>>>>>WTF is the deal with "endorsements" in Linked In?
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>>>>>I don't really use Linked In for anything and only have the free thing but I keep getting emails saying people in my network but with whom I've never worked have endorsed me for one skill or another. I figured maybe they are trolling for return endorsements ( would be happy to since they don't seem to require any real knowledge of whether somebody knows what the hell they are doing <s> ) but I don't see anyplace to do that and I don't see anything in my linked in profile that shows the endorsements so I'm starting to be suspicious the whole thing is some kind of scam and is not being generated by the people it says are endorsing me.
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>>>>>At first it was a couple folks here endorsing me for SQL server, so I figured OK, I have talked about doing stuff with that, but today I got one saying Mike Beane and Randy Jean ( an old VFP friend I haven't talked to in years) have endorsed me for XML ( of which my encyclopedic knowledge is rivaled only by my understanding of baseball, soccer and gansta rap (west coast) )
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>>>>>Anybody else getting these? Anyone want to get endorsed for Cobol, Turtle Logo or Microsoft Bob?
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>>>>I get them as well, but so far, no one has endorsed me for anything I haven't worked in so I thought Linked in was looking at your skill set and asking those in your network to endorse. If you are getting endorsed for skills you've never attained, that's a new one on me! Have you been endorsed for embroidery yet? :)
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>>>No, but my fans may be confused and not realize embroidery and cross-stitch are distinct catergories. You were kind enough to endorse me for SQL server.
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>>>I did earn Firemanship, Animal Husbandry and Citizenship in the Home merit badges in Boy Scouts but so far have received no recognition... just sayin'.
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>>Animal Husbandry is actually a major at my alma mater. I can't quite imagine putting that on my resume.
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>Actually it always sounds to me like an unsavory practice involving sheep ...

Exactly. Or maybe cows.

These days with two daughters in college in Wisconsin I get to do a fair amount of driving there. It really is a beautiful state. Lots of rolling hills and herds of cows. There is one particular place I pass by all the time on the way to Madison with probably a couple hundred cows and one goat. The goat always stands on a little edifice, master of all he sees. It makes me smile every time.

You probably already know this but Wisconsin is no longer the dairy state in terms of milk production. Do you know what state it is? Take your time.

California. There is a weird milk subsidy in the books based on distance from Wisconsin. I think it was originally instituted for Florida's benefit. On this point I fully agree with anyone that the federal government is nuts.