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Three prompts

Talk Tuesday. Are your neighbors’ genuinely good people, or bad people? And please cite an example.(30-Day BC)

In my apartment block there are a total of six households. I am very lucky with my neighbors since they are all friendly and nice people. We greet each other, talk to one and other and help when necessary. My neighbor next door died a few weeks ago and I am a little bit anxious as to who is coming to live next door. In my (rough) neighborhood there can be very anti-social people who make a lot of noise and create mayhem. Since I am lucky with my neighbors for the past ten years I hope there will come a nice family or a couple. But I have to wait and see. Above me there is a Muslim family of seven. I never hear them, apart from normal living sounds, and they are all very nice. If something is the matter we can discuss things. It is all very harmonious and pleasant. I hope that will continue.

Prompt: Once a year you switch bodies with a random person who is best in the world at a certain skill. The wrinkle in this scenario is you can't change back until you discover what the skill is. You've been this random person now for a month, are you worried yet? What's your game plan?(BcoFs)

I should be somewhat worried after one month, the skill hasn’t shown yet. I think I should examine his or her surrounding and the people closest better. Are there no clues in family structure, friendships, behavior and routine? Is there no diary or calendar I can read into as to what this important skill is? There must be items in the house that give me a clue. If this person is the best in the world I should Google him or her and find out more. I should look at this person’s physic, his or her work and impact on other people. Or I just ask people what associations come up when this person’s name is mentioned.

Prompt: Jane Austen was one of the first authors to examine the effects of socioeconomic pressure on personal relationships. Do you think the same socioeconomic pressure may still mess up personal relationships in our day?(BC)

I think it depends on where you live. In the Western world socio-economic differences are less than in earlier times. But in a country like India there is still this cast system where people of different casts don’t interact and don’t mingle. I imagine that is so in other countries as well. In my world socio-economic differences hardly play a role anymore, so they don’t mess up personal relationships any longer.

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