Sunday, October 13, 2024

Things were harder back then. We are not the same.


 

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  1. Or dig through news morgues, encyclopedias, and refence books to find facts we could ignore.

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  2. Walking miles to the library uphill through the snow both ways...

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    1. "...through snow that came up to our shoe-laces....as we walked on our hands to save our shoes..."

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    2. That back in the early '70's, before downhill had been invented...

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  3. Things were harder then. We didn't get Doritos for the Holy Eucharist. ( I am pissed beyond belief over Whitmer's stunt. )

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    1. Read her non-apology and get to a whole new level.

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    2. I am a 'lapsed' Catholic and it even pissed me off.

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  4. And I think too much information was lost in the transition. Did you know that if you pick up a hamster by its hind legs, its eyes will fall out. This is no shit, now.

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    1. I thought it was picking up a Guinea pig by its tail.

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  5. It's not just the availability of information, it's the inability to process and vet information.
    Jonathan

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    1. Last week at work I ran across a small card catalog. It wowed my 20 year old coworker who had never seen or even heard of them before.
      Jonathan

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  6. Our world went to hell with 3 things: off the gold standard, computers, jet airplanes. All turned a corner to the bad in the early 70s - it took a decade or two to realize the harm over the benefit.

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  7. And speaking of your governor (as a former Michigander), WTF? That is a level of insensitive stupidity that even the Democrats hadn't achieved until now. MI hasn't been the same since Milliken.

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