Hi Jenifur
First let me tell you the news..the lady who travels to Brisbane and back, firstly had a car accident but recovered but now is not talking to me...in any event she is out of the picture as to doing either of us a favour...I just would like to see you get a bit of dark sky is all.
Anyways I meant to send you a message so your reply here woke me up. But I hope she comes around and we can get my plan back on track. She is a caring person really and that is why I felt we could get her to get up a dark site viewing session..she lives in my old place and it is as dark as you could want.
I got a van and getting in and out is a performance as I am sure you can appreciate and made the mistake of walking around the other night without my stick at least but with the camera and you guessed it big fall..no injuries to me or the camera..so stick always at least.
Anyways back to your great post.
I think as a generalisation I can agree with your generalisations but change is what it is ..it arrives with benefits and disadvantages...things will be different that is a distinct quality of change.
I guess I no longer see the phone as a phone..but that's because I am in contact with so few people ..er in all only 6 ..one ex, two daughters Dad and two mates...but for me I like you tube so much..learn stuff mainly..how to make moonshine for one..listen to rain recordings...go to Stanford University to listen to GR lectures which I think is really something..a mug like me attending lectures at Stanford..that is a privilege in my book...face book..I felt the same but I joined about two maybe three months ago because there is a group there that discusses Asiair wireless thing for scope and camera management while laying in bed with my tablet...that only but I found out you can use it for video linking which I liked because I was able to show Dad one of the miracles of our modern world... One mate is on it and he sends stuff which I don't look at ... But it's how you use it..it is different to what I thought is so far as it's more private..at least the way I do it..I don't post photos of my lunch there..I post that here
.
I guess the message I am trying to send is not to let change upset you and let it take more away ... Moreover you can't change change
...I did not know about the Coles thing...I started going back to Mac Donalds a while back after avoiding them for a long time to find they have screens that you put in your order...at first that annoyed me cause folk lose their jobs and I like to see a real person when ordering...and they are trying to train up the customers..in a very sneaky way...you go in and there is an assistant to help you use the screen because the cash register is not working..sure..it's that BS that ticks me off but I can see certain benefits for customers ..less waiting time for example but my response certainly is..I don't like this change and it's only benefit is the bottom line...well MacDonalds is off my list again...they are such poor value for money...now he little cafe gives twice as much for the same money and just so much better food.
But at the root of all our problems is the fact it is a market economy..it must use more, employ less people, increase dividends and continually expand..a recipe for problems..a lot of folk have to lose and eventually it must collapse but I can't think of another system so I am not going to worry and just be as happy as I can before everything ends.
Thanks for your input.
I hope you are doing ok.
Alex