People can be thick
In my daily activities I come across people that defy logic with how they have survived to the age they are with the intelligence they lack. You can only assume society has watered down life so much that even animals might be able to claim the dole.
I was talking to a man today who understood English enough to run his own business and yet needed me to explain something to him four times and even then I don't think he got it.
If Oprah doesn't have a segment about it or 'Today Tonight' hasn't put it into its weekly cycle of repeated articles then these people wont learn about it.
These are the same very people who vote in governments because of a $200 bonus they will get, without the understanding that same government has three years to make a small tax change to get it back. Think long term that's all I ask of you. Don't wonder why you can't afford to fix the broken fridge when you never put $10 a week away in a slush fund to pay for emergencies such as those. Because believe me, these dramas keep on coming, it's commonly known as 'life'.
Learn to listen to what is being said so you might not need to ask for a fourth repeat of a simple 10 word sentence.
Facebook Divorce
Everywhere you go these days there is a reference to Facebook. Companies want you to 'like' or 'friend' them and people now communicate through it more than email.
The courts even mention Facebook as a banned form of communication when they issue their gag orders. And this ushers in a new trend I can see flooding our divorce courts. People fighting over their money and assets by making references to Facebook entires and friend lists. Will a husband or wife update their status to reflect their pending court battle or will they submit evidence of infidelity by showing Facebook as a source.
The disappointing thing about all this is that the children can access Facebook and long after the divorse is sealed in court documents, the trace of Facebook slander will be there for all to read and snicker at.
I just think people should keep their private lives a little more... private.
Man up gentleman
I was reminded of an epidemic last night, one that puts chicken flu, Y2K bugs and GFC's in grave perspective. I speak of manning up, growing balls or bringing out your inner cave man instincts. The new age man is fast becoming a joke. Caring more about clothes and smelling like David Beckham than knowing how to fix things with your average array of shed tools. Does the modern man know how to change a spark plug in a lawn mower? Does the modern man even know what a lawn mower looks like or does Jim take care of that for him. In saying that I'm guessing 50:1 is probably telling the modern man about his xxxxx than an oil and fuel ratio.
I am disgusted at what I see when I venture to a hardware store. There are more men in the garden and homewards sections than in plumbing, electrical or timber. What happened to the dark workshop in the backyard, that sacred man shed where secret inventions were though up, beer was drunk and sometimes even brewed and general household items were mended. I know, they made way for Japanese yoga gardens and water features.
I see fully grown men wearing scarves on days where the mercury drops slightly below 15c. That's not arctic weather, thats called a stiff breeze and if you had chest hair and some general manliness about you then you would not feel the cold. A man would not care for a cut on his finger and wouldn't run for the Dettol and a bandaid, he would toughen up and let nature heal it. A man wouldn't even know his doctors name, because medical visits are not required. I feel let down by my fellow man populous, the ones I refer too know who they are. Your shopping for tissues and hiring the latest directors cut of the Notebook because you just love Ryan Goslings acting prowess.
Buy a hammer, some nails and a length of 4x2 and just make something. Even if it's a bird feeder, just get it done.
Choose football over Better Homes & Gardens on a Friday night. Because otherwise you better stock up on manpons.