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Services. 2025-04-02 19:01:40 - Paul D. Foy - Getting old There seems to be no catering for the technical professional who enjoys the technical aspects of work, of developing the methods and algorithms. When you become experienced and know a lot and have done a lot you become a bit more like an oil tanker with a lot of momentum to your progress but not so nimble. But there lies the problem in this society. The conventional 'escape' is to go into management where they are not the same technical competitive stresses and you can oversea other people doing the (hard) work. And what's more these managers and personnel operatives actively encourage this obsolescence. For in your role at the coal face you will be actively pitched against the young and sharp and nimble. You will be measured on how you solve, hack things, on their terms, not on your terms, as if your experience has no value. So you are equal with the young people but older and there is no escape from the treadmill other than to leave it and not contribute. Me thinks a sad state of affairs and comment on a society that doesn't know how to value contribution or cater for older age. 2025-04-18 10:55:46 - Paul D. Foy - The surname Hobart is probably Germanic/Old English in origin from words such as ho/hoch meaning 'high' and berht/beorth meaning 'bright'. These seem to have origins in the Proto-Germanic/Proto Indo European root -bhereg meaning 'white/bright'. A person of this name is often considered to be clever or bright. 2025-04-09 17:33:53 - Paul D. Foy - This is the badge and emblem of the 79th Armoured Division a group specially assembled to overcome obstacles on the beaches of the Normandy landings and subsequently. It was commanded by the elderly (for his position), Percy Hobart, an irascible person who came into conflict with various superiors, but is nevertheless credited with the success of these landings and subsequently. One wonders why tokens such as this are needed by an individual whose stance was to shield his men from other's opinion that war was something of a 'game of cricket'. But perhaps this small token of defiance, is to his own side as well as the enemy and we can accept a small realisation of humanity in the man who was the harbinger of mechanized warfare.  Post a comment: |