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Number Eight (notinorder) wrote in paradisocomm,
@ 2016-06-15 20:11:00

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Right, so, good. Glad to see that everyone's having such a good time this week. Yay sex, amirite?

But I was kind of hoping also we could have a serious conversation as a community. Because we are a community, right? We're not just a bunch of people gathering here to go our own ways, we're in this together and we need to work together to get things done. At least, that was what I thought when I agreed to come here.

So. Ruby said something about it last week, and I'm going to bring it up again this week. We have several projects ongoing, right? What's left with the medical center? If I'm right we have our first babies arriving in about two weeks and we need to be ready for that.

Also, someone was working on a sewer system, right? Were they sent home? Not glamorous work but I'm definitely willing to help with that.

What else? What else do we need done? What do we need to make this island the kind of place we all want to live?

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wontlikemeangry
2016-06-16 12:30 am UTC (link)

The medical center is as done as it can be until we (a) finish the sewage system, (b) receive plumbing fixtures from the gods or figure out how to make our own, and (c) receive lighting fixtures from the gods or figure out how to make our own.

I believe that we've run out of diesel for the bobcat, so we are without a way to dig other than by hand with the two shovels we have unless the gods send us more fuel. Tony Stark was overseeing the sewage and plumbing project, but he's gone and no one has stepped up with the knowledge or skills to take that over so we may be at a standstill there for the time being.

Sara Lance has been overseeing the construction of the community center. The intention is for that to house all of our community supplies which are temporarily being stored in the medical center. We have also discussed building a community kitchen and some temporary shelter in that building. I suppose that in addition to completing the actual building, someone could begin building tables and chairs for inside to create a communal dining area.

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notinorder
2016-06-16 12:34 am UTC (link)

It seems that being here is going to mean that we're going to have to expand our skills or learn new ones. I don't have any of the skills required, but I can learn. Things might not be perfect at first, but that's no reason to simply give up. We can dig with shovels if we have to. It'll take a long time, but it's better than sitting around doing nothing.

I can also try to figure out how to build tables and chairs. It can't be that hard, can it? I mean, maybe they won't look lovely, but if they hold people and plates then they'll work.

I think that we need to stop remembering the things we had back home and try to make the best of the things we have here. This isn't an advanced civilization and we can't expect things to be the same quality as we have back home.

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wontlikemeangry
2016-06-16 12:36 am UTC (link)

How exactly do you plan to learn skills that no one here is capable of teaching? Our resources are limited and it would be wasteful and foolish to risk ruining them by trying to make things work.

There are likely people here who do have the skills to build furniture. It would be more helpful if they stepped up to actually do so - or teach others to do so - than to have people, again, wasting resources on things that aren't going to work.

The gods have been very generous with us thus far and we need to make sure we are not taking that for granted.