Hi, Peter!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

PC>  Your name is familiar, and yes...we exchanged comments
PC>  in the translation conference ..or whatever it was.


           Ah.  ENGLISH_TUTOR, probably.  Some of the regular participants in
the echo ask for help with translation from time to time.  We welcome anybody
who is interested in learning about the English language, however....  :-)



PC>  It sounds like your dad was there ,long before me.


           Yes, he was retired when you started working there.  And from what
I understand things had changed a lot by then.  :-)



PC>  Always keep reading and ask questions.


           Uh-huh.  That's me... [grin].



PC>  ....and by your book you found out it seems what
PC>  I see of Doctors here.  Great memorys for passing
PC>  exams, but useless.


           I hear you... sometimes it's not easy to find doctors who are good
at memorizing *and* have the intuitive skills needed for dealing with people,
but they do exist!  Bernie Siegel, author of the book I mentioned earlier, is
a doctor.  He noticed that certain cancer patients were surviving longer than
others & wanted to know why.  Because the folks who caught his attention were
his own patients, I think it's reasonable to assume they had more or less the
same medical treatment.  The differences apparently had to do with psychology
& sociology.  These people, for example, valued the opportunity to sit around
talking to one another in much the same way as we've been doing here....  :-)



PC>  I might add, I have asked never for anything that
PC>  everyone else did not share.


           Good point.  I take it you're not fighting for your rights just on
your own behalf... ultimately, you will be helping others as well.  I do much
the same thing when I work on people who use supposedly wheelchair accessible
washrooms for storing mops & brooms, ladders, surplus furniture, etc.  Nora &
I usually manage somehow even if there isn't enough space to get a wheelchair
inside.  However, I'm also thinking of those who are less mobile than she is.



PC>  I expect fair treatment, a pipe dream as I see in
PC>  the real world.


           Fairness is a high priority for me too.  It seems many people fail
to connect the dots... perhaps because their reasoning style is different, or
because they've never really thought about the issue(s).  I tend to give them
the benefit of the doubt at first.  Equipped with certain information, they'd
do the decent & honourable thing... wouldn't they?  I supply the information.
If they still can't grasp the idea and/or if they're determined to do as they
please without regard for others, I may consider alternative strategies.  :-)



PC>  ODDS...well they mean nothing if one beleives they are
PC>  in the right.


           If you really believe in what you're doing, you can do many things
which other folks consider impossible... [chuckle].



PC>  No other suggestions.  Well not right now ...and then
PC>  too any suggestion would have to follow a situation to
PC>  comment on.  Not right all the time.


           Agreed.  But I'm sure the opportunity will present itself....  ;-)




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