Hi Aidan,

Wahine, is doing very well, now in Year 11 studying for the HSC, also doing a course in Sports Medicine once a week. A very good athlete, gym and training several times a week, plus study, she has been picked in a number of rep teams, has a full book. I said next year would you try for school captain, all girls Catholic school, said; "Probably, but I would rather be sports captain." I asked why Japan, and she gave a very detailed and mature answer.

Weed control, Jesus, that make breaking rocks positively appealing.

The unfortunate who don't come from a cultural background are missing out on thinking ahead !
Foresight is also in the lacking department !

That's meaningless drivel, Indiy, since everyone has a cultural background even if it isn't recognised.
Many of us think ahead. You don't seem to understand that foresight doesn't mean what you see when you're wearing blinkers!

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Paul,
In answer to your earlier question, I suppose the thing to do would have been to turn it around, and ask her what it would have to involve to be worth doing.

(Not that I'd expect it to get a positive response, of course)

everyone has a cultural background
Aidan,
That's another debate but I'll leave it till someone starts a thread on it !

A funny story, a bit closer to the topic. One morning in 2009 I went down to my 98 year old mothers granny flat, separated from my home by a carport. She had a habit of turning on a radiator in the sitting room to warm the place when she first got up, then turning on the air conditioner when the place got too hot.

I usually went down early, turned things off, opened a couple of windows, & made her some cereal & a cup of tea.

This morning she was talking quite crabbily to someone on the phone. The conversation seemed strange, so I asked her for the phone. She handed it to me, complaining the silly girl wouldn't listen to a thing she said.

Little wonder, she was arguing with a computer, which wanted her to press buttons to get to the right department. Our first home phone was a nicely polished wooden box on the wall. You wound a handle, which caused a light at the town switch to light, & a nice young lady would ask you what number you wanted to be connected to. Little wonder mum did not expect a black box to talk to her.

Hasbeen,
Yeah, our brilliant devoid of foresight scientists developing all this technology rave on about AI (artificial intelligence) but in reality a huge component of their efforts resulted in AS (artificial stupidity) such as the computers your poor old Mum was caught up with.
There really is nothing "intelligent" about the automated customer service in Telstra for example or any of the Govt "Hotlines" that only infuriate people & wastes their time.