March 11, 2005
FOUR FOR FRIDAY
Q1: What's the one thing you're proudest of having taught yourself to do?
Q2: Earlier this week, following an internal investigation uncovering the fact that it's President & CEO was engaged in a sexual relationship with another company executive, The Boeing Company announced that its Board of Directors asked for and received the resignation of itís President and CEO, Harry Stonecipher, a 69-year-old man who is separated from his wife and is in the process of filing for divorce. Boeingís Board determined that Stonecipher actions were inconsistent with the companyís Code of Conduct, and that his actions would impair his ability to lead the company. Taking into consideration that Stonecipher and the woman he admitted to sleeping withóDebra Peabody, a 48-year-old divorced Vice President in the company's Government Relations officeóboth signed Boeingís Code of Conduct, which apparently states that having sex with coworkers is against company policy, do you think itís fair that Stonecipher was forced to resign while Peabody remains employed by the company?
Q3: Has the rising cost of gasoline had any impact on the amount of driving you do? If it hasn't, how much would the price of gas have to increase for it to have a profound impact on your driving habits?
Q4: From a Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich to advertising space on cleavage and pregnant bellies, on any given day you're bound to find some nutty stuff being auctioned off to the highest bidder on web sites like eBay and Yahoo! Auctions. What's one outrageous item that you could think to sell on an online auction site, and how much do you think you could get the highest bidder to pay for said item?
Posted by Mikal at March 11, 2005 12:08 AM
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Q1: It's a tie between teaching myself how to spin a basketball on all five fingers on my right hand, and teaching myself how to type.
Q2: I think itís completely unfair that Boeingís President & CEO was forced to resign, while the woman he was having an affair with is still employed by the company. Both should have been fired or forced to resign, or better yet, Boeing should be told to keep its nose out of its employees private lives.
Q3: Because I went from driving a Range Roveróan SUV that got something like 2 miles per gallon city, 6 miles per gallon highway (okay, not really, but you get the point)óto a Honda Civicówhich gets like 75 miles per gallon in the city, 100 miles per gallon highway (again, not really, but you know what Iím saying)óthe rising price of gasoline hasnít had much of an impact on me. The way I figure it, the price of gas would need to rise to over $4.00 per gallon before I sought a remedy like carpooling or putting in a request at work to telecommute a couple of days per week.
Q4: If I could convince Jennifer and Brad or Ben and J-Lo to get back together and have a baby, I bet I could sell the naming rights to said child for around One Million Dollars, if not more (and I guarantee you that People Magazine would be among the highest of the bidders).
(1) Read music.
(2) Hey, were I Ms. Peabody, I'd be sort of offended that they didn't ask me to resign. It says to me that I'm not important enough to the company's image (given that she's head of Governmental Relations) that my continued employment with Boeing would cause any problems.
(3) It's less the price of gas than the viability of available options. Indianapolis has no public transportation that isn't laughable. Since I commute downtown every day in a 35 MPG car, switching cars doesn't net me that much. I suppose gas going to $4.00/gallon would push me to move downtown, somewhere within biking distance of my office. Which wouldn't be, all in all, a bad thing.
(4) I'd auction off an eye of a potato and promote it that you could make millions of dollars by planting the eye in the ground and starting a potato farm.
Q1: I taught myself how to juggle.
Q2: Either both of them should have been punished for the indiscretion, or both should have been let off of the hook. They are consenting adults and it is really no oneís business what they do on their own time. UNLESS, the reason for the pending divorce is that Harry was sleeping with his co-worker prior to the separation, then I believe they should both be flogged and made to have a big fat C tattooed on their foreheads for being big cheaters.
Q3: The price of gasoline hasnít impacted my traveling as of yet, only my bank account. However, if the price goes any higher, I may consider buying a smaller vehicle because I spend a great deal of time on the highway.
Q4: I would sell my eggs to an infertile couple. :)
1. How to whistle.
2. Of course it's unfair. If two people violated the Code of Conduct, then both should be dealt with the same way.
3. Not really. I don't drive that often to begin with.
4. I could make some origami animals out of junk mail and try to sell those.
A1: Probably the fine art of telemark skiing.
A2: Well, it's a slap in the face of hypocracy. While she is a subordinate to Stonecipher, she is a Vice President. From what I heard, Boeing's code of conduct targets sexual relationships that revolve around one having power over another with respects to promotions, performance evaluation, etc. It would seem these two are perfectly capable of handling the relationship. I do believe it was not only inappropriate for Boeing's Board to ask for his resignation, but equally inappropriate for them to not have asked for her resignation.
A3: Nope...I'd say it would need to reach $4 a gallon before I'd start reducing my driving, or looking for communting options.
A4: This is purely hypothetical...but could you imagine what the price of the US Presidency would go for on eBay? Combine the value of all contributions (that we know of), and those we don't know of, and we might be in the proximity.
1. Oh, my gosh, I've drawn a blank on this one. But things other people have taught me: how to drive a stick shift car, how to cook. Oh, I know what I've taught myself: how to change a flat tire...while I've never actually done it, I've watched and am pretty sure I can change one if necessary.
2. I'm sure there are more details. Maybe because he was President & CEO they don't think he should be kept on. Maybe he's seen as having a higher profile or maybe they just don't like him and used it as an excuse to fire him. But if they both signed the Code of Conduct, why should one be fired over another?
3. Around here the gas is about @2.09 -$2.15/gal for regular. I try and find the cheapest gas possible...luckily it doesn't cost too much to fill my tank. If it gets out of control, I may have to cut back on work...my 12 mile commute sucks up a lot of gasoline.
4. Brad Pitt's used bed sheets. (Mikal, I swear, I didn't even see your answer when I wrote this).
Learning to accept myself.
What is good for the gander is good for the goose or it takes two to Tango or any other of those quaint adages. If they fired him they should have fired her and as you said they both signed the Code of Conduct statement.
About fifteen months ago I foresaw the raising gas prices and bought a Prius, the hybrid car from Toyota. During the summer months I get around 55 mpg ( really ) and in the winter around 43 mpg ( You need the engine running in order to have heat. ). I am actually driving more now because it seems like every time I am going somewhere, my friends ask me to drive, so if there is a drawback to having a hybrid itís that everyone wants you to drive.
Letís see, they already had cheese sandwiches with faces, jelly beans with faces, plates with faces burned food on them and cows with faces on their sides. How about driftwood? Iím sure that if you looked at a piece of driftwood long enough you could find a face on it.
Hey Michael,
What do you do for a living? This is such an intricate site that I have no idea if you have a day job!!!
Dave
1.to save for a rainy day.
2.'NO' DEF. NOT.wHATS THE OLD SAYING "GOOD FOR THE GOOSE GOOD FOR THE GANDER"
3.I dont know if this matters to u all over ther but,over here in oz,the price just goes up.Icant imagine not buying fuel no matter what it cost.I think we have come to rely on the car(family or otherwise)too heavily.It is the same with when i used to smoke,they would keep putting the price of ciggies up and i swore the next time it went up i would quit... but, did i??no,same as fuel. I think i just dont want it i need it!!
4.I think the world is your oyster!!Hang on there you go,I could say it is a oyster james dean ate and spat out....lol
cheers LAURIE
As a follow-up to my comment. Itís not the price of gas that worries me, but the price of home heating oil. Since I posted my comment, I had a fill up of heating oil and the price was $2.08 a gallon and I got 155 gallons, thatís about a months supply.
If the price of gas goes to high, then I can always can always stay home and read a book, but I want the home to be warm.
Dave: While I suspect you know full well what it is that I do for a living, feel free to take look at the "About" page on this site for more information.
Q1: To swim. I was a late arriver and didn't really do well until I got to college. I was so embarrassed that I just felt I had to tackle my fears head-on.
Q2: Not fair. Both should be punished for their actions.
Q3: I telecommute as much as possible to avoid the rip at the gas pump.
Q4: A date with me @ $.50. HAHA
Q4: I have a photo of the author at the Coco Loco circa mid-'80s holding a gymnast over his head with one hand. I bet it would sell for millions.
Miss Unity: I'd love to see that photo! Feel free to contact me off line: my first name at belicove dot com.
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