Practice vs Perform

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kvsubramanyam Guru Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hyderabad, India Posts: 596 Good Answers: 12	Practice vs Perform 07/18/2008 1:25 AM
	Let us laugh: One of my friend asked me why I stored my wife's cell number as BH. I said Better Half, I further said, "You know why only "better"? because there is a scope for improvement (to look/ try around for "The Best"). The highest paid or the Rich professionals "Doctors and Lawyers" for years only practice whereas their counter parts like engineers, scientists, etc have to perform to make their living. __________________ Subramanyam
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DCaD Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbia City, Indiana, USA Posts: 836 Good Answers: 96	#1 Re: Practice vs Perform 07/18/2008 11:43 PM
	It's a little like the 'crazy english' we all use: "I'll do my best ..." -- does this imply there are other times when we don't? 'Frankly speaking ..." or "To tell you the truth ..." -- does this imply that when we DON'T use those words to what we say, we are telling 'less than' the truth? [other examples???] You mention Doctors ... while I have some as very good friends, my general 'feeling' about the profession is that they DO just 'practice', and at our expense. If another service provider (plumber, electrician, TV repair-man) took that approach (hmmm, I 'think' this is the problem, so let's try 'this' and see if it works), we would be pretty upset. Crazy english ... maybe there are other examples in other languages, but our 'terms' and phrases often DO ring true ... I guess we need to be careful of what we say __________________ "Just when I had all the answers, they changed all the questions"
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sidevalveguru Power-User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Capital City, Cow Hampshire, USA Posts: 476 Good Answers: 3	#5 In reply to #1 Re: Practice vs Perform 07/19/2008 6:05 AM
	Let us 'cut them a bit of slack'; perhaps it is the # of variables that makes as much "art" as science? __________________ If you always do what you've always done, You'll always get what you've always had!
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Andy Germany Guru Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Near Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 50.390866N, 8.884827E Posts: 17996 Good Answers: 200	#2 Re: Practice vs Perform 07/19/2008 4:07 AM
	"BH" is also the everyday short form in German for a "Bra", "Bustenhalter"........ __________________ "What others say about you reveals more about them, than it does you." Anon.
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sidevalveguru Power-User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Capital City, Cow Hampshire, USA Posts: 476 Good Answers: 3	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Practice vs Perform 07/19/2008 5:58 AM
	" "Bustenhalter"........" Sounds verr ry mechanique, to me! __________________ If you always do what you've always done, You'll always get what you've always had!
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sidevalveguru Power-User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Capital City, Cow Hampshire, USA Posts: 476 Good Answers: 3	#4 Re: Practice vs Perform 07/19/2008 6:01 AM
	May because the term 'best' ( in english, anyway) implies a multiple wives? (you aren't, are you??) __________________ If you always do what you've always done, You'll always get what you've always had!
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Anonymous Poster	#6 Re: Practice vs Perform 07/19/2008 11:05 AM
	Would suggest you dont let your wife hear you saying such things.
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EnviroMan Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gone to Alabama with my banjo on my knee... Posts: 5595 Good Answers: 20	#7 Re: Practice vs Perform 07/23/2008 8:47 AM
	Ah, yes, and when was the FIRST time (never mind the "last" time) you ever heard of a doctor or a lawyer offering a warranty on their work?!? __________________ Veni, vidi, video - I came, I saw, I got it on film.
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kvsubramanyam Guru Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hyderabad, India Posts: 596 Good Answers: 12	#8 In reply to #7 Re: Practice vs Perform 07/24/2008 3:06 AM
	Marvelous answer: A mechanic was removing the cylinder heads from the motor of a car when he spotted the famous heart surgeon in his shop, who was standing off to the side, waiting for the service manager to come to take a look at his car. The mechanic shouted across the garage, "Hello Doctor! Please come over here for a minute." The famous surgeon, a bit surprised, walked to the mechanic. The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked argumentatively, "So doctor, look at this. I also open hearts, take valves out, grind'em, put in new parts, and when I finish this will work as a new one. So how come you get the big money, when you and me is doing basically same work?" The doctor leaned over and whispered to the mechanic. He said: "Try to do it when the engine is running __________________ Subramanyam
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DCaD Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbia City, Indiana, USA Posts: 836 Good Answers: 96	#9 In reply to #8 Re: Practice vs Perform 07/24/2008 3:53 AM
	I like that ... you may think from my former post here that I don't respect doctors (let's leave lawyers out of the mix ). In fact, I do respect them very much. What I lose faith in is the 'business' of medicine. The differences are clear when one has a chance to actually spend time with a committed physician, as opposed to those whose lives and business are dictated by their 'health-care-organization-employer'. I guess another part of my observations come from a few of my personal friends, also physicians, so tell me the same thing about the state of the medical profession. In most cases, my heart goes out (sounds like a pun, following your 'joke') to those in the medical profession, but in some cases, either as a dictate, or maybe because some chose the 'wrong profession', they seem to have lost their 'personal touch'. Take care ... __________________ "Just when I had all the answers, they changed all the questions"
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