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Title: Brilliant Presentation from Mike Rowe
Post by: S. Williamson on July 20, 2009, 04:39:58 PM: Instead of dredging up this thread (http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=19149.0), I thought I'd post this TED talk in its own new place.

http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs.html

It's long-ish (about 20min), and begins with a very graphic anecdote not recommended for the squeamish, but the entire presentation speaks amazing volumes about honest, hard work.

In my opinion, every kid in high school should see this after graduation, although granted I'd also show kids in Health class the movie Requiem for a Dream to keep them from using drugs...
Title: Re: Brilliant Presentation from Mike Rowe
Post by: lupinus on July 20, 2009, 04:58:00 PM: Quote
Son, my job is not to get you home alive. It's to get you home rich.

:lol:
Title: Re: Brilliant Presentation from Mike Rowe
Post by: makattak on July 21, 2009, 08:13:57 AM: Mike Rowe quickly became one of my favorite people.

Well said, Mike.
Title: Re: Brilliant Presentation from Mike Rowe
Post by: mtnbkr on July 21, 2009, 10:06:46 AM: Been a big fan of Mike Rowe for some time now. There was a great article on him in Outdoor Magazine this Spring. He has quite a resume.

Chris
Title: Re: Brilliant Presentation from Mike Rowe
Post by: Brad Johnson on July 22, 2009, 12:06:38 PM: ME won't support that flash player version so I can't see it. Available on YouTube, maybe?

Brad
Title: Re: Brilliant Presentation from Mike Rowe
Post by: S. Williamson on July 22, 2009, 12:40:43 PM: Quote from: Brad Johnson on July 22, 2009, 12:06:38 PM
ME won't support that flash player version so I can't see it. Available on YouTube, maybe?

Brad

Here ya go. =)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRVdiHu1VCc
Title: Re: Brilliant Presentation from Mike Rowe
Post by: PTK on July 22, 2009, 02:34:16 PM: Good video. He's been a favorite of mine for a while.
Title: Re: Brilliant Presentation from Mike Rowe
Post by: Northwoods on July 22, 2009, 02:46:51 PM: I was a fan of his until I watched one episode of "Wild Pacific". Granted he was just the narrator, but it was little more than an hour of Greenpeace style environmentalism and socialist propaganda.
Title: Re: Brilliant Presentation from Mike Rowe
Post by: PTK on July 22, 2009, 02:57:13 PM: Okay, just finished the video. I want a transcript - this was absolutely top notch.
Title: Re: Brilliant Presentation from Mike Rowe
Post by: Balog on July 22, 2009, 03:00:15 PM: Hmmm, never heard of "Wild Pacific." I wonder if he signed up to narrate before he knew the content?
Title: Re: Brilliant Presentation from Mike Rowe
Post by: Northwoods on July 22, 2009, 03:07:55 PM: It was a show that premiered on Discovery about a week or two ago. Can't have been much more than that as I was still in Camarillo when I saw it (BTW, I'm back home already).
Title: Re: Brilliant Presentation from Mike Rowe
Post by: S. Williamson on July 22, 2009, 03:24:26 PM: Quote from: sumpnz on July 22, 2009, 02:46:51 PM
I was a fan of his until I watched one episode of "Wild Pacific". Granted he was just the narrator, but it was little more than an hour of Greenpeace style environmentalism and socialist propaganda.
Economy's bad. People take what they can get. =|
Title: Re: Brilliant Presentation from Mike Rowe
Post by: lupinus on July 22, 2009, 04:50:47 PM: I DVR'd the wild pacific and watch about 20 minutes of one before turning it off and deleting them all. It was like watching a Whale Wars marathon.

I wont hold the narration against him, he reads what the writers plop in front of him as he is paid to do.
Title: Re: Brilliant Presentation from Mike Rowe
Post by: Balog on July 22, 2009, 04:59:28 PM: Quote from: sumpnz on July 22, 2009, 03:07:55 PM
It was a show that premiered on Discovery about a week or two ago. Can't have been much more than that as I was still in Camarillo when I saw it (BTW, I'm back home already).

Back so soon? Contract run out or did you find something better?
Title: Re: Brilliant Presentation from Mike Rowe
Post by: Northwoods on July 22, 2009, 06:26:37 PM: Quote from: Balog on July 22, 2009, 04:59:28 PM
Back so soon? Contract run out or did you find something better?
Worked my self out of a job. Maybe I should have sandbagged. Did 50% more than the original scope of the assignment in 2/3 the time. They got a great deal; I got screwed.