I am taking a course in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Yesterday evening I couldn't get into the course, the button provided did not work and today is the same. I have reported the problem and been assured it is being looked into. At first I was frustrated, but where does that ever get you; so now I am seeing it as a much needed break from studying. This afternoon I have been shopping with a friend. Also we paid a much needed visit to the recycling centre where I off loaded an old microwave and my friend threw away old tins of paint. The empties were thrown away and the others were to be given to some centre for visually impaired people, we're not quite sure what for. We then went to the local supermarket and bought a few groceries. When we arrived back at my friend's house we went in for a cup of tea and were joined in the garden by an old friend of mine whom I had not seen for some time. Sometimes the simple pleasures are the best.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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