Quote - Maybe humanity is just getting a bit more alert to things like that. They were not talked about in earlier times. Maybe things are getting better? little ray of hope

It sometimes feels as if things are getting worse, but that's because of the nature of our media. News is mostly the bad stuff (with sometimes a fluffy nice story at the end to cheer us up) but news reportage can now reach around the world four times an hour - so we hear about things from much, MUCH further away than we used to. We're kinda bombarded with badness, which those of us old enough to remember a time before mobile phones and digital cameras quite rightly don't recall from when we were kids. Back then things that happened more than 50 miles away were remote, "foreign news" whereas now something the other side of the planet can be thrust in front of us in glorious technicolor even before the event has finished.

Quote - Hmmm - edible crayons are sounding yummy. Do the different colours taste differently?

I'm hoping red is strawberry :D

Quote - I just found all of the pennies I needed (don't ask where please) and bought your tutorial.

See, now, I'm going to be struggling all day to avoid asking where you found it. If x-rays and surgery on a family pet were required then I REALLY don't want to know

Quote - Never put off till tomorrow, if you can do it today!! The reason???? If you like it, you can do it twice as much tomorrow!!!! Lol.

Also, if you don't like it then you have the next day without it to look forward to!

I have grown fond of saying "it's betetr to have patients than to be one". I don't know if that's because of the clients I have in medical fields influencing me, but the phrase just appeared unbidden one day and has stuck with me.

 

Quote - I'm leading a group of Boy Scouts, so I can't take too many risks, (I'm more afraid of their Mothers than the mountains!) although they are experienced, having hiked 50-60 miles over the last month and slept out in survival shelters they built over the winter.  There is a road to the top of Washington, so some folks take climbing it too lightly; the weather observatory at the top is literally chained to the living rock for a reason...

It's good that they're experienced - the one and only time I went up a mountain (a tiddler called "Mt snowden") I was with a school part. Must have been around 11, possibly 12 years old. We walked up the thing on the same day that kids from the next school up took the lazy way and took a special train up. How's that for cheating? a train ride up a mountain - almost not worth doing. Except for the view, which was glorious.

Parents are scary. I know, I am one and I've seen that look in the eye of teachers when they're worried that I'm not happy. the blood drains from their faces and their eyes widen a bit. Sometimes take a small step back. It's fun holding out as long as possible before letting them know whether I'm annoyed or not. Part of the fun of being in a different relationship to the educational system than I used to be ;)

Cheers,

 

Cliff