RPreeb Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 On 1/20/2018 at 10:15 AM, ClackerBuzz said: deja vu... that der automobile is going to be the end society--no more taking time to stop and talk to ur neighbor on horseback or wagon....just zooming by each other too fast to say hello! that der radio is going to end civilization. no more talking face to face for news or going to sporting events. just alone in ur house listing to a box! that der telephone contraption is going to be the end of us. why would two people sit in a room alone talking over a electronic line when they only live 10 blocks away! that der television set is witchcraft. families sitting home alone watching 12" tall people have fun instead of getting together for games, dances, picnics etc. they'll just watch picnics on the box instead of having one! that der computer is the official end of us. why would you electronically send mail when the pony express has been doing a great job for hundreds of years... Those developments may not have killed civilization, but they certainly changed it, and often with a downside to balance the good. The speed of life today is certainly not always a good thing. We don't connect with people like we once did. We don't do the same sort of community celebrations and gatherings. Too many of us don't take the time to smell the flowers as we race to the lake to put our 150 hp boat on the lake, and then race again to our honey hole in an attempt to get the fishing done before we are run off by the jet skis and water skiers. I have fond memories of bass fishing in the 50's from my friend's 16 foot aluminum rowboat with a 5 horse Johnson. It was an amazing upgrade when his dad replaced that Johnson with a 10 horse Evinrude. Boy oh boy.... now we had a speed boat. We could go all the way across the lake to The Stumps in half the time. We could fish all day and never see more than one or 2 speedboats (and most "fast" boats then only had a 50 or 60 hp motor). Almost every boat with fishermen that drifted past our cabin was the same kind of open row boat, and for a trolling motor, they used oars. I never felt out of place in our canoe as I often do today. I certainly never felt in danger of being run over. However, I would not want to give up my computer, my digital SLR camera, my cable internet connection, my satellite TV and Sirius radio. I love my F-150 Ecoboost pickup - have no interest in revisiting the beat up '60 Chevy 1/2 ton truck I bought after I got home from my active duty Army service in 1971. So you can put me down as one of those boomers who is stuck between 2 eras, and wants the best of both. 3
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