Saturday 15 January 2011

Of funny things going on in the strangest of places


I met a guy in a pub last night. Not by chance. It was pre-arranged. The guy is an inventor. Not the type that you expect to find in a garden shed shortly before there's a huge explosion but an electronics engineer who really knows his stuff.

We met in Lily Johnstons a pub in the middle of Glenavy, NI which is in the middle of nowhere.
He was sat in a darkened corner of the pub. With his quaffed hair and his dark three piece suit he reminded me a little of a character from the Victorian era - perhaps even a distant relative of the Artful Dodger himself. But there was clearly nothing dodgy about this man at all. I found him to be gentle, trustworthy, articulate, highly intelligent and altogether great company.

What I liked most about this man is his approach to life. He genuinely appears to see challenges not obstacles or problems and these motivate him. I don't think I've ever met anyone with such an ability to see solutions so clearly and easily and articulate them so well.

Two stiff soft drinks between us later we parted company with us both saying we were working over the weekend and would continue to work on the idea that now seems to have gripped us both.

Game on boys....?

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