The totally off-topic thread

[JohnK]

Intelligence <> Wisedom

Intelligence <> Smart and Intelligence <> Wisdom.

Smart = Wisdom?

 

[Pushka]

Wisdom = old?

There's intelligence. There's street smart. There's clever. There's wisdom. All subtly different.

 

[Major]

You can't beat good old common sense

 

[amaroo]

Mum will not be happy!

Maggie Beer's daughter accused of telling porkies over pig meat

"The regulator said Ms Beer told a cooking class held at the Maggie Beer Farm Shop in April 2013 that the pork used in the range was from Berkshire or other black pig breeds."

 

[Hvr]

You can't beat good old common sense

Trouble is, it's not so common.

 

[JohnK]

You can't beat good old common sense

Do you know where I can find some?

 

[jukebox333]

Wisdom = old?

There's intelligence. There's street smart. There's clever. There's wisdom. All subtly different.

Great analogy, Pushka. I used to think of it as Street Smart vs Book Smart; there are people who can learn things from textbooks, and spew them out perfectly in exams, but then try and get them to manipulate that knowledge to a real world situation, and they stutter or trip up... then there are others, who may not ace an exam, but have the knack of being able to see how what they learned works in the real world.

Most of us are good at something. Sometimes, society places great financial value on it. Sometimes greatly inflated value. Other times, people are grossly undervalued - hello to all the police, firemen, nurses, midwives, ambos, teachers, etc etc etc. Those are the people who should be earning what our sports stars do, IMO. Imagine if that was the case - a world where everyone was clamouring to get a career in community based roles...

And then of course there's the salaries our corporate kingpins earn....

 

[Pushka]

I'd take that further. I wish those heroes of society (nurses, teachers, emergency services, volunteers etc ) were the ones who received those National Awards and NOT afl players and cricketers who currently receive a salary in the stratosphere.

 

[JohnK]

And then of course there's the salaries our corporate kingpins earn....

The salaries not in touch with reality?

 

[Buzzard]

Mum will not be happy!

Maggie Beer's daughter accused of telling porkies over pig meat

"The regulator said Ms Beer told a cooking class held at the Maggie Beer Farm Shop in April 2013 that the pork used in the range was from Berkshire or other black pig breeds."

I treat all pigs equally

 

[medhead]

Great analogy, Pushka. I used to think of it as Street Smart vs Book Smart; there are people who can learn things from textbooks, and spew them out perfectly in exams, but then try and get them to manipulate that knowledge to a real world situation, and they stutter or trip up... then there are others, who may not ace an exam, but have the knack of being able to see how what they learned works in the real world.

Most of us are good at something. Sometimes, society places great financial value on it. Sometimes greatly inflated value. Other times, people are grossly undervalued - hello to all the police, firemen, nurses, midwives, ambos, teachers, etc etc etc. Those are the people who should be earning what our sports stars do, IMO. Imagine if that was the case - a world where everyone was clamouring to get a career in community based roles...

And then of course there's the salaries our corporate kingpins earn....

Did you miss the memo? All that counts is hard work! Those would work hard get rewarded. It's got nothing to do with study or smarts or any of that rubbish. Work hard.

*goes to lodge a claim for hard work pay for digging ditches and bashing track.

 

[markis10]

Confirmation today that Sydney is once again my home from next week, at least for the working week. My parents last night pointed out I might need some new winter clothes, considering I was wearing track pants purchased in 2002 and had a Sydney 2000 Olympics jumper on. Cold weather gear goes the distance in Brisbane!

 

[Flashback]

Great sale on with BA right now. After the Avios part pay discount, 115 GBP return for 2 people to Helsinki (40 TP return in whY) is pretty decent. Also nabbed Malaga and Warsaw for a similar cash outlay.

 

[TheEmu]

Confirmation today that Sydney is once again my home from next week, at least for the working week. My parents last night pointed out I might need some new winter clothes, considering I was wearing track pants purchased in 2002 and had a Sydney 2000 Olympics jumper on. Cold weather gear goes the distance in Brisbane!

New job (obviously)? Congratulations!

 

[markis10]

New job (obviously)? Congratulations!

Yes (thanks), after 8 months off. Now I will have the money but not the time to travel, arrrghhh.

 

[JohnK]

There's intelligence. There's street smart. There's clever. There's wisdom. All subtly different.

Any more? Can you have all four?

 

[Pushka]

Any more? Can you have all four?

I reckon you can.

 

[anat0l]

Yes (thanks), after 8 months off. Now I will have the money but not the time to travel, arrrghhh.

Yep...can't have them both

I'm looking forward to going to work again, too. The move, culture, language and climate shock will be an additional challenge...

 

[Flashback]

Yep...can't have them both

I'm looking forward to going to work again, too. The move, culture and language shock will be an additional challenge...

There's some very cheap flights LON-GVA right now v.v.

 

[markis10]

There's some very cheap flights LON-GVA right now v.v.

There is some very cheap SYD MNL, but 400+ in an A330 is not my style.