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<blockquote data-quote="Kenny Coyote" data-source="post: 223103" data-attributes="member: 102">I don&#039;t know how many people will remember this, but in &#039;Digger&#039;s Daughter&#039; when Pam first brings up the idea of Bobby running Ewing Oil, Bobby tells her that&#039;s JR&#039;s job &quot;he&#039;s got the brains.&quot; The worst mistake Bobby ever made was allowing himself to be talked into quitting his job as the road man for the company,which he enjoyed, and going to work with JR which he didn&#039;t like as much. Bobby looked like a happier man when he was still being the road man for Ewing Oil. It&#039;s hard to tell because he had just gotten married, but he looked much more at peace with himself then and unfortunately he let himself be manipulated into quitting a job that he enjoyed to go to work with JR which would always be stressful and less fun. I don&#039;t blame Pam for asking because she didn&#039;t know a damn thing about Ewing Oil or what she&#039;d be getting Bobby into, but Bobby should have just laughed at her suggestion that he get into running the company with JR. Bobby should have said something like: &quot;Wait until you get to know JR better and then tell me how much you&#039;d like going to work with JR every day.&quot;Bobby&#039;s job as the road man was an important job. It was the ultimate Public Relations job. He was getting clients interested in making deals with the company and he was making friends with the politicians and other influential people who could help the company. Remember whenever Jock would say &quot;It&#039;s time that we call in some of our markers&quot; when the company was facing a difficult situation? Bobby was the one who gave them the markers - that means doing someone a favor. In gambling, giving someone a marker means fronting the money to keep gambling when they&#039;re out of money. Calling in your marker is asking to be repaid the money you loaned someone, or asking for someone to return the favor you did for them awhile ago. Without a good road man like Bobby, what happens when you need to call in your markers?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kenny Coyote, post: 223103, member: 102"] I don't know how many people will remember this, but in 'Digger's Daughter' when Pam first brings up the idea of Bobby running Ewing Oil, Bobby tells her that's JR's job "he's got the brains." The worst mistake Bobby ever made was allowing himself to be talked into quitting his job as the road man for the company,which he enjoyed, and going to work with JR which he didn't like as much. Bobby looked like a happier man when he was still being the road man for Ewing Oil. It's hard to tell because he had just gotten married, but he looked much more at peace with himself then and unfortunately he let himself be manipulated into quitting a job that he enjoyed to go to work with JR which would always be stressful and less fun. I don't blame Pam for asking because she didn't know a damn thing about Ewing Oil or what she'd be getting Bobby into, but Bobby should have just laughed at her suggestion that he get into running the company with JR. Bobby should have said something like: "Wait until you get to know JR better and then tell me how much you'd like going to work with JR every day." Bobby's job as the road man was an important job. It was the ultimate Public Relations job. He was getting clients interested in making deals with the company and he was making friends with the politicians and other influential people who could help the company. Remember whenever Jock would say "It's time that we call in some of our markers" when the company was facing a difficult situation? Bobby was the one who gave them the markers - that means doing someone a favor. In gambling, giving someone a marker means fronting the money to keep gambling when they're out of money. Calling in your marker is asking to be repaid the money you loaned someone, or asking for someone to return the favor you did for them awhile ago. Without a good road man like Bobby, what happens when you need to call in your markers? [/QUOTE]

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