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Originally posted by janeyyou're bad and must be punished (oh god here goes another thread onto light relief!)I am not qualified to give the above advice!
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Originally posted by The Lone GunmanBest offer I have had in ages. What will be your pleasure madam?"Well behaved women rarely make history"Comment
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Originally posted by janeyif we go down this route this thread will be banished to light relief and will come into competition with your beloved once again!
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Originally posted by bogeymanWell, so much for serious conversations then.
true...
back to books....
perfumer by patrick suskind is extremely good and I'm currently reading Mao's Last Dancer if you want to stick with the autobiographical stuff"Well behaved women rarely make history"Comment
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Originally posted by bogeymanMaybe the Apollo missions were enormously expensive gambles, but I can't help feeling that our parents and grandparents generations had so much more of a 'can do' attitude to everything.
They had ability, organisational skills and sheer balls to tackle the most outrageous feats - like putting a man on the moon and getting him back alive.
These days, you can chuck all the money you want at a project (in whatever arena) and nothing happens - or its a disaster. Our generation just sits around in meetings covering our arseholes.
I don't think we'll be going back to the moon anytime soon - let alone mars.
I think the main problem with stuff like this now is the huge aversion to risk that large organisations have these days. The Apollo missions, in fact all the manned space missions, were hugely risky. Not just in terms of money but human life as well. Now there seems to be no appetite to take these kind of risks, whatever the rewards may be."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by janeyif we go down this route this thread will be banished to light relief and will come into competition with your beloved once again!
Not only that I have far too much work to do!! AAAAAAaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggghI am not qualified to give the above advice!
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Originally posted by DaveBI think the main problem with stuff like this now is the huge aversion to risk that large organisations have these days. The Apollo missions, in fact all the manned space missions, were hugely risky. Not just in terms of money but human life as well. Now there seems to be no appetite to take these kind of risks, whatever the rewards may be.
People are becoming more and more risk-averse to the point that innovation, adventure and discovery are becoming foreign concepts.
These are the very ideas that propelled the human race to where it is.
Now all we want to do is sit around and live a slob lifestyle supported by junk media and 24x7 entertainment.
Going back to the original point of this thread, Hitler wouldn't have stood a chance in motivating the present German populace to get off their backsides - so maybe it's a good thing - doesn't feel like it though.
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Originally posted by bogeymanGoing back to the original point of this thread, Hitler wouldn't have stood a chance in motivating the present German populace to get off their backsides - so maybe it's a good thing - doesn't feel like it though.
It has always been my belief that had Hitler not been barking he could have united Europe before the end of the war had he chosen a peaceful route.I am not qualified to give the above advice!
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Originally posted by The Lone GunmanWhat a dilemma! The most promising discusion with a girly on this board in ages yet continuing it will banish this thread and set up more competition for the "test please delete" thread which your "going direct" is already in competition with and is shaping up to be a very amusing distraction.
Not only that I have far too much work to do!! AAAAAAaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggggh
nice to know I'm promising tho"Well behaved women rarely make history"Comment
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