Service Paradigms

This explains so much about modern life!

Mitigating Chaos

   Recalling my Mt. St. Mary’s College, Intro to Sociology class back in 1978, it was the first time I heard the term “Paradigm”. Dr. Chris Smith, asked the class for the definition of the word?  No one seemed to know, so he provided the answer, “Twenty cents.”

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   Back to the story.

I often become confused when I hear the word ‘Service‘ used with these agencies:

Internal Revenue ‘Service’

United States Postal ‘Service’                                           

Telephone ‘Service’                                           

Cable TV  ‘Service’                                               

Civil ‘Service’                                           

Federal state, city, & public  ‘Service’

Customer ‘Service’

   What they do is not what I thought  ‘Service’ meant.  

 

   But today, I overheard two farmers talking, and one said he had hired a bull to  ‘Service’ a few cows.

 

   BAM !!!   It all came into focus.

   Now I understand what all those agencies are doing to us!!!!!!!!    

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All Creatures Great and Small

A great story here from Nan’s Farm. Well worth a read – and a follow!

Nan's Farm-Inside Out

Part One – The Sheep

We’ve all done those trips down memory Lane haven’t we?  My own trips often include the cast of ‘All Creatures Great and Small’.  Sheep, pet lambs, goats, ponies, cats, dogs, chickens, rabbits, hamsters and a couple of parrots that all became part of our family.

Right now, it’s the beginning of August and as usual at this time of year, the lambs have been separated from the yews and have been moved a mile up the hill to fresh grazing.  I enjoy watching the lambs grow and still feel a twinge of sadness when it’s time for them to move on, their mothers however, appear to get over it in less than twenty four hours!

When our children were young we all looked forward to springtime and the new lambs. It was a time when if we were lucky, we would have the opportunity to bottle feed the pet…

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