Posted by Jim Wilkins on September 15, 2012, 12:56 pm
> ...
> One day later, in Kenya, the first end-user build is already
> underway. Everyone who worked on the project is proud of that.
> Morris Dovey
I've worked with very talented engineers from Africa and don't see why
they can't solve some of these themselves.
Maybe "from" is the key word.
jsw
Posted by Curbie on September 15, 2012, 8:11 pm
wrote:
>I can't buy into the notion that /every/ American with a brain and two
>hands has a yard full of 80' oaks, and I'm not proud that out of the
>four or five dozen design/build contributors from all over the planet, I
>was the only American.
Morris,
To my experience, people help on projects they either have a interest
in (hobby) or a use for (a need), if you enjoy what your doing, who
cares if others help, I've 5+ years working alone on my project and
have enjoyed every minute (well, almost every minute; although, it's
better time spent than watching the crap on TV).
Curbie
Posted by Morris Dovey on September 16, 2012, 7:08 am
On 9/15/12 3:11 PM, Curbie wrote:
> To my experience, people help on projects they either have a interest
> in (hobby) or a use for (a need), if you enjoy what your doing, who
> cares if others help, I've 5+ years working alone on my project and
> have enjoyed every minute (well, almost every minute; although, it's
> better time spent than watching the crap on TV).
I think you've got it right. It's time for me to put this stuff away and
to do something less like work - maybe several somethings. :-)
Morris
Posted by Curbie on September 16, 2012, 1:43 pm
wrote:
>I think you've got it right. It's time for me to put this stuff away and
>to do something less like work - maybe several somethings. :-)
Morris,
I find the people with a "need" to be a PITA, like the kids in the
back seat of a long trip asking "are we there yet" every 5 minutes, I
just ignore them and enjoy the journey, despite their best efforts to
turn the journey into work with time tables and what they call
"improvements" that only benefits them. It helps me to remember that
"help" is something that is offered, not demanded, and my need to
enjoy the journey, outweighs their need for free stuff.
After all as Jim rightfully points out, one way to view the severity
of their "need", is by their willingness to roll-up their own selves
to solve it.
Curbie
> One day later, in Kenya, the first end-user build is already
> underway. Everyone who worked on the project is proud of that.
> Morris Dovey