"And in a word, so far," I ask, "the U.K., Europe, Silicon Valley, are terrible at doing that, aren't they?" "Yeah," he replies.
I was so pleased with the work thus far that I asked him to give me a "quick" opinion of some rotted lengths of wood siding on the exterior of my house.
My young nieces being far away, I asked a friend with kids if I could borrow her children and go watch it with them.
So far, I have asked intelligent questions, which probably helps to show I am a scientist first and a transsexual second".
"How far is it?" I asked.
"This means we will have to go much further and make cuts far greater than I asked for at the beginning of the year".
A decade on, sitting in a cafe in Cheltenham, not far from GCHQ, I asked her if she still stood by what she had done.
Our tool system had evolved, but our human system was lagging far behind, so I asked the engineer if he'd like to work from home and just come to the office for regular weekly meetings in the middle of the day when the drive would be easy.
If you can hear me out there, then on behalf of the nearly 1 billion people without clean water, and on behalf of the thousands of students who have given of themselves so generously to build our organization so far, I'm asking for your help.
"How far have you come?" I asked.
