[Tech1] The Big Issue

[dave.mdv]

My wife is recognised by a female seller in Kingston and always feels 
she has to buy an 'Issue'! But one evening she witnessed all of the 
ladies walking up the street and being picked up in a very grand motor 
car! 'Nuff said! Cheers, Dave

On 19/03/2022 10:20, David Newbitt wrote:
> Thank you Mike and Dave for your reaction to the Holodomor. I really 
> do appreciate so very much not being left feeling like a voice in the 
> wilderness. I’m not of the ilk that has an emotional crisis if I don’t 
> get enough Facebook likes but I confess to at times feeling bewildered 
> and a little surprised when so few of the membership respond to this 
> type of post. The vast majority of our colleagues are of course, like 
> you, caring, concerned decent people and show those qualities 
> regularly, yet at other times are strangely reticent.
> I wonder if perhaps with some there is caution just in case someone 
> pops up saying it’s all a hoax and they then look as though they’ve 
> been taken in and have been naive? We all wonder, when tragic looking 
> figures squatting on the pavement with a dog and upturned cap gaze at 
> us as we pass, whether their circumstances
> are as impoverished as they seem. It is often convenient to let that 
> thought stand in the way of a small act of kindness. I am inconsistent 
> but invariably feel uncomfortable if I pass by, less so if I don’t. I 
> sometimes buy a copy of the ‘Big Issue’ but there are some sellers 
> whose approach really rubs me up the wrong way and they get ignored.
> Best wishes,
> Dave N.
> *From:* M E GILES via Tech1
> *Sent:* Friday, March 18, 2022 9:29 PM
> *To:* Tech Ops
> *Subject:* Re: [Tech1] Pause for reflection!
> Thank you for this Dave ~ another revelation for me and it should be 
> widely disseminated, particularly in Russia.
> Mike G
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> Many thanks Dave, this is something we were never taught about in 
> school history lessons! It explains a lot about today's happenings.
> Cheers, Dave.
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>> On 18 Mar 2022, at 17:54, David Newbitt via Tech1 
>> <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
>> I forward this in awareness that independent Googling shows some 
>> contentiousness. The main point I suppose is that it seems to be 
>> unknown and unremarked by the majority of people, including myself. 
>> It came to me from neighbours who, similarly, had no previous 
>> knowledge until one of their relatives sent the piece to them.
>> Dave Newbitt.
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