From: dmhills{at}attglobal.net (Don Hills)

In article , "Mark"
 wrote:
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>
>Don, that is chipping at chads, he did know the business, his statements
>related to not having kept up with the requirements to be a "grunt" in
>"today's" world.

Fair enough.

>I tended bar, I pumped out the drinks at an amazing rate at that time (which
>doesn't mean much in the overall craft of bartending - but is necessary if
>it's a crowded 'Rock'n'Roll bar) and I "could" learn the new
drinks that
>have made their appearance on the scene since then, but as a bar owner I'd
>have no reason to do that, but I damn well could tell if the bartender could
>tend bar - of which, the actual mixing of drinks was a minute part.

You could tell because you'd learned the business. You couldn't come in
direct from business college or from managing a hardware store and expect
to do it, which was my point.

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Don Hills    (dmhills at attglobaldotnet)     Wellington, New Zealand
It's ironic that people who are too smart to engage in politics are
governed by people who are not as smart.

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