The Little World

I used to think that a signal failure was the dismal collapse of the world. I now view it as a necessary component in the chain of good communication…and not one to be ignored.

I have done badly with my scale modelling at times…mostly through impatience and lack of understanding of the materials with which I was working. Fortunately I have been supplied with a failure each time and there have been enough clues attached to the wreck to tell me what I did wrong.

In some cases I was slow on the pickup – attributing the mess to a different cause. I would correct this and go again and arrive at the same train wreck. In one case it took three repeats of the error before I figured it out. That’s me being stupid. But after analysing it correctly, I have never repeated the thing. – I’ve just gone on to new depths.

If you were to succeed completely every time you ventured at something I don’t think you would grow internally at all. Indeed you might become proud and arrogant – and be tempted to enter local politics with a crown and a scepter.

I mean – what could possibly go wrong?