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The Swimming Pool Saga

This is the story of a swimming pool. Moreover it illustrates how folk work together to get things done in Spain.
The missus and I bought an old farm house in the latter part of 2003. One of the things that drew us to the property was a walled courtyard of about 15 metres by 15 metres which afforded us the opportunity to sunbathe in the nuddy. Towards the end of the following spring it started to get really hot. By the end of May the wife got the unshakeable notion in her head that a swimming pool would be required to get us through the summer. We made enquiries and got the same answer... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, May 31, 2020 12:00:00 AM Categories: Spain Spanish Spanish culture
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Marketing Memories from the UK to Spain

Fondly remembering the days when marketers used to give stuff away!
Kids like me who grew up in the 1960s probably had one advantage over all generations of children before or since in that we were the greatest beneficiaries of the boom-time of incentive marketing. If you were born any earlier the economy wasn't quite so strong and so marketers were being a little more thrifty and if you were born a little later, well the bean counters kind of took over and clamped down on frivolous spending. But for about a decade and a half there was a period of... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, May 24, 2020 1:50:00 PM Categories: Economy Incentive Marketing Marketing Spain
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On the Virtues of Laziness

It's more a question of effective energy management!
Being lazy is often frowned upon by society but I'd like to argue here today that not only is being lazy a virtue, it's actually a personality trait that benefits wider society. There are some great definitions of the word lazy such is this one from Merriam-Webster: disinclined to activity or exertion : not energetic or vigorous. Most of them reserve overtly negatively charged terms, but when you look at synonyms for the word 'lazy' it's a different story. Try these out for size: apathetic,... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, May 17, 2020 11:06:00 AM Categories: Math Philosophy Thinking Thought
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