tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777800537280892029.post6939147017604516457..comments2023-08-15T19:19:06.077+01:00Comments on Dominusvobiscuit: The Jockey & the SheikBenny the Bridgebuilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763002558985058266noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777800537280892029.post-31953220476445011112013-11-03T19:46:58.774+00:002013-11-03T19:46:58.774+00:00And just in case you don't believe me, this is...And just in case you don't believe me, <a href="http://photopol.com/pics/bill_thompson.jpg" rel="nofollow">this</a> is the man who suffered at the hands of the ESB all those long years ago.Benny the Bridgebuilderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04763002558985058266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777800537280892029.post-71715251246025460772013-11-02T20:41:49.942+00:002013-11-02T20:41:49.942+00:00I would like to share another parable with you. Th...I would like to share another parable with you. This also dates from the 1960s, but in this case it is a true story.<br /><br />I once knew a man who figured that the electric wiring in his house had got a bit ropey. It was an old house. <br /><br />So he rewired it himself to the highest technical standard of the time. When it came to the ESB passing it, they refused. It was not their standard wiring and that it exceeded their current standard didn't matter. So to get connected he had to rewire the house again. This time to the prevailing ESB standard.<br /><br />Shortly afterwards the ESB revised its standard, upwards, to one with which his original rewiring would have conformed. How frustrating for him. But it was they who had the power (literally)<br /><br />That is a true story. And I was meditating on it recently in the context of change and the Roman Catholic Church.<br /><br />I'll leave you to draw your own parallels and conclusions.<br /><br />Benny the Bridgebuilderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04763002558985058266noreply@blogger.com