The optimist

Introduction

I had to write, several times, to a webmaster to complain about the malfunctioning of his site. I was nice to him, poor sod, treated him like a human being (which had never happened to him, in all his life as a webmaster), because I know that nothing is perfect, even in the best of all possible worlds, and I was helpful by sending him complete error messages, as inscrutable as they come, rather than just shouting at him. So he was grateful to me and wrote as follows.


webmaster wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for that. I got it working again.
> I am very close to fixing it for good. I will need another disruption of
> service maybe 3am EST sometime soon. That should fix it for good.
>
> Thanks for working with me and being patient.
>
> When it is all over, I will compensate all gold members for the downtime.
>
>
> Dan


And I replied:

Hi Dan,

"And the best of British luck to you!" :-)

That's what we say when someone undertakes a difficult task, like eradicating terrorism.

Fixing it for good!!! Like, even God didn't manage that when She created the world. She had to send Her chief engineer (called Jesus, of all things) a few million years later (exactly 2009 years ago), to repair it all. And that was not "for good", because there will be a "second coming", and then it will be fixed for good, in the only way possible, by total annihilation. (The opposite of Noah's flood. Trial and error: water didn't work, so next time round it will be fire and brimstone.)

That's how you cure people too, for good: you kill them off and they will never have a headache, never be ill, will never complain any more, will never be unfaithful any more.

I work in web development and network marketing. I have this friend who comes here to fix my computer problems ("for good", of course). He comes almost every day. But we have agreed by now on the purpose of his visits: He doesn't fix problems, he replaces them by different ones. That's why on our payroll he is called "The Problem Replacer".

He fixes one problem and, by doing so, inevitably leaves another one behind.

It's like getting a new girlfriend (or, even better, a new wife) every two weeks. Wonderful! Never a dull moment.

Whatever happens
(at "3am EST", the only time, perversely, I ever visit your site :-( ),
be of good cheer.

Keep in touch. I do love your courage and optimism.

Adrian

PS. I am a Ph.D. (doctor of philosophy):
Eso me hace si tranquilo (That's what makes me so calm).

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A superb hotel in New Delhi, as good as winning the lottery

I stayed in the Ajanta Hotel in Delhi for several weeks in 2006/2007. It was an unusually enjoyable experience.

The hotel is close to New Delhi station, where the special ticket office for tourists is located, and to Main Bazaar, a huge shopping district where everything under the sun can be had.

The Ajanta Hotel is in a street which is teeming with typical Indian life, something that genuine travellers usually want to experience, while at the same time offering an oasis of quiet, order and cleanliness, which Westerners also often want in order to recover from the usual Indian exuberance and noise. Staying there therefore gives you the best of both worlds: Indian life and divine chaos on your doorstep, and safety and quiet inside.

You could not have the same experience if you stayed in one of the super-expensive luxury hotels, which are located in areas and enclaves which are "sanitised" to such an extent, that no ordinary Indian is allowed in ("no Indian life is here"), and where you might as well be in a similar hotel in New York or London.

Apart from the general cleanliness, which is a feature worth stressing in all hotels which do not charge the earth, I found the staff extraordinarily friendly and helpful. This is true of all their reception staff, who soon know you by name, and of the people providing various services, like the cyber café (where the guy in charge went to great lengths to be helpful), money exchange, travel agency, and especially of the inimitable and unforgettable Mrs Kher, who is a second mother to especially young and inexperienced travellers.

She is there to give you advice on anything under the sun: how best to travel to various parts of Delhi, how to avoid being overcharged by taxi drivers, where best to go to for buying specific items, how to cope with the language, and how to solve any other problems you might have. Take one look at her and you know you can trust her - unlike the many crooks and spivs with whom the tourist is soon surrounded in other parts of Delhi.

I had a few very specific problems of my own, and Mrs Kher took the trouble to listen, to understand and then to introduce me to people who could, and did, help, including even the proprietor of the hotel itself, who did even more to come to my aid.

This is much more than I had the right to expect in any but the most expensive and exclusive hotels.

But this one is NOT expensive and NOT exclusive. I noticed that it is used by backpackers and business people and ordinary tourists alike, young and old, from all nations under the sun, and they all seem to be happy together.

The charges are very reasonable by Western standards and for the comfort that is on offer.

There is also a restaurant in which splendid cuisine is on offer and which is frequented not only by hotel guests but also attracts people from other parts of Delhi.

I am very grateful for having been allowed to stay there and was lucky to have, by sheer accident, discovered this hotel in the first place. I hope these wonderful people, staff and leaders alike, will continue to prosper.

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Why do the good burghers of Goslar and Amsterdam not have to pay any council tax?

Ideas for local authorities in England and Wales

Dukaten-Scheißer from Amsterdam (Shitter of ducats, medieval gold coins)

Dukaten-Scheißer of Goslar town hall (near Hannover, Germany). The little man produces one gold coin every 30 seconds.

Unlike the stench which pervades the beautiful city of Blackburn whenever the farmers of Preston (10 miles away) (God have mercy upon them) feed their fields and meadows with slurry (Preston's famous answer to Blackburn's infamous curry), the Goslar gold coins neither stink nor smell.

This prompted Roman Emperor Vespasian (9 - 79 AD), when he visited Goslar to admire the productive little fellow and had sniffed at one of the coins, to say: 'Non olet' (It does not smell). Therefore, to this day, the few surviving stand-up urinals in Parisian streets are called "une Vespasienne".

You will not be surprised to learn that the good burghers of Goslar do not have to pay council tax.

The next best thing to employing your personal ducat shitter (their charges are exorbitant) is to invest in the on-line luck lottery. If you work hard and with enthusiasm, you yourself can become a ducat shitter.

This rare Polish 100 Ducats coin of Sigismund III sold at auction a few years ago for $1,380,000 .

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