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Colin Pearce — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:52:06 +0000

In reply to Michelle. The mobile phone! Once I had to climb through the fence to Mrs Brown's house with four pennies in my hand to call my Aunty for her birthday and Mrs Brown would climb back our way to get us to take a birthday call when it was our day. I reckon that would slow a lot of people down. What do you think?

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Colin Pearce — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:48:42 +0000

In reply to Marlene Rattigan. You said it Marlene. 'All these things are just bad manners". Shout it from the house tops.

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Marlene Rattigan — Thu, 19 May 2016 07:56:41 +0000

I love it! All of these things are just bad manners. Sadly, these days kids don’t learn manners as a general rule and so they grow up being bad-mannered adults. There are also a lot of people with a sense of entitlement wherein they value their own time over anyone else’s. As a result, if they are not the centre of attention, they are incapable of behaving politely. Meetings are another story. Groan! All chairs should be taught to keep things to the point.

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Michelle — Tue, 17 May 2016 00:37:51 +0000

Educating ourselves with our mobile phone – that is something that we notice our younger generation abusing and something that we have to be strong with so that they learn tthis. good tip for now and the future with technology.

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Colin Pearce — Mon, 16 May 2016 07:59:01 +0000

In reply to Martin Jaeger. Never mind. I thought you were quite a pretty chap!

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Colin Pearce — Mon, 16 May 2016 07:58:34 +0000

In reply to Martin Jaeger. Excellent insight Martin. Sometimes I sit there wondering how to respond and the person with the problem assumes (by my deep silence)I am a wise man and tells me what they think I am going to say and than says I am right and goes ahead and solves their problem and I get a big surprise about how clever I was. I was actually quite stuck for ideas.

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Martin Jaeger — Sun, 15 May 2016 22:25:05 +0000

In reply to Martin Jaeger. Sorry, the picture next to my name is of my wife. Not sure how that got there!

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Martin Jaeger — Fri, 13 May 2016 20:38:46 +0000

Thanks Colin.
It’s all too true! Listening is the attitude of a servant – it makes the other person feel important and provides an excellent opportunity to win their heart. I have found that just by listening properly, especially when someone is complaining or confused, actually helps them answer their own questions or organise their thoughts, without me having to assume any responsibility by providing answers.
I have so much to learn about listening – you have shared very valuable lessons here. Thank you so much!

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Colin Pearce — Fri, 13 May 2016 05:08:28 +0000

In reply to Allan Cleanthous. Of course it's humour, Allan. Weren't you listening? And by the way you are actually one of the best listeners I know.

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Colin Pearce — Fri, 13 May 2016 05:06:41 +0000

In reply to Jan Mudge. Ahhh! So it's age is it? I just thought the whole world apart from me had suddenly become tiresome. But you're saying it's us! I actually think you are right.