Posted by Bill's News on 08/07/07 20:36

"Gene E. Bloch" <spamfree@nobody.invalid> wrote in message
news:mn.1bf47d78a0ee8a19.1980@nobody.invalid...
> On 8/02/2007, Netmask posted this:
>
> <SNIP>
>
>> My personal philosophy is that one should always try to help
>> people with the simplest straight forward solution to a
>> problem. ie so that it works and then with time and
>> confidence they can grow their experience and knowledge.
>> Problem solving doesn't have to follow the typical puritan
>> model that dictates all learning should be accompanied by a
>> level of suffering and hard work. Simplicity is elegance in
>> science.
>
> OT, but I like the story...
>
> Some years ago, I went out with someone who liked to say "No
> pain, no gain". She would say it whenever she created a
> painful situation.
>
> I never could convince her that although if she were right,
> the absence of pain would entail the absence of gain, but the
> presence of pain did *not* entail the presence of gain :-)
>
> Oddly enough, there wasn't much gain in our relationship.
>

My sympathies. In my past I've had a lotta pain while they've
had a lotta gain - so maybe the adage is meant to be two
faced;-0)

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