Bronte sunrise, May 2012

Warning: this photo has little to do with this post

There’s a competition underway which ends this Thursday where people may vote for ‘the top 50 sustainability building leaders’.

It’s here:

yfhome.wordpress.com…

Some questions and answers come to mind.

Q. Why is the competition being held? Answer: Follow the money.

Q. Will a ticker tape parade be held for the winner?  Answer:  If so, will the ticker tape be recycled paper?

Q. Can a nominee ask to be disqualified for lack of interest on their part? Answer: Who cares.  Anyway, who are these people?

Q. Will counselling be offered to the losers, drawn into a competition they knew nothing about?  Answer: No, let ‘em pay the price whatever it is.

Q. Who chose the 50 names and would they like to have lunch with me

Q. Is the winner’s title really, “The builder who would be king”?

Q. Or is it, perhaps, “The builder who knows best how to use social media to promote themselves?”

Q. Is narcism a necessary element of being an advocate of ‘sustainable’ stuff?  Answer: Is Rome a city?

Q. If a nominee does not ask to be disqualified for lack of interest do they fail because they are a covert narcicist?  Answer: You bet.

Q. Do these questions matter a hill of beans?  Answer: You’re better off watching Casablanca any day.

Q. And why am I in the list?  Peter Sellers had an answer to that in the movie about power and the ‘in crowd’, Being There: “I like to watch.” But it’s no help to me, really, Shirley Maclean’s not in the room here.

Find something better to do with your time, yes?

Scoot, you lot,

M

Over the years I’ve spoken to the couriers and arranged that if I don’t answer the door or am not home they can leave any parcel at an agreed location.  When couriers change I have to remake that arrangement.

Now Australia Post has put in place a formal arrangement for this called, Safe Drop.

Just sign a card with the arrangements and you’ll not have to walk from Chippo up to Redfern Mail Exchange – much further away than Broadway Post office but no amount of phone calls will persuade Australia Post to leave our parcels there.

The Australia Post web site says about the arrangement we can make:

Safe Drop

Where there is no delivery instruction and a signature is not required, the delivery driver will look for a safe location, such as inside your car port, to leave your parcel. A notification card will then be dropped in your letter box letting you know where you can find your parcel.

Check it out here: auspost.com…

M