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We've just about come to the end of panto season. (Oh yes we have!) I wonder if you managed to catch a production of Snow White? The Disney version is unsurpassed, of course, with Dopey being my personal favourite and Doc a close second. If our family were the dwarves we would have Sneezy (son #2), Grumpy (Mr C) and Trying-desperately-to-be-Happy-in-the-face-of-Everything (Me). The Meeting Room before To illustrate, I was recently project-managing a week-long effort to decorate a large meeting room at a Christian conference centre near my home. The task in hand was a huge one and staffed in the main by keen volunteers who had been chosen, I suspect, for their availability rather than their skill. By the end of the week, paint was spread liberally over all surfaces, including the carpet. At one stage, on about day 3, I was asked, "Are you happy with how it's going?" (this, by a man wielding a painty roller on a pole; I would have to pick my words carefully). I h...