Re: [Goanet] Goanet - Great City?
On Tue, 3/17/15, Cecil Pinto wrote: Dear Mervyn, Your analysis of recent GoaNet posts is very interesting and insightful. But I do not know why you called Roland's post a bauble. Vivian lives many months of the year in Goa and the remaining months in various places in the USA including Baltimore. Even when in Goa Vivian travels around a lot and observes things and gets involved in real-life issues. What does Vivian know about cities and Baltimore and Panjim and Goa as compared to Roland Francis? After all Roland does more armchair research and analysis than any six overseas GoaNetters combined. Cecil, I can divide almost all the the people I know into two groups. Group Eh are those who keep an eye on the future and all its possibilities. Group A are those who only know what they know and spend most of their time reminiscing on the past. Vivian is in one group and Roland is in another. Come to think about it, Goanet itself seems to have morphed into a repository for things of the past. On a very good day, you may find one readable post of current affairs. Sadly, nearly all the people I have met here from Group Eh have gone. Some left with reluctance, others were forced out by common sense. Mervyn BTW, I too find it tough to read the opinion of anyone whose research concludes that there were man eating tigers in the Canadian wilds.
[Goanet] Goanet - Great City?
Dear Mervyn, Your analysis of recent GoaNet posts is very interesting and insightful. But I do not know why you called Roland's post a bauble. Vivian lives many months of the year in Goa and the remaining months in various places in the USA including Baltimore. Even when in Goa Vivian travels around a lot and observes things and gets involved in real-life issues. What does Vivian know about cities and Baltimore and Panjim and Goa as compared to Roland Francis? After all Roland does more armchair research and analysis than any six overseas GoaNetters combined. Cheers! Cecil == From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goanet - Great City? Goanet used to be a great meeting place, once upon a time.? This evening, as I started opening the posts for the past 10 days I found: 1) Approx 65% of the emails were composed entirely of a link i.e. essentially directing the reader away from this forum. 2) Another 25% of the emails were from people who either have a tough time writing a simple thought or are writing entire posts encrypted.? 3) Two posts from an interesting writer who sends a copy here, of what he writes elsewhere. 4) Lots of great pictures. 5) And then, there is the following bauble! On Sun, 3/15/15, Roland Francis roland.fran...@ymail.com wrote: Dear Vivian, Years of living in Goa have no doubt made you soft in the head. How else could I explain your Panjim could be a world class city and comparing what happened in Baltimore to the possibility in Goa. Are you cut off from reality, Socorrkar?
Re: [Goanet] Goanet - Great City?
Goanet used to be a great meeting place, once upon a time. This evening, as I started opening the posts for the past 10 days I found: 1) Approx 65% of the emails were composed entirely of a link i.e. essentially directing the reader away from this forum. 2) Another 25% of the emails were from people who either have a tough time writing a simple thought or are writing entire posts encrypted. 3) Two posts from an interesting writer who sends a copy here, of what he writes elsewhere. 4) Lots of great pictures. 5) And then, there is the following bauble! On Sun, 3/15/15, Roland Francis roland.fran...@ymail.com wrote: Dear Vivian, Years of living in Goa have no doubt made you soft in the head. How else could I explain your Panjim could be a world class city and comparing what happened in Baltimore to the possibility in Goa. Are you cut off from reality, Socorrkar? --
Re: [Goanet] Goanet - Great City?
Dear Mervyn, What else can I say.you have said it so well. I believe that it may be related to the following (a) It no longer serves the original purpose it possibly was founded for ie To find a Mate (b) The inequitable application of Salazarist moderation. (c) Time for the Salazars to train (even a few) Marcelo Caetanos and step down. (d) The younger generation are NOT into writing more that (say) 4 Twitter words. (e) The few older ones, who write, are getting repetitive and boring. The one credit to Goanet moderators: Unlike the moderators of Goa Book Club (who are equally Salazarist) , They do not publicly behave in a disgustingly petty and abusive manner with each other and others. BTW Mervyn, I am copying this to you and bcc to others. Not sure this will appear on Goanet jc On Mar 16, 2015, at 9:11 PM, Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca wrote: Goanet used to be a great meeting place, once upon a time. This evening, as I started opening the posts for the past 10 days I found: 1) Approx 65% of the emails were composed entirely of a link i.e. essentially directing the reader away from this forum. 2) Another 25% of the emails were from people who either have a tough time writing a simple thought or are writing entire posts encrypted. 3) Two posts from an interesting writer who sends a copy here, of what he writes elsewhere. 4) Lots of great pictures.
Re: [Goanet] Goanet - great city ?
I am glad that great minds in contemporary architecture and town planning are coming together to discuss how Panjim can be changed into a world class city. In my humble thinking, the Mandovipresents a great opportunity to develop unique urban entertainment spaces, on either side of theriver. I have seen how a derelict abandoned and rat infested old harbor area of the City of Baltimore, in the USA, replete with trash dumps and homeless people was changed into a magnet for city dwellers called Harbor Place where folks take a stroll, shop and eat at the finest restaurants., All development does not need Govt. financing. Thinking out of the box and involving NGOs and corporates in developing such a space will attract both local and foreign tourists . Planning must be comprehensive and forward thinking and include additional traffic lanes that provide seamless entry and parking structures to accommodate future growth I envision space being created by creating an embankment over the Mandovi..Imagine an urban promenade on the banks of the Mandovi Funding should come from the Private sector while planning must involve the city fathers of Panjim. Politicians should not set road blocks in order to get bribes The entire project could be funded with private equity bonds, with a revenue stream generated by the businesses that will occupy the area. There are sure to be tax revenuesfor the city from the additional business that is generated.
Re: [Goanet] Goanet - Great City?
Dear Vivian, Years of living in Goa have no doubt made you soft in the head. How else could I explain your Panjim could be a world class city and comparing what happened in Baltimore to the possibility in Goa. Are you cut off from reality, Socorrkar? Sent from my iPhone
