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Complaining- not a bad thing at all

What is the point of complaining about things that you cannot change? This is a ridiculous the question. If you are in a position to change something, why should you bother to complain about it? Would you not go ahead and implement the change? It is only when you are not in a position to make changes will you be compelled to complain. Do not criticize a person for complaining a lot. Assess whether the person has the ability to do something about the issue that he or she is complaining about. You should criticize the person doing the complaining only if he or she is complaining despite having the power to change the situation.

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God! These frustrating humans

I think I have identified God. Any person who interacts with the human race up close and manages to avoid being totally frustrated with life is God. Every modern society is concerned about the protection of its inhabitants. Women are assaulted, molested and raped in large numbers and society is helpless to prevent this problem. Law enforcement agencies are frustrated because they are not in a position to keep track of all areas under their jurisdiction at the same time.

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Mustn’t grumble

If you read my blog regularly you’ll know that no-one likes a good moan like me. I get really annoyed by many things from rubbish television to bad manners. To be honest, I think the world would be a poorer place without it. For a start, how do you expect anything to ever change if nobody complains about anything? Nevertheless, there is a part of me which sometimes thinks we need to take a step back and appreciate what we have in the world. Despite all my complaints and rants I have to admit that in many ways we have things a lot better than in other parts of the world or in comparison to in this country 100 years ago.

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Women are not always the innocent party

The question of how to catch your wife cheating is a difficult one to answer. It depends on many factors, one of which is how good she is at concealing it! Now it is not a situation that any of us want to find ourselves in, and the whole process can be soul destroying; especially if the ens reault is bad news. However if you suspect that she is cheating on you, the truth must be sought. In my case, my wife claimed she was undertaking vitally important manual handling training, but in reality she was handling another man!

There have been much advice given in the past about how to catch your wife cheating and much of it is given by those who are trying to advertise their services as a private investigator! I would suggest that in most cases this is not necessary (unless she is extremely good at hiding it). You must have a suspicion for a reason, which means she must be acting in an usual way that is not in keeping with her normal activity or character. This is where you should start your investigation.

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The Regression of the Goggle Box.

Over the last twenty or thirty years, something very bad has happened to television – gone are the days of having four or five different channels to choose from; we now have hundreds. Obviously a lot of people are going to think this is great step forwards, but just stop and think about it for a minute…

It’s exactly the same thing as breakfast cereal (yes, really). I mean, do we actually need to have a whole shopping aisle full of the stuff??? After all, it wasn’t so many years ago when there were only about a dozen different kinds of cereal and we all got along just fine. Everyone had their personal favourite and no-one died from a lack of nutrition at breakfast time!

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Solutions to Soil Erosion

Recently there have been a number of storms that have hit countries of Europe and that has led to major disaster areas especially the hillsides and riverbanks. The excessive rainfall caused the soil to get loose and move everything in its path. Soil erosion is largely responsible for much of the problems experienced in the affected areas. My question is, why can’t we solve this soil erosion problem. What is the problem? All we have to do is to get a R4 3DS card and record what happens and then watch it on our Nintendo 3DS system to get an idea of the true devastation.

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Do we need curbs?

I’m a big fan of local and national news. Instead of the disasters which tend to frequent the international news you get heart-warming stories about kind people and fearless acts of heroism; stories of people like you and I somehow winning against the odds or achieving something you didn’t think possible. However, it isn’t always good news, unfortunately; sometimes the stories are more woeful and serious. Recently I turned the TV on to see a story about Great Yarmouth – I think, or somewhere like that – where they had started a new scheme…

The scheme was designed with pedestrians in mind and involved removing the curbs from the road that ran alongside the sea. The thinking was that this would minimize people tripping up and make it safer for cars. But what the planners didn’t predict was that there would be a backlash against them – one which said that although this made things smoother, it also made things quite the opposite from what was intended…

From an able-bodied pedestrians point of view I can see how the lack of curbs would benefit everyone

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The Internet Is Really Really Great…for annoying me!

The internet is enraging me lately. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube….these sites just seem designed to invade my life at every moment!

I opted off Facebook for a trial period and was pleased to note that I didn’t miss it. It made absolutely no difference to my life. I still went out, I still saw my friends, I still got drunk and fell down the stairs. I haven’t logged back onto Facebook since. Okay so I might miss the occasional online conversation about how someone was feeling at lunchtime. However will I cope? I’m not alone in my opinion either according to an article I read on the BBC’s website.

Even when I was buying a new mobile phone the other day the sales guy was trying to flog me the latest touch screen technology and using Facebook as his platform. “Hey you know not only can I give you the best roaming prices for your journey but I can also give you a phone that lets you access your Twitter and Facebook accounts at super fast speeds!” I just glared at him until he shut up.

The internet may be a wonderful tool, but it’s allowed a bunch of greedy little twerps to exploit people’s fears of not having any friends or any kind of a life. Just do what I do. Switch off and go talk to a real person!

And before you point it out I am aware of the irony of using the internet to have a rant about the internet

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Where Do We Go From Here?

Some people might say with a straight face that they have never really followed the great Australian soap Neighbours, but to them I make a challenge of epic proportions and say this: a) I do not believe you for a second and I reckon you still remember and love Harold and Madge Bishop as much as I do and b) similar to a), except with the added claim that it is easily one of the darkest of the Australian soaps, and how could you not like that?

I remember the gold-old days: rushing home from school to watch Neighbours with my brother and sister…being kept completely on the edge of my seat when that dastardly Paul Robinson killed someone! Those were the days, and in truth I have followed it ever since. Granted, there was a period in the early millennium when I didn’t watch it as much as I should have done, but I have always been a fan. I have always followed the exploits of the street and wondered what will happen next.

But you have to wonder: where do we go from here in terms of plot? After all, the Neighbours team have given us practically every scenario you can possibly manage in the day-time without getting into trouble with the TV authorities.

For anyone else who loves this show, you can check the web-site online for much more detailed episode info; now, that should give you something to think about while doing your boring selling banner stands job, shouldn’t it?

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The Right Way to Do Philanthropy

I have a problem with people who call themselves philanthropist like it’s a job or something. Before I go further, I will like to say that Bill Gates Foundation is not a target of my criticism because I really understand his cause. He also tries to get many billionaires all in a bid to fight for better world welfare. Apart from Gates and a few other people that appear to be real as well, I find it disgusting when someone describes his or her self as a philanthropist. Business men and celebrities have turned giving into public relations campaign. It has become a way of generating positive image and ‘cheap'publicity. It is pointless when individuals fly out a large television crew to cover their giving spree in a bid to boost their public acceptance.

If it is a public cause where it is almost impossible to have an anonymous donation then it is easy to understand that. It is very wrong to stick it in our faces like most celebrities do. Not all of them are guilty of this distasteful act though. There are lots of rich people who help others without saying a word to nobody. I recently read in the newspapers about a footballer who was known to give money to people. This part of the footballer was revealed by other people and not by some television crew or newspapers he employed to do so. I believe when you are helping the less privileged you don’t always have to put it up like pvc banners for the whole universe to see.

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