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Wendy (UK) [Visitor] in response to: Lorena Ochoa ready for Kraft Nabisco, Michelle Wie broken again, bikinis get a Big Break, easy out from the sand and how to pressure-proof your game

Wendy (UK) [Visitor] — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:06:27 +0000

Just to bring a little happiness to you both (I don't bother to argue with them, Stacy)...... many years ago as a lowly first-line manager (and the only female one) in a manufacturing plant the CEO thought it would be a whizz to give me the task of recruiting female graduate engineers (obviously under pressure from the US, as this would never have occurred to my lot). Despite targeting key universities, & working closely with our Graduate Recruitment Manager, I failed to recruit a single female - and this not in a heavy manufacturing environment, but a futuristic electrical/chemical one.

Just placed our bets on The Grand National for this afternoon, one at 12:1 and t'other at 25:1, £10 each to win. Don't think I'll need the calculator for that one - they'll both fall at the first fence anyway - or the last.

BTW Alex - have you been travelling with Dr. Who lately? You might want to check your dates - I know it would be impossible for you to make a mathematical error.

Alex [Visitor] in response to: Lorena Ochoa ready for Kraft Nabisco, Michelle Wie broken again, bikinis get a Big Break, easy out from the sand and how to pressure-proof your game

Alex [Visitor] — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:33:28 +0000

The broads will never gain enough ground.

It ain't in their genes.

Alex USMC 2969-73

Judge Smails [Visitor] in response to: Lorena Ochoa ready for Kraft Nabisco, Michelle Wie broken again, bikinis get a Big Break, easy out from the sand and how to pressure-proof your game

Judge Smails [Visitor] — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:24:50 +0000

Stacy,

I graduated from Bronx Science, too.

As far as your perception goes, all will become clear in time.

Stacy Solomon [Member] in response to: Lorena Ochoa ready for Kraft Nabisco, Michelle Wie broken again, bikinis get a Big Break, easy out from the sand and how to pressure-proof your game

Stacy Solomon [Member] — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:48:49 +0000

Wendy,

I didn't have the opportunity to get back on line until just now, so no, I didn't place the bet. And no, I'm not a chicken for $40 bucks either guys. I'll probably have a chance to re-read these comments and place my bet for the final three majors.

I'm still rooting for Ochoa to win, and, from what I can see, she's primed and ready.

Alex, As far as I can see, the "Wiebots" have left town...

To Alex and Judge...I own several businesses in male dominated fields (mechanical repair, car sales) and must state that when women come into my shop, they are pretty much clueless as to how a car works. I do not repair cars but can say that I know much more than many men or women who as for our assistance.

I will agree with Alex that women were once trained in the fine arts which lends a predisposition to those endeavors but times are changing. I graduated from the Bronx High School of Science (along with many other women) and find that, in the fields of both mathematics and the Sciences, women are starting to gain ground.

Wendy (UK) [Visitor] in response to: Lorena Ochoa ready for Kraft Nabisco, Michelle Wie broken again, bikinis get a Big Break, easy out from the sand and how to pressure-proof your game

Wendy (UK) [Visitor] — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:39:57 +0000

Undoubtedly.

Probably.

"I will only add in justice to men that though to the larger and more trifling part of the sex, imbecility in females is a great enhancement of their personal charms, there is a portion of them too reasonable and too well informed themselves to desire anything more in woman than ignorance".

Judge Smails [Visitor] in response to: Lorena Ochoa ready for Kraft Nabisco, Michelle Wie broken again, bikinis get a Big Break, easy out from the sand and how to pressure-proof your game

Judge Smails [Visitor] — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:09:40 +0000

Yes, Alex, but we know how important those illustrious fields are. Western civilization definitely would not have achieved ascendancy without sociology and behaviorism, and now, with the embrace of women's studies, the perpetuation of that status is assured.

Alex [Visitor] in response to: Lorena Ochoa ready for Kraft Nabisco, Michelle Wie broken again, bikinis get a Big Break, easy out from the sand and how to pressure-proof your game

Alex [Visitor] — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:52:22 +0000

Wendy,

The argument here is the differences in mathematical and mechanical abilities between the sexes in general, not between specific individuals, although I dare say that both the Judge and I would be able to assemble a packaged bicycle in less time than you would require for such a task.

And furthermore, Wendy darling, if I took the time to make a list of my accomplishments in various scientific fields, I am certain that you would doubt them just as you doubted my findings concerning the golf odds.

I think we can agree that at least in the field of fine arts such as music and painting, women over the last century have had opportunity at least as much as their male counterparts. Many women have excelled as virtuosi on many musical instruments. Some aspects of fine arts at which the ladies have failed abysmally are in the roles of composers and conductors. Tell me, Wendy, who is your favorite female conductor of a major symphony orchestra? How about your favorite female composer with the stature of Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, or Mozart?

Alex USMC 1969-73

Wendy (UK) [Visitor] in response to: Lorena Ochoa ready for Kraft Nabisco, Michelle Wie broken again, bikinis get a Big Break, easy out from the sand and how to pressure-proof your game

Wendy (UK) [Visitor] — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:56:23 +0000

Still playing with Barbie dolls at your age, Judge? It was odds on that Alex would finally be right about something, I suppose. Surely I have already set your mind at rest regarding the importance I place on my domestic chores?

Eagerly await list of bridges, buildings, ships, inventions and "Laws" etc, with your names on them. No lawsuits here, Alex, but then I was sensible enough to work for a meritocracy and no, it wasn't in Human Resources (they were a tough bunch though).