firm that used to employ Akroyd and Murphy's characters. Back in my training class they claimed that the character of the OJ trader was based on the real life guy who ran the citrus desk when the movie was made. Something about an Skull & Bones buddy having a joke on a friend. Just wondering if that was you or if you knew which guy it was.
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I knew the guy, but not in a sniper spotter kind of way.
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Back in my college days (Meteorology major) I was a member of the Flat Earth Society
About the Flat Earth Society
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You bet your ass I am.
Actually, you left out a word. The correct answer is
"You bet your sweet as..." since it is assumed that all Turtles own a jack-ass.
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Mother likes me better.
Mother always did like U better...I suspect that is because you bring her, her Gin & Tonics.. She is always saying, "That Nostatus is a nice boy, so polite and thoughtful , and TABS why can you be just like him." To which I usually reply, "Because I don't want to have to get you drunk to like me."
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When I was growing up I always thought we were Episcopalians because Mother was always drinking Gin & Tonics...and that was the sacrament...
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You bet your ass I am.
winnah! but you forgot the sweet part so you owe me a beverage.;-)
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i am in posession of a word, a token, and a grip
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Okay, I owe Joe and flatbutt at least one beer each. I still remember the four questions.
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I know ALL the questions. I think there's closer to 400 than four. The turtle reference escapes me though.
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How in the heck did I get the job of being in charge of Manure
instead of the Metals?
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Old 06-09-2010, 02:57 PM
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knowing all the questions is one thing
managing the answer department, that is a whole different thing together-

i hear there is a sweet stretch assignment over in the physics wing....
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Nice tie, do they make it in any other colors?

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