NetEscape
Pat & Bicameral's Trail
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Collect your identities during a day. Email or put in pocket-net the list, see how it matches, how it differs from other people's roles When is a role an identity?
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Think of a political decision in the recent past which has affected your life. If the decision had been different how would your life have been different?
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'Might Have Been Comments. Email or pocket-net comments which you think people should have made about you. Ask someone to reply and describe you from the comments. Find out if anyone else as already done this and send a message describing their personality from the comments.
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Pocket-net or email a collection of answers. Ask next person who sees it to pocket-net or email the questions.
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Make a map of your feelings during the next few hours. Email or pocket-net what place you start from and find if your feelings compare with others.
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When you go to a meeting or social event, excuse the absence of an imaginary character, an excluded one - such as a Disabled person. If you choose me, Pat Wycher, email me any important discussions, decisions, I'll miss. Please let me, Bicameral Blaine, know who missed me.
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Change the outcomes of events in your recent past. Email or pocket-net what stopped these changes.
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Do you think there should be public statues and monuments? Email/pocket-net the statues and monuments you'd like to see or an idea for a piece of public sculpture. Or perhaps there’s a monument, statue, sculpture... you’d like removed, email it’s location and what you dislike about it
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Map buildings and places you think are hostile. How would you like them to change ? Pocket-net or email a message.
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Which country ensures that Disabled are able to attend any university/college and also seeks to encourage Disabled people as professors and lecturers and thus provide role models? If there is such a country we'd love to know. Email or pocket-net your experiences of being a Disabled student or how many Disabled people were at school/college with you, if you're not.
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Create a job right now. Leave it's description in a pocket-net or email an advert, see who responds.
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We don’t have a set of rights, like some other countries do. What would you have in a Bill of Rights? Place suggestions in a pocket-net or email and find what other's have thought.
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Discover a political context for your dreams.. Email or pocket-net the interpretation
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Have you been involved in struggles for civil rights, at work, where you live or in protecting our environment? Email or pocket-net your experiences. Do you think our civil liberties are secure or under threat?
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We near the next century people get caught up in prophecy but what would you like to happen in the future? What do you dread happening? Email your wish, your fear see how others respond.
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Think of an advert, pocket-net or email the political issues it provokes
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Pocket-net or email Bicameral when you've made the discovery of what you might be when you're not being looked at?
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The Anti-organiser. Email or pocket-net a list of how to disorganise your life. People are paid to do this for Disabled people - some even volunteer their disorganising skills.
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Comments-About. Email or net-pocket a list of comments which people have made about you. Score them for accuracy. Ask in your message to be described from the comments. Find out if there's a Comments-About from someone else and describe their personality from their list.
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Some research says fewer crime occur in areas where many civic activities take place and even less if there’s a long history of such local groups and organisations. Is cutting funding for these activities, cutting crime prevention?
Email or pocket-net your ideas and your experiences.
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Imagine a place you feel completely comfortable and welcome in - how does this building fall short of your ideal? Leave a message in a pocket suiting this building or email to find out from someone, what is the most inconvenient building they've been in and why?
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Pocket-net what you take a ‘civic pride’ in, is it the same as local/national authorities consider worthy of pride?
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We have archives for everything. How could we store the paraphanalia connected with colds, from a truly personal perspective? What would the place look like?
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For a short period of time do everything differently than you intend. Email someone asking how many hours or minutes you should do this for and then start doing things differently directly. If emailing or pocket-netting is different at some point, tell us how you’re getting on.
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For one installation, we set up an ideas agency. People requested ideas for themselves or an institution, if they thought it needed something new, something different. Email or pocket-net what organisation you'd like to set up and why, or what idea you'd suggest to which organisation; don't be limited.
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How many countries in the world have dismantled their Disability apartheid systems? What country is free of segregation? Please email or pocket-net which countries, we all long to know or give your actual experiences of being Disabled in any country and what it would feel like to be free.
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Email or pocket-net who your favourite and un-favourite characters are in a TV drama series or soap. What do you like/don't like about them and why? Bicameral wishes they’d hadn’t had Beth being involved then frightened away from men but attracted to women from the start. Jo, Bicam’s friend, says, “I think I must’ve winked at the midwife as I was being born”, that’s the kind of character Bi would like to watch.
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Next time you're in a cafe do everything as if you're part of a performance piece. Email or pocket-net a review of the piece.
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I can imagine a character like myself, a Disabled woman, in soaps and TV dramas. What soap would you put your character in? I'd like to see Disabled adult characters in soaps and TV dramas, as well as challenging politicians as a Newsnight presenter. Which groups of people would you like to see better represented on TV?
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What could be a new beginning which would change things for the better in your life?
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Imagine you're accompanied by another persona as you move through the nets - put a message from them in a net-pocket.
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Publicise the concept of Civil Rights.
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ESP. Can thought waves be transmitted? Do you believe it's possible to pick up a persons thoughts? We'd like to try an experiment. Mav is usually near to her computer with an Internet connection via modem but doesn't have it switched on all the time. Email a message to her and, as you do, concentrate on letting her know you want her to reply to your email. We'll see if she can pick up your thoughts and send a response.
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Pocket-net your own idea; a question or instruction, for others to follow.
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Should we have agreed to the European social charter? Have you experienced any situations which would be different if the government had ratified it? Pocket-net or email your experiences
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How many Disabled professors and lecturers are there in universities and colleges, of these how many who were Disabled during childhood, that is before they finished their own education? Email or pocket-net your guess or your experiences if you're a Disabled lecturer.
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What could be something new, a new beginning in world events, political events which would alter the course of your life for the better?
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In Eastenders, Mark's wife who had AIDS and later died, did everything in reverse for a day. We thought this a lovely initiative. Email similar ideas or email equivalent ideas for certain people, an individual politician or head of a utility company for example. (I misspelled utility as ustility; perhaps these companies should be run as us-tilities, what do you think?)
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Predictions. We near the next century people get caught up in prophecy. What would your predictions be - either considered or intuitive. Email a prediction and see if others agree.
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We saw the term 'chat-theater' used on the Internet, it started us mind-chatting. Email or pocket-net your ideas as to what it means
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Watch TV for a week, with reversed gender roles in mind for all those participating. Email or pocket-net what you look forward to seeing with roles switched.
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Which country, recognising more than 10% of its population are Disabled, is creating opportunities and access for Disabled people to become politicians both local and national? Email or pocket-net your experiences of being represented or under represented. If you know of a country with opportunities as above, let us know the most accessible form of transport to get there. Let our extensive experience be used not wasted.
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Email or Pocket-net a visualisation, an imagining for Pat Wycher or me, Bicameral Blaine, or anyone else to do this month, which you will actually be doing yourself. Add the day and time. Find an imagining by someone else and assess if it's possible for you to visualise it; leave your assent or dissent as a message
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What kind of future is there for local government, local democracy?
Does the privatisation of council facilities affect our sense of belonging and pride in the places we live in - privatising leisure facilities, city areas such as bus stations, etc.? Email or pocket-net your experiences and views.
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In what soap opera is there a Disabled actor playing a Disabled adult character - a character who, reflecting actuality, is supportive of non-disabled people and determining their own life? We’re more than 10% of the population, we want to see ourselves represented and re-presented out of the stereotypes.
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Hunt the QUANGO Define a QUANGO. Email or pocket-net what you find.
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Specially for Mfnamic. It's International Knee Day, think about your knees now - their histories, their identities, what they've done for you. If you haven't already, discover their pet names but be accurate as to individual characters. Give your knees a stroke, watch out for favouritism. One of Mfnamic's is the supporter, the other is the warrior. Pocket-net or email Mfnamic and others, your knees pet names. Mark the message, not to be read byname, and supply the name of the person you don't want to read it. Or mark, secret, if you want to keep it so.
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Email or pocket net what advert you think makes no sense at all. Are you irritated, fascinated or delighted by it?
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A search for role models. Go to a library or book shop, look in the children's section - including comics, audio tapes, videos - count how many positive Disabled characters you find, who a Disabled child could identify with. Email or pocket-net who you identified with as a Disabled child.
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What is the most inconvenient building you've been in and why? Email the reasons why and the name of the building asking if anyone knows the building too or pocket-net a message.
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When was the vote taken on wage differentials? When did the population of this country vote on this? Some of us missed that meeting, I propose we reconvene
If you agree say, Aye.
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Which TV drama series or soaps do you really like or dislike? Email or pocket-net what irritates, even angers you about it or why you think it's so good?
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Are TV personalities, actors, singers, comedians addicted to charity because, (a) It assists a flagging career. (b) It shows success level to agents. (c) It's cheaper than paying more taxes. (d) It's easier than becoming politically involved.
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We think knees are undervalued, so we created International Knee Day. Pocket-net or email, which body part you would celebrate and how - try to be original for both. If pocket-netting, place in a suitable pocket.
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Britain’s a place of weather change, is it also a place where people are changeable or remain the same to counterbalance weather?
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Can you remember any of the reports the government has commissioned? What was the issue, event which caused it to be undertaken? Do you think they have any effect? If you could choose an in-depth report about something, what would it be and what would you do to ensure it's findings were effective? Email or pocket-net.
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Email or pocket-net what you think would be the silliest or most inappropriate computer software which could be developed.
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Would you be able to cope with working for someone who’s Disabled? Would the inferior image charity has always created of Disabled people make it difficult for you to accept their control? Mav wanted someone to assist with housework and art work, it would have meant their making contacts in the art world too, an opportunity for anyone starting a career in the arts. She found people wanted the opportunities but not to work for her. They wanted it to be like a ‘project’ (being used to the charity idea of ‘working with the handicapped’) Wanting to ‘socialise’ with her was the way they put it but not to work for her (They would have accepted payment though - a strange idea of socialising non-disabled people have!) Email or pocket-net your experiences, what you would do in Mav’s situation, whether you would have accepted the job.
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Suppose all of Britain was one large theme park, place in a pocket-net or email what you would call it and the costume you'd wear, as you do so move and gesture as if you're in the role.
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Name everyone by the object they're using. Some people are frequently called wheelchairs.
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Which countries supported eugenic ideas by carrying out policies of extermination, involuntary sterilisation and segregation of Disabled people, both before and since the second world war; these eugenic ideas which led directly to the Nazis in Germany performing atrocities on other groups of people? If only someone had spoken out for the rights of Disabled people at the first.
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Gender role change for 30 minutes, 3 days or 3 weeks. Email or pocket-net what you feel, think after 3 minutes.
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Do you ever continue thinking about a character's actions after a soap? If yes, what would you have happening now to a situation, characters, in a TV or radio soap you've watched/heard in the past few days? Pocket-net or email your ideas asking next person if they agree.
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Countries throughout the world are organising events to celebrate the millennium - what kind of things would you celebrate and how? Pocket-net or email your celebrations
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Is the number of Disabled children placed in segregated schooling increasing? How many of the teachers in these schools are themselves Disabled? Email or pocket-net your experiences of being a Disabled a child and the education you received.
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Imagine the person you’d like to be here, send a message pocket-net or email, perhaps your ideal will respond.
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Have you ever considered becoming a councilor, having some say in local democracy? Many of us feel disassociated from Britain, feel we don’t belong, how can this be altered by politicians and what can we do about it? Email your ideas and experiences
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Leave a message in a net-pocket as if you're being accompanied through the nets by a politician or TV/film person.
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What-if. Change some event or person in history, place your message in a net-pocket or email it, asking what would happen if the change you suggest had been the case. Find out if anyone has left a similar message and add your views.
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If 200 Bangladesh children can live on the resources used by one western child, then population control surely needs to change its direction.
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If the preponderance of paid employment in the Disability industry is taken by non-disabled people, doesn't that mean one group is living off the exploitation of the other?
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Considering only a small number of people are murdered in any given year, why do we have so many murders, particularly of women, portrayed on TV nightly? What purpose does it serve and for who’s benefit? Are we the obsessed ones? Pocket-net or email your views, see if others agree. Mav objects, she says, to being press moulded into believing this repetitious tedium is the summit of TV and film fiction, even detective stories which I used to like reading, now irritate. I don’t know if it’s the limited imagination she’s against or the possible social effects. What do you think?
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Could a sound be political? What sound could be useful for political resistance. Email/pocket-net your views, describe the sound, make the sound...
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Are TV companies, businesses, MP's addicted to charity because: (a) It's cheap TV for television companies. (b) Provides cheap advertising opportunities for companies. (c) Distracts the public from political inadequacies. (d) Distracts the public from real political change.
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What rights/freedoms have we won or lost, during your lifetime? Have you been involved in struggles for better conditions at work, school, college, where you live? Email or pocket-net your experiences of the history of rights and freedoms
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Demand integrated education - fulfilling the needs and respecting all children
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Equal Lives Equal Rights
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Invent a series of dreams for an organisation, institution. Email or pocket-net the results
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Pocket-net or email a collection of beginnings and endings. Change the endings. Ask the next person who sees it to change the collection in some way.
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Where is the memorial to the Disabled people who died under the German Nazi regime? We'd like to have memorials to comemorate them; where we could visit to honour. Disabled people, the first group to have the extermination policy tested on them. Why did the doctors volunteer to do this and why were they never prosecuted at the end of the war?
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Pocket-net or email something which is documented but not true or something not marked on a map which should be.
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What freedom of access is really present in our cities and how do they create and sustain a sense of belonging/not belonging? There are differences in this if you’re disabled/enabled, young/older, female/male, have you experiences of this or can you imagine what they might be?
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Can you go everywhere? Would you be safe? When in town, where can you take your own food and eat it comfortably, protected from the weather? Where can’t you be barred from? Pocket-net your thoughts to Pat Wycher and to others reading it.
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Who owns the land in and around the area where you live? What about the city/town centre? Do you know the history of its ownership?
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Is creative action an agent in social change? Pocket-net or email your thoughts, your experiences
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Pocket-net or email 3 changes you'd like to happen in the future. Ask the next person who reads your changes, what they should do with your message.
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QUANGO Quest. List all the names of elected politicians, local councilors and MP’s, you can think of. What's your score? Now see if you can match that by listing the names you know of people on QUANGOS. It won't be considered cheating if you ask other people near you. What do QUANGOS control? Should QUANGOS rule so undemocratically? Email or pocket-net the results of your quest.
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Visualise an identity, continue visualising but change/metamorphose the image you are creating. Imagine it as a queue of images each pushing the other aside. As you move round the installations occasionally check to see which identity is emerging. Pocket-net or email which identities gave the most interesting performance and if any appeared to match other people's.
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Do you think our civil liberties are increased, decreased or stay the same by the privatising of, nursing/residential institutions, health care, prisons, education? Pocket-net or email your experiences to Pat Wycher and others to read and reply to.
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Get the person you're with to stare at you all day. Email or pocket-net your reaction so far and just before you leave the space.
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Pocket-net or email a message and ask the next person to do something secret with it or hide it somewhere.
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If a government cuts budgets which fund health and safety inspection services and we’re injured because a lorry is unsafe and hasn’t been inspected; a building has fire hazards; or there are dangerous conditions at work, do we have any rights of come-back against the government? Who and how do they decide what level of funding is adequate? Is it that we don’t really have 'rights' in a straightforward way but an ad hoc system of legislation and rules governing organisations, more like negative safeguards rather than positive rights? Email or pocket-net your opinions and experiences
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Meditate on your right to make choices. Email or pocket-net the meditation.
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It can be difficult keeping a pet if your living area is small, people in Japan can hire one for an hour or so each week. Email or pocket-net what you would like to hire, for just a short time, on a regular basis.
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In the area where you live, how many facilities for children and young people, are accessible to local Disabled youngsters? Disabled kids exploited for emotional massage in TV documentaries, society actively encourages but Disabled people, whatever age, living amongst, part of, with the same opportunities, with the right of an equality of life, is beyond its comprehension. A cure is needed but it’s not Disabled people who need it.
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Bicameral loves to bargain for, well, almost anything. Email or pocket-net your bargaining experiences and unusual situations, places you’ve bargained in.
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Do you think it makes a difference to how people behave if they're a subject of a monarch or a citizen of a country? Does it affect their efficiency? Pocket-net or email your thoughts
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Select a product in this building and be the final arbiter of it's image and appeal. Pocket-net or email the products description and your arbitration
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He is chairwoman of a few committees. He has followed in his mother’s footsteps in his career; in fact in many areas of his life. He is so proud when people say, he’s just like his mother. “Wouldn’t any man be?” he replies. Might this be a way of ensuring a future? Email or pocket-net if you agree or if the idea disturbs you.
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ask 4, 14, 40 or 400 people how should people respond to the changes in the world?
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