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To: Ilaine who wrote (33071)	4/13/2008 8:28:24 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217759

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. From the Notebooks of Lazarus Long.. (Our SI pal's namesake)

To: Ilaine who wrote (33071)	4/14/2008 1:23:10 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217759

I was always impressed by how much old geezers knew. I remember my uncle fixing the tail lights of his car several decades ago and thinking "How the heck does he know all this stuff". My father too always knew vast amounts of stuff. Now, I'm the old geezer and I think what vast amounts of stuff I know and have done. It seems so silly that little Hayes has to learn it all again - much of it new of course and much of my knowledge is obsolete. He's as keen as mustard, but human nature doesn't seem daunted by vast challenges. All the better to get stuck in it seems. I was going to write my extensive list of things I know and have done but it would take me longer than I can be bothered taking. A major reason people live so long must be because the value of knowledge is so huge that nature couldn't afford to just have it go to waste each time an old geezer died. Google is going to be a great help - a brain with vast knowledge sitting there ready to go with recommendations for action. It's already pretty good with navigation for example. Pretty soon people won't have to drive at all. Pretty soon after that, they won't be allowed to drive at all. Having stupid large primates in charge of tons of flying metal with just a painted line keeping them away from the same going the opposite direction and the same speed will seem absurd. Google won't die, so the knowledge is safe. No more having to start at the beginning again and reinvent the wheel each time a new person is born. Mqurice PS: Just for fun, let's see...in no particular order... welding scaffolder [9 stories high in the good old days before they invented safety] truck driver fork lift driver driver for mentally and physically disabled [van] and supervisor too soil testing technician [and other civil engineering materials] civil engineer [local body work] oil industry technical manager, marketing and sales [downstream] machine tool operator [lathes, milling machines etc] hay loader [running around paddocks dawn to after dusk collecting bales] concrete worker [valve tower construction in a dam] spray painter [before health and safety was invented] wharfie [when it was done by hand] van driver [parcel deliveries - Andair was fastest of all] building labourer typing checker warehouse worker [Hamley's warehouse - toys in London] delivery man [around London] company director [Globalstar Oz,Astralink, Zenbu] then all the DIY brick laying, plastering timber construction [house construction from ground up] plumbing [housing] electrical work [housing not industrial] woodwork [making various things from wood and a good job done on them if I do say so myself = lots of training when young] painting wall papering tree felling engine disassembly [vehicle and other, total - diesel and petrol] and car disassembly [gearbox, differentials, brakes, suspension] gardening [vegetable growing] then all the family stuff knitting machine operation sewing machine cooking cleaning repairs of everything [meaning everything] and stuff. lots and lots of stuff. and knowing how most things work from attending any industry which uses oil, which is all of them and one thing and another. then all the general knowledge - financial relativity theory, medical, environmental, legal [court lawyer, conveyancing, probate], political activist [successful too - got National Party out 1984, got Act in 1996 onwards] not to mention father and grandfather [which involves a LOT more than donating sperm]. and the things I forgot... and then, I die!! Stink one!! ...edit.... I should add time wasting cyberspace ranter.

To: Ilaine who wrote (33071)	4/14/2008 2:35:08 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217759

well, i suppose, in a pinch, i could: - trim christmas trees, though i do not see any on koh samui - fix up this and that, even if the quality of construction on that island is simply germanic in duty and swiss in craftsmanship - encourage wife to teach piano, but do not see any pianos about - encourage wife to do continental cooking, but there are a lot of continental cooks about already - teach computer games, but i am sure the kids are better at it - start a lottery - sell puts - speculate in homes - set up herbal medicine, coconut, lemon grass, and banana futures - write tourist brochures - gold banking - gold storage - gold-backed financing - central banking (either responsible fashion or wastrel type, by popular vote) - teach basic antenna theory - teach wave equation and its derivation into option pricing formulae - preach at the local place of worship about fire and brimstone - translate between english and chinese - illuminate between sense and nonsense - spin and spun, stock jobbing, projectoring and so i should be ok if ever stranded on koh samui design airport lounge facilities and author rules and regulations regarding same ... must be off, flight to northern capital in a few min chugs, tj

To: Ilaine who wrote (33071)	4/14/2008 6:41:53 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217759

One of my most educational jobs was as a part-time residential housing manager for on year during college. That's when I decided I would NEVER want to own rental real estate. The owner was under-capitalized and paid two much for the property. An annoyed tenant called building inspector who wrote up a huge list of violations. I had to get bids and arrange the repairs, then the owner was overdue paying the bills. The highlight was when the furnace thermostat got stuck in the on position, and the house heated up to 100 degrees. A girl on the first floor had her closet directly over the furnace room, and the rubber soles of her shoes melted and stuck to the floor! ;>)