The best video conferences are audio-only.

Front facing, ‘cause motion sickness.

I took the route of applying for an international assignment through my job in the early ‘90s. Spent 3 years in Singaporean shipyards and another 2 in South American oilfields. While that’s not feasible for everyone, it’s a very good way to break the blinders.

This presupposes that any road users in Mumbai actually pay any attention to red lights or traffic controls of any kind.

re: Employee Based Car Buying Services

If you look up ”all hat and no cattle” in your handy “Texas Phrasebook for Yankees and Other Furriners”, all you’ll see is a picture of this truck.

Hear! Hear!

You’ll never avoid this when dealing with corporate email culture. The best defense is proactive: Make sure your boss understands/backs your decision-making processes. That way, they’re not surprised by any decision you make.

Hells, yes!

My favorite implementation of this idea was the Digisette, a truly execrable piece of early-2000s technology that housed a screenless MP3 player in a cassette body & purported to be controllable by the deck’s controls.

This is an easy one.

In my house, money was second only to sex when it came to taboo subjects. What I learned came in the negative - as in:

I’ve used the old bait & switch to good effect - but never against someone’s will.

Is this the highlight of the event?

That’s part of it. I’m also very easily manipulated.

I only know what *not* to do.

There is no defense against this. Once you’re caught in it, you’ve just gotta let it roll over you.

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