How lazy are you?

[Clancy Moped]

 

[Stemar]

Extremely, but I like to think I know the difference between lazy and stupid.

There's an old saying, lazy people take the most pains. No, they're stupid. My kind of lazy is the kind that will work hard to find an easier way of doing it, whatever It is.

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

These kind of people should not own boats!!!

 

[[70521]]

Its a DIY version of one of these Sealegs 7.1: amphibious rising star - boats.com and a lot cheaper.

 

[JumbleDuck]

Extremely, but I like to think I know the difference between lazy and stupid.

If he needed to move the trailer from one part of the lake/river to another, perhaps because he had bought the boat, or was relocating it, in might not have been stupid at all.

 

[Stemar]

If he needed to move the trailer from one part of the lake/river to another, perhaps because he had bought the boat, or was relocating it, in might not have been stupid at all.

I thought about that, but I'm lazy enough to tow it on the road - far less work when it's already on the trailer

 

[SimonFa]

Extremely, but I like to think I know the difference between lazy and stupid.

There's an old saying, lazy people take the most pains. No, they're stupid. My kind of lazy is the kind that will work hard to find an easier way of doing it, whatever It is.

Back in the '80s there was paper from one of those management gurus who seemed to be around at that time and he argues that a successful team needed a lazy person on it as they would be the best person to find the most efficient way of doing something.

 

[Daydream believer]

Back in the '80s there was paper from one of those management gurus who seemed to be around at that time and he argues that a successful team needed a lazy person on it as they would be the best person to find the most efficient way of doing something.

Good idea. I think the scheme was ONE. But BT seems to have taken it to heart & crashed the whole b..y theory

 

[zoidberg]

There's an old saying, lazy people take the most pains. No, they're stupid. My kind of lazy is the kind that will work hard to find an easier way of doing it, whatever It is.

My kind of lazy is the kind that will let someone else 'work hard to find an easier way to do it' - then copy them.

 

[Caraway]

Back in the '80s there was paper from one of those management gurus who seemed to be around at that time and he argues that a successful team needed a lazy person on it as they would be the best person to find the most efficient way of doing something.

I am that person.

 

[Caraway]

If he needed to move the trailer from one part of the lake/river to another, perhaps because he had bought the boat, or was relocating it, in might not have been stupid at all.

I did a similar thing once. I needed a launching trolley moving and towed it behind my tender (which I used to row). The tyres were bouyant so it just followed like a dog on a lead.
I can't remember why I did it, but you can be assured it was the easiest way.

 

[anoccasionalyachtsman]

Back in the '80s there was paper from one of those management gurus who seemed to be around at that time and he argues that a successful team needed a lazy person on it as they would be the best person to find the most efficient way of doing something.

One Cowes Week we concluded that we raced better on a hangover for that very reason. Think it through before doing it the easy way. Seemed to work. That or the others were drinking even more?

 

[DownWest]

Saw a vid, think it was in NZ, where because of the onshore swell, they parked their (floating) trailers on moorings. Nosed into them, secured to boat, then took a run at the beach, where the cable was waiting to snap on and drag them up quick.
I fancy being the local trailer service guy with plenty of bearings

 

[Stemar]

My kind of lazy is the kind that will let someone else 'work hard to find an easier way to do it' - then copy them.

Are you sure you don't mean let them do it the easier way and take the credit?

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Back in the '80s there was paper from one of those management gurus who seemed to be around at that time and he argues that a successful team needed a lazy person on it as they would be the best person to find the most efficient way of doing something.

The very best computer programmers are lazy; they want to find a way to do things to minimize any future work! If you do it right first time, you won't need to go back to it to fix it.