Then and Now
Once upon a time lives were made simple by the absence of detail. Massive technological advances, accelerated during the past seventy five to one hundred years, produced dramatic impacts in the lives of the six generations involved. Our grandparents, parents, ourselves, our children, grandchildren and their children have experienced and will continue to experience a diminished ability to relate their own reality to the way things may have been. Tremendous changes have gradually taken place in all spheres: indoor plumbing, transportation, occupations, work hours, disposable income, vocabulary, clothing styles, family values, leisure time activities, taste and cost of food to name just a few. Previous hundred years were static by comparison. Your points of view.
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyGood Riddance!
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Once upon a time lives were made simple by the absence of detail. Massive technological advances, accelerated during the past seventy five to one hundred years, produced dramatic impacts in the lives of the six generations involved. Our grandparents, parents, ourselves, our children, grandchildren and their children have experie ...[text shortened]... o name just a few. Previous hundred years were static by comparison. Your points of view.
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyFixed
[b]Then and Now
Once upon a time lives were made simple by the absence of detail. Massive
technological advances, accelerated during the past seventy five to one
hundred years, produced dramatic impacts in the lives of the six generations
involved. Our grandparents, parents, ourselves, our children, grandchildren
and their child ...[text shortened]... t a few. Previous hundred years were static by
comparison.
Your points of view.
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyThen why do people continue to say,"The good old days when...the pace of life was slower...you didn't have to be 'available 24/7...they don't make 'em like they used to...etc"?
[b]Then and Now
Once upon a time lives were made simple by the absence of detail. Massive technological advances, accelerated during the past seventy five to one hundred years, produced dramatic impacts in the lives of the six generations involved. Our grandparents, parents, ourselves, our children, grandchildren and their children have experie ...[text shortened]... o name just a few. Previous hundred years were static by comparison. Your points of view.
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08 Sep 11
Originally posted by Great Big SteesStees, do you suppose these same people would consider giving up indoor bathrooms along
Then why do people continue to say,"The good old days when...the pace of life was slower...you didn't have to be 'available 24/7...they don't make 'em like they used to...etc"?
with the many conveniences of modern life? Perhaps some folks are just thinking wistfully.
Perhaps others greedily want it both ways. Your reading on this quirky side of human nature?.
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbySome yes others no. Depends on the generation I suppose.
Stees, do you suppose these same people would consider giving up indoor bathrooms along
with the many conveniences of modern life? Perhaps some folks are just thinking wistfully.
Perhaps others greedily want it both ways. Your reading on this quirky side of human nature?.
Would you GB? I mean the simpler life. I'm pretty sure I could be coaxed into it without kicking and screaming.
08 Sep 11
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyLives were made simple alright. Convert to christianity or die was the norm for many hundreds of years in what we now term "the West". Good Riddance alright.
[b]Then and Now
Once upon a time lives were made simple by the absence of detail. Massive technological advances, accelerated during the past seventy five to one hundred years, produced dramatic impacts in the lives of the six generations involved. Our grandparents, parents, ourselves, our children, grandchildren and their children have experie ...[text shortened]... o name just a few. Previous hundred years were static by comparison. Your points of view.
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08 Sep 11
Originally posted by Great Big SteesWrong. Out of the major religons christianity and Islam were by far the most violent and oppressive.
Most religions had the same tact in one way or another.
Anyway, even if your assertion is true, it still doesn't support the op which, as far as I get it, meant that things were more slow and boring in the past. Far from it.
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Originally posted by Great Big SteesTough question, GBS. You've got me wondering if there might be a tertium quid dynamic here.
Some yes others no. Depends on the generation I suppose.
Would you GB? I mean the simpler life. I'm pretty sure I could be coaxed into it without kicking and screaming.
You know, not a choice between two exclusive alternatives but a third way. Let's ponder it. Ok?
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyI've donned my pondering chapeau and will let you know.
Tough question, GBS. You've got me wondering if there might be a tertium quid dynamic here.
You know, not a choice between two exclusive alternatives but a third way. Let's ponder it. Ok?
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyTracked the choice you posed into deep woods in the wee hours and finally into a quiet clearing. From that open field there's a path leading anywhere the pursuer may wish it to go. Here's my first and final answer to your question.
Tough question, GBS. You've got me wondering if there might be a tertium quid dynamic here.
You know, not a choice between two exclusive alternatives but a third way. Let's ponder it. Ok?
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Yes, I too recognize value and benefit of simpler times. No, there isn't any need to become a hermit living alone next to some pond. Life can be simplified each day by employing the magic word saying
No
... to any and all distractions, extravagant use of scarce resources, wrong priorities and temptations to kill time (worst phrase in the English language).
Believe time is one of the key differences between then and now. The other is eliminating the clutter of frenetic detail. With disciplined effort time saved should eventually harness the runaway tempo and pattern a more comfortable lifestyle.
Will begin with the upcoming 'Daylight Savings Time'. Rather than use it immediately, I plan to save the golden hour gained.
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