Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Two Steps Up And Back
I often check online for our local weather conditions. There is a prediction of snow in todays weather forecast. It says: "Amount 2 cm except locally 10 cm inland."
What the heck does that mean? How do I determine if I am 'locally'? How far is inland? I am inland because I am not on the coast. Yet depending on what source of measurement you choose, I am not that far from the ocean.
That kind of prediction is like saying it is going to be daylight tonight and dark tomorrow, if not the reverse is true.
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I am always amazed at how people think in regards to area development. In our area the cry is always to attract more business and modernize the city. But you can't build a tall building. Heaven forbid you should ruin the skyline. The shadow may be cast over the shabby heritage property.
We need more business on one of our main streets (pun intended), but don't let it be Hooters. Family restaurant or not you can't have food served by ladies with breasts or legs that end up as buttocks. (And that is followed by the six by eight commentators on TV saying it is exploitation.)
Sure we need a fast ferry service for our harbour. Then we could drive faster to our parade square parking spot because there would be less cars in our way. Oh I forgot, we kicked people out of their lot so we could use theirs. One more thing, the ferry can't cost a million dollars, so we will get one with a single deck and no roof.
The list could go on, that's the way it is these days. My Granny always told me. "You can see through a ladder, but you can never get to the top by going one step up and two steps back." Some sixty years later that statement is beginning to make a lot of sense.
-=One Day At A Time=-
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What the heck does that mean? How do I determine if I am 'locally'? How far is inland? I am inland because I am not on the coast. Yet depending on what source of measurement you choose, I am not that far from the ocean.
That kind of prediction is like saying it is going to be daylight tonight and dark tomorrow, if not the reverse is true.
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I am always amazed at how people think in regards to area development. In our area the cry is always to attract more business and modernize the city. But you can't build a tall building. Heaven forbid you should ruin the skyline. The shadow may be cast over the shabby heritage property.
We need more business on one of our main streets (pun intended), but don't let it be Hooters. Family restaurant or not you can't have food served by ladies with breasts or legs that end up as buttocks. (And that is followed by the six by eight commentators on TV saying it is exploitation.)
Sure we need a fast ferry service for our harbour. Then we could drive faster to our parade square parking spot because there would be less cars in our way. Oh I forgot, we kicked people out of their lot so we could use theirs. One more thing, the ferry can't cost a million dollars, so we will get one with a single deck and no roof.
The list could go on, that's the way it is these days. My Granny always told me. "You can see through a ladder, but you can never get to the top by going one step up and two steps back." Some sixty years later that statement is beginning to make a lot of sense.
-=One Day At A Time=-
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