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I’m no saint or hero and I’m not trying to blow my own trumpet but I want to raise an interesting issue, based on an experience I had this morning. I’d really appreciate getting your comments on this one.
As I was cycling up a hill on the way to work this morning I noticed a group of five young children, probably around the age of 10 to 12. One boy was riding his scooter downhill on the footpath.
A steep hill, a small boy, a footpath and a scooter is not always a great combination. Three quarters the way down the hill the boy and the scooter parted ways.
This looks serious
The boy lay motionless on the footpath. I looked around to see who would help. The woman on the pushbike nearby kept riding. The woman walking with her very young child kept walking. I headed across the road to see what I could do. Thankfully he started moving.
As he got up I could see many scrapes and bruises. I could also see that he was shaking. I was able to direct him to sit back down while he dealt with the initial shock of his high speed collision with the pavement. One of the girls had a mobile phone so they called his mum. I suggested they make sure that she was told that he was OK, just a little scraped and shaken.
Emergency over
Once I was sure that everything was under control I jumped back on my bike to continue the journey to work. (It’s hard work getting started again half way up a steep incline.) The children all said thank you for stopping …. a number of times.
What would you do?
I wonder what you would do in that kind of situation. I wonder why other adults in the area just kept going about their business.
I know that I think twice before stepping in when kids are involved. As a society we’ve been trained to think the worst whenever an adult male is interacting with young children. I was certainly glad that there was a group of children so that I wasn’t dealing with the boy on my own.
Is there a reluctance to help others these days? Are we concerned about what others might think? Are we too busy to care? Are we worried about our liability if something goes wrong?
Would you stop to help someone who is injured or in distress?
As I said earlier, I don’t think I’m a saint or a hero, I’m just someone who saw a need and jumped in. I’d like to think that that’s normal but I’m wondering now how normal it is. I’d appreciate your comments.
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It would seem that Australians are a disgrace when it comes to taking annual leave. That’s according to Federal Tourism Minister, Martin Ferguson, who is telling us that we have too much annual leave stored up and that our bosses should be encouraging us to take more short breaks.
Apparently a lot of young Australians are hoarding leave to take extended holidays overseas. Mr Ferguson wants us to take short breaks within Australia. Well, of course he does, he’s the Federal Tourism Minister.
We need to be encouraging Australians to take not just long holidays, but to take that long weekend in Tasmania, that mid-year break in north Queensland, that three or four day holiday.
I like the idea of more short breaks. I like the idea of extended holidays, both in Australia and overseas, but until I have the money for all these wonderful holidays, I’m likely to stay home. If Mr Ferguson wants to slip me a few dollars I’d be happy to holiday all over Australia.
Mind you, I’m rather interested in one comment the Tourism Minister made.
We’ve got to change our own mindset and get people to realise that a short break is as good as a long break and encourage people to actually have a holiday in Australia.
A short break as good as a long break? Really? OK, here’s the deal. If anyone’s willing to fund a long holiday for me and then a short holiday, I’m prepared to carry out research on that statement. I will give solid evidence on which is best or if they’re both the same.
So what about you? Do you stockpile holidays? Do you prefer holidays in your own country or overseas travel? Are you finding it harder to afford any kind of holiday? I’d love you to leave a few comments.
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How hard should it be to find a fuse?
Our microwave oven stopped working on Saturday. Since then I’ve discovered that a small fuse inside has blown. It’s just a little fuse. Only 20 millimetres long. Maybe that’s why they’re so hard to find.
I don’t know yet whether a blown fuse is the only problem or if that’s just a symptom of a bigger issue, meaning that we’ll have to try to find the money for a new microwave oven. I would like to grab a couple of fuses, try one, see if it blows, if it does, try again, if it blows again … give up … it’s dead.
I’ve been in touch with a number of businesses trying to track down the right fuse but no one seems to have it. They’re all keen to help by handballing me on to the next supplier but each one in turn directs me on to another. If I do find them they’ll only cost a couple of dollars each but it’ll help me work out if we’re up for a new appliance.
In the meantime, I’m remembering what cooking was all about before we had the convenience of a microwave oven in every kitchen.
Have you had trouble finding something you thought would be simple to find?
Are you a fan of microwaves or do you prefer the good old fashioned methods of cooking?
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Do you think that somewhere in this world that there’s someone who is completely up to date with everything? Is it possible that there’s a man or woman who right now is sitting down thinking, “My life is completely under control. I need a new project to tackle.”? I wonder.
As for me, there are so many areas of life in which I need to play catch up. There are tasks at work and at home that need doing. I need to spend some time on my bike catching up on kilometres. There are shelves of books at home waiting for me to catch up on some reading. I certainly could do with catching up on sleep. And of course, I have a long list of friends with whom I’d love to catch up. It sometimes feels that I spend a lot of time catching up on stuff that I should have done yesterday, last week or even last year.
It goes beyond time management and being organised. I think we often just try to pack too much into our lives.
Do you sometimes feel like you’d need another lifetime to do everything you’d like to do? Are you catching up or caught up?
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