Wed 07 May 2008 It happens without effort, it happens without restraint. (Kathryn Pryor)
.....Once upon a time, my brother used to dump his dirty clothes on the bathroom floor. A simple fix to this problem was to place the dirty clothes basket in the way of the floor so that instead of landing on the floor, his dirty clothes land straight in the dirty clothes basket. ....Once upon a time there was grass and weeds growing between the cracks in the path in an old lady's back yard. Every week she wasted time weeding these plants until she had a bright idea. Instead of continuing to weed the cracks to get rid of plants, she planted some parsley seeds in the cracks to take the place of the grass and weeds! Obviously cracks in pavements are a good environment for plants to grow, otherwise the weeds wouldn't grow there - it's warm (because the pavers heat up in the sun), the rain runs off the pavers into the cracks giving the plants in the cracks plenty of moisture. Needless to say, parsley thrived in the cracks and the old lady was able to pick it to use in her meals. Whatsmore, she didn't have to waste any more time weeding the path. This philorum talk is about exploiting existing habits and trends in both people and the environment to create systems that work, are efficient and survive. Another appropriate title may be "The evolution of effective systems". MC: Jye Coorey Time and Place for Philorum Group @ Central 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month. 18:15 for a 18:30 Start. Finish 21:30 (Feel free to come and go at any point during the night.) The Members Bar, Floor 1 (Keep winding up to the top of the stairs.) The Gaelic Club 64 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills Sydney, Australia (100 metres from a Central railway station exit.) Cost: Free (Patronise the bar). www.philorum.org _______________________________________________ SydPhil mailing list [email protected] List Info: http://lists.arts.usyd.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/sydphil NEW LIST ARCHIVE: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
