{"id":135583,"date":"2017-12-08T08:06:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T15:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135583"},"modified":"2017-12-11T07:38:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T14:38:38","slug":"terry-tate-office-linebacker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/08\/terry-tate-office-linebacker.html","title":{"rendered":"Terry Tate: Office Linebacker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If an armed society is a polite society, then an office linebackered workplace would be a polite workplace.<\/p>\n<p>Hmmm. Probably just as well not, but there <i>are<\/i> times when I&#8217;ve wish I could invoke such a spirit.<\/p>\n<p>[h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109916779695016690032\">Stan Pedzick<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qwg24lth4pw\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/DbhecTEtyMU\">View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If an armed society is a polite society, then an office linebackered workplace would be a polite workplace. Hmmm. Probably just as well not, but there are times when I&#8217;ve wish I could invoke such a spirit. 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