Reflection: OpEd: East Meets West: While you were Sleeping

Recently I have been reviewing bike transportation in Asia as possibly relevant for my transportation, and I found it timely that all of Asia is moving up from the bike to the small car, just as we are headed for the bicycle.

So---I was stunned when recently someone visited the Evansville Observer while we were sleeping---someone from Thailand, and they were curious about "minimum housing"---Here is the record of the visit:

Asia
Country : Thailand (Facts)
State/Region : Krung Thep
City : Bangkok
Lat/Long : 13.75, 100.5167 (Map)

Language English (U.S.)
en-us
Operating System Microsoft WinXP
Browser Internet Explorer 6.0
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)
Javascript version 1.3
Monitor Resolution : 1024 x 768
Color Depth : 32 bits

Time of Visit Apr 9 2008 4:01:28 am
Last Page View Apr 9 2008 4:01:59 am
Visit Length 31 seconds
Page Views 2
Referring URL http://www.google.co...earch=Search the Web
Search Engine google.com
Search Words minimal home plan
Visit Entry Page http://evansvilleobs...7-minimum-house.html
Visit Exit Page http://evansvilleobs...7-minimum-house.html

So---yes the world may be flat. People all over the world are wondering about subjects that we are talking about, but their understanding of minimums may be very different.

And, if the world is coming together by their standard of living is rising, we might learn a little about theirs, because ...well....our standard of living may not be headed upward.

In summary---the whole world is watching----so...when you are on camera for a public meeting, or on audio....speak up.....the world is listening.