mcglinch » Search Results » label/crab http://www.mcglinch.com sketches, drawings, illustrations ... making the most -or least- of precious little free time Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:48:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Old Salt, Jacktar http://www.mcglinch.com/2008/04/old-salt-jacktar/ http://www.mcglinch.com/2008/04/old-salt-jacktar/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:56:00 +0000 mcglinch http://www.mcglinch.com/2008/04/old-salt-jacktar/ crabbing ship ship-shape and the efforts needed by us land-lubbers to keep our budget tracking spreadsheets in order. He lost me on the comparison of hauling a crabbing trap aboard an icy deck with the danger of IF statements spanning multiple Excel files. Tweet ... Continue reading →]]>

Our monday morning meeting brought this special guest. An old sailor came in to talk about the similarities in keeping a crabbing ship ship-shape and the efforts needed by us land-lubbers to keep our budget tracking spreadsheets in order.

He lost me on the comparison of hauling a crabbing trap aboard an icy deck with the danger of IF statements spanning multiple Excel files.

]]> http://www.mcglinch.com/2008/04/old-salt-jacktar/feed/ 0 Optimistists or Fools? http://www.mcglinch.com/2007/08/optimistists-or-fools/ http://www.mcglinch.com/2007/08/optimistists-or-fools/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:06:00 +0000 mcglinch http://www.mcglinch.com/2007/08/optimistists-or-fools/ crabby old man or am I just calling them like I sees them? Tweet ... Continue reading →]]> I did this last week and now am trying to understand whether I think children are eternal optimists or fools for thinking they’ll get different results with the same behavior year after year. Am I just a crabby old man or am I just calling them like I sees them?

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