http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2007/05/09/a-kansan-making-his-way-in-silicon-valley-another-dad-more-advice/ Frequently wrong, never in doubt Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:44:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2007/05/09/a-kansan-making-his-way-in-silicon-valley-another-dad-more-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-104333 wwds Wed, 09 May 2007 19:28:24 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2007/05/09/a-kansan-making-his-way-in-silicon-valley-another-dad-more-advice/#comment-104333 Good story Conrad...it is better than the old story about the roast in the roasting pan at family dinners. Finally, the young wife asked her mother why she always had her cut off the one end of the roast before putting in the pan. I am not sure, she was told, Grandma told me to do, so I did it, and I told you. Maybe we should ask Grandma. So they did--and Grandma allowed as how, at her house back in the day, she only had one roasting pan, and in order for roasts to fit, she had to cut off one end. Same-same...the point is crucial: most of the time what we think are conventions, aren't. Good story Conrad…it is better than the old story about the roast in the roasting pan at family dinners. Finally, the young wife asked her mother why she always had her cut off the one end of the roast before putting in the pan. I am not sure, she was told, Grandma told me to do, so I did it, and I told you. Maybe we should ask Grandma. So they did–and Grandma allowed as how, at her house back in the day, she only had one roasting pan, and in order for roasts to fit, she had to cut off one end. Same-same…the point is crucial: most of the time what we think are conventions, aren’t.

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