Posts by Steve Barnes
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Fitzy in a giant pink bumper car shaped as a fist for the All Black abstain campaign
May I suggest any readers contemplating following this advice to be sure to remove all rings, bangles and wristwatches first and lube well. I fear for those on the receiving end of such a promotion.
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Hard News: Is that it?, in reply to John Armstrong,
I'd rather say that wisdom (define as you like) derives primarily from experience, and not necessarily as a function of brightness.
My point was more that you have to be bright enough to understand your experience and your experience be broad enough to lead to a greater understanding, ie Wisdom.
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Hard News: Is that it?, in reply to giovanni tiso,
There are jobs that are mindless, jobs that are soul crushing, jobs that are backbreaking, jobs that are unaccountably dangerous or bad for your health, and jobs that are all of these things at the same time. I would go as far as to say that probably the majority of jobs are at least one of these things.
There are also jobs that are, in themselves, pointless but keep people "employed" and therefore not pointless. I often use the analogy of "Te Railways". Many people complained about wasteful overmanning and overburdening inefficiencies but at least those Railwaymen and women, had a reason for getting out of bed in the morning and having some form of social involvement. That, to me at least, seems a little more valuable than Michael Fay and David Richwhite becoming offshore millionaires.
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Hard News: Is that it?, in reply to BenWilson,
the boss worked out that he could get me to run the rental car company at the same time. I soon developed skills in dealing with angry and dissatisfied customers
So, not a great success then?.
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Hard News: Is that it?, in reply to John Armstrong,
I can think of at least one ex-currency trader who would probably benefit from a spell up to his elbows in eel guts. Or working in a creche. Or on a benefit. Or something.
That would require humility. I suspect said trader would complain that he could be doing "Better" things.
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Hard News: Is that it?, in reply to Heather Gaye,
oh, also this…I’ve long been extremely angry at the “I earn my money therefore I should keep it” axe,
More so as it is usually prefaced by the term "Hard Earned"
Slaving over a hot spreadsheet does not compare to cleaning corporate toilets in the middle of the night but it pays better. -
Hard News: When the Weather is the News, in reply to David Haywood,
Dr Haywood’s Ph.D is in energy engineering/thermodynamics.
And, no doubt, familiar with the work of Ed Mazara . Who's Early Work has been well thumbed in my endeavours and who's Later Works should be studied by anyone involved in the building industry.
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Had to post this. It was on TV the other night and just had me spellbound.
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Muse: A Friday Kind of Linky Love, in reply to Joe Wylie,
Here's an example Steve.
Seems I have a filthy mind, I read "grubby" as "adult" and was trying to make a subtle point about sex being treated as worse than violence.
Subtle point 2.
Isn't all good film acting mostly about emotion capture? It would be the "Action" genera that depend on motions.
Meanwhile, A Motion Capture Game
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Hard News: Is that it?, in reply to Che Tibby,
i found people of great beauty around me while up to my elbows in filth during a 15 hour shift in a kitchen, and endless ugliness on the top floor of a building working with people in the top tax bracket.
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