Asymetry of information

Most of the time you think you know what´s going on in your immediate environment. In order to remain a functional mammal this is pretty much essential. However, there is so much information which is bombarding us these days that  you can't be too sure what is reliable, what is guff and, much more worryingly, which sources are to be trusted. For example, the following image looks like it might have been manipulated....

Hammock to the stars

Not a good example. 

A friend of mine, an incredibly young lady (same age as me) x-local politician pointed out to me that the average wage of Greek civil servants was or perhaps still is 70,000 euros a year, way above the average salary that German civil servants earn, around 54, 000 € a year. She was very convincing but I was unable to glean reliable confirmation even after spending considerable time looking. The figure of 70, 000 € is banded about everywhere but until you get to an academic study you should be skeptical.  

Here is some veracity. On Saturday, Jacob and I are having a barbecue. Lots of people are coming and I am trying to organize a croquet competition. I still have to cut the grass and make or buy a croquet set.  

Croquet Helmet

 Nothing to do with croquet, obviously. First bike with pedals and no stabilizers though. Let's see how Greece manages with this kind of bike.

Lots of sun

The first day of rain today in quite a while. It's only water.

Today's poem;

How great my grief, my joys how few, 
Since first it was my fate to know thee! 
- Have the slow years not brought to view 
How great my grief, my joys how few, 
Nor memory shaped old times anew, 
   Nor loving-kindness helped to show thee 
How great my grief, my joys how few, 
   Since first it was my fate to know thee?