tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post4681111790249737001..comments2024-03-20T01:03:09.526-07:00Comments on phantsythat: yet another unnecessary improvementsusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-6692070093718767372017-01-28T14:33:20.336-08:002017-01-28T14:33:20.336-08:00I agree, Claire. With so much wealth and ingenuity...I agree, Claire. With so much wealth and ingenuity you'd think we could do better.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-31209127112009096282017-01-28T01:25:29.395-08:002017-01-28T01:25:29.395-08:00so much time and money spent on things that, while...so much time and money spent on things that, while interesting in themselves, aren't actually needed... like food, water, over population of the planet... clairesgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717145894222550969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-17333709718025550072017-01-23T19:00:05.325-08:002017-01-23T19:00:05.325-08:00Hi Lindsay, Yes, it's certainly true that Kenn...Hi Lindsay, Yes, it's certainly true that Kenneth Graham hated modernity with a passion that Crow relates to as well. Not that there's anything wrong with progress so long as it takes into account the well being of all creatures is the caveat Crow has declared. One that makes sense to me too.<br />I agree that knowing a pilot is using all the tools at his disposal to land a plane safely in dangerous conditions is comforting. Knowing there's nobody up front who cares if he himself lives or dies is frightening.<br />Glad you like the picture - a favourite.<br />All the bestsusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-25295547663317947622017-01-23T15:01:23.033-08:002017-01-23T15:01:23.033-08:00Hi Susan,
I too understand that Kenneth Graham&#...Hi Susan, <br />I too understand that Kenneth Graham's last farewell words to Crow was Toad so relished his freedom he would have hated self-driving options. <br />Whether slow off the mark Google taxi’s, whose search criteria is notoriously slow and gets confused easily,or the up-market sleek chauffeur-less limo thrillers such as Maserati’s, it seems certain it wouldn’t matter a frogs croak to Toad. That’s because he only wanted to go anywhere under his own steam in the roaring twenties. I don’t think we humans are any different. <br />Its one thing to be told by the pilot he’s making an instrument landing, but quite another for a recorded voice to try and reassure you, when conditions like fog mean that’s the only option.I don’t even like being shunted around Heathrow to collect my luggage, after a long flight, in a driverless mini train. <br />Splendid picture. <br />Best wishes <br />Lindsay Byrneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030132436987752741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-7074004186498118412017-01-22T17:26:47.408-08:002017-01-22T17:26:47.408-08:00I don't believe you're wrong, Andrew. The ...I don't believe you're wrong, Andrew. The thing about <br />the guys coming up with these bizarre ideas is that <br />they've spent more time daydreaming at their computers <br />than dealing with harsh reality.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-68906642425677076822017-01-22T17:24:33.436-08:002017-01-22T17:24:33.436-08:00Thanks for the Thor Heyerdahl quote, Sean. When
s...Thanks for the Thor Heyerdahl quote, Sean. When <br />she was a child my friend Inger had a cat whose <br />mother was crew on Kon-Tiki. <br /><br />I still have all his books in old editions.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-10374524952707733582017-01-22T16:28:31.917-08:002017-01-22T16:28:31.917-08:00I think about them the same as I do about delivery...I think about them the same as I do about delivery drones: daft and unworkable in terms of large-scale adoption. (But I am often wrong).Andrew MacLaren-Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275686573421308677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-15117893217126515402017-01-22T13:14:19.519-08:002017-01-22T13:14:19.519-08:00Progress is man's ability to complicate simpli...Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.<br />Thor Heyerdahl, <i>Fatu-hiva</i>, 1974Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.com