From: Brett Paatsch (bpaatsch@bigpond.net.au)
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 10:35:46 MDT
Amara writes:
> Brett Paatsch
> > I have learned, somewhat sadly, that things take
> > far longer than I'd imagined they'd need to, and
> > that the reason that this is so is that we are far
> > less wise in the areas that matter than we often
> > give ourselves credit for.
>
> Yes... but I have learned that the planting of a few
> seeds and waiting can bring unexpected delights,
> that is, if your mind is in a suitable state to notice the
> result.
>
> Here's a flower that burst through my usual pessimism
> regarding the Internet.
>
> I have a friend visiting the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano
> in Tanzania presently, and I was surprised last week
> to find messages from him in my emailbox giving me
> reports.
>
> "How are you able to send me email from there?,"
> I ask (envisioning tents, and cooking pots and
> scorpions on the ground in barren, deserted places),
> and he writes the next day:
>
> "Arusha has HUNDREDS of Internet cafes: a local
> phone call costs $0.5/min, an international call is
> $3/min, while 30 minutes are $0.5. Two years ago,
> all of the Internet cafes were full of American
> tourists waiting for their safaris, this year Americans
> are staying away, and the Internet cafes are full of
> local people writing to their relatives around the
> world."
>
>
> Nice flower, hmmm?
I like it. And the better because you do.
- Brett
PS: It's wondrous what blooms in s*i*. ;-)
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PPS: s O i L !!!
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