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Great questions of life
Feb. 17th, 2011 02:30 pmWorking in the garden. Sometimes thoughts turn to the big things in life, the universe and cliche. Sometimes it is the trivial. And sometimes it is something else.
I've been working out the front today and noticed both DX Mail and NZ Post mail deliveries to the across-the-street neighbours. Both delivery guys were on small motor bikes. But I noticed that the DX Mail chap had a somewhat larger (and louder) and more powerful machine. On the other hand, the NZ Post bike was clearly lighter and more maneuverable accessing the neighbours' less than ideal box placement (I'm surprised they haven't been asked to move it).
So, while I worked, I pondered the question. More power or better maneuverability. Not forgetting to factor in the job being undertaken and the terrain (i.e. hills). The more I pondered the more important the question seemed to become in a wider context. Or it could have been fatigue.
But then up the street, preceded by a loud noise, came a kid on another bike. It was even smaller (and presumably lighter) than the NZ Post bike but judging the speed it was handing the hills, significantly more powerful than the DX Mail bike.
So you can have it all. But at what cost? Is the fact that because of the noise, the fact that you are going to be considered a nasty little jerk (feel free to add you own expletives) one of those costs?
I've been working out the front today and noticed both DX Mail and NZ Post mail deliveries to the across-the-street neighbours. Both delivery guys were on small motor bikes. But I noticed that the DX Mail chap had a somewhat larger (and louder) and more powerful machine. On the other hand, the NZ Post bike was clearly lighter and more maneuverable accessing the neighbours' less than ideal box placement (I'm surprised they haven't been asked to move it).
So, while I worked, I pondered the question. More power or better maneuverability. Not forgetting to factor in the job being undertaken and the terrain (i.e. hills). The more I pondered the more important the question seemed to become in a wider context. Or it could have been fatigue.
But then up the street, preceded by a loud noise, came a kid on another bike. It was even smaller (and presumably lighter) than the NZ Post bike but judging the speed it was handing the hills, significantly more powerful than the DX Mail bike.
So you can have it all. But at what cost? Is the fact that because of the noise, the fact that you are going to be considered a nasty little jerk (feel free to add you own expletives) one of those costs?