ha. Back when no one picked up their dog shit, you mean? Those little bags were not even a thing, and we all left the crap on the ground as fertilizer. No one cared. Children learned how to not step in it, and to leave their footwear outside if they did. Now we care. Now we pass laws and regulations about shit this and shit that. Can't open a door without breaking some law somewhere. I feel a rant of my own coming on!
Yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about, the good old days—when having a different point of view didn't automatically make you a fascist or a Nazi; when people weren't constantly triggered by imagined slights; when disagreements could be argued without anyone raising their voice; and when you didn't need a bloody licence to go fishing or a police clearance certificate to volunteer as a dog walker in your local animal sanctuary.
Back when the onus of proving a person was not a criminal did not fall to the person themself. One trip on an airplane should be enough to stop anyone from taking an airplane ever again, but it doesn't. We put up with a lot of shit, which will someday (possibly very soon) be the very shit they use to confine us to our homes, shooting us up with the lastest experimental drug they'd like to try out on us.
My granddaughter had a ticket for a trip, direct flight from NY JFK to Nashville Tn. Her morning flight was cancelled. The afternoon flight, 1118, was no longer direct. She had to connect in Boston. Flt 1118 was delayed for so long that the Boston plane left without her. She was given a ticket, for the next day, at 3 P.M. Ultimately, she was able to fly at 9 O'clock on that day, but as standby. I can't do that. Imagine being somewhere and needing to get home. Impossible. Or sitting on a plane for 5 hours. These are experiences tolerated by the young. For me, it's just not worth the trip.
I know what you mean. I was in Puerto Vallarta in February, my flight to Mexico city was cancelled due to civil unrest so we were stuck there for an additional 5 days. I blogged about the year before that, when my friend abandoned the homestead and I had to book emergency flights back home. The previous year all of my flights were cancelled the day before departure due to an industrial action in Germany. That might sound like I travel a lot, but in fact up to three years ago I hadn't left home in 7 years.
I also wish I could get on a private jet now and then. I could travel with my dog, and I wouldn't have to feel humiliated and uncomfortable for the two hours I have to be at the airport before being, finally, allowed to do something I had long ago paid dearly for.
I don't miss standing in dog shit though haha. I think there's a lot of moral police around ready to pounce. I'm one of them. I hate shit everywhere - you've reminded me of a terrible part of the past haha. I mean I always flicked it into bushes so no one would stand on it... How virtuous of me!!!
yeah it fuckong was
ha. Back when no one picked up their dog shit, you mean? Those little bags were not even a thing, and we all left the crap on the ground as fertilizer. No one cared. Children learned how to not step in it, and to leave their footwear outside if they did. Now we care. Now we pass laws and regulations about shit this and shit that. Can't open a door without breaking some law somewhere. I feel a rant of my own coming on!
Yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about, the good old days—when having a different point of view didn't automatically make you a fascist or a Nazi; when people weren't constantly triggered by imagined slights; when disagreements could be argued without anyone raising their voice; and when you didn't need a bloody licence to go fishing or a police clearance certificate to volunteer as a dog walker in your local animal sanctuary.
Back when the onus of proving a person was not a criminal did not fall to the person themself. One trip on an airplane should be enough to stop anyone from taking an airplane ever again, but it doesn't. We put up with a lot of shit, which will someday (possibly very soon) be the very shit they use to confine us to our homes, shooting us up with the lastest experimental drug they'd like to try out on us.
We stopped flying years ago. I swore the only way I'd fly is if I could go on a private jet. And that's not happening.
Crikey, you're worse than I am. At least I'll settle for business class!
My granddaughter had a ticket for a trip, direct flight from NY JFK to Nashville Tn. Her morning flight was cancelled. The afternoon flight, 1118, was no longer direct. She had to connect in Boston. Flt 1118 was delayed for so long that the Boston plane left without her. She was given a ticket, for the next day, at 3 P.M. Ultimately, she was able to fly at 9 O'clock on that day, but as standby. I can't do that. Imagine being somewhere and needing to get home. Impossible. Or sitting on a plane for 5 hours. These are experiences tolerated by the young. For me, it's just not worth the trip.
I know what you mean. I was in Puerto Vallarta in February, my flight to Mexico city was cancelled due to civil unrest so we were stuck there for an additional 5 days. I blogged about the year before that, when my friend abandoned the homestead and I had to book emergency flights back home. The previous year all of my flights were cancelled the day before departure due to an industrial action in Germany. That might sound like I travel a lot, but in fact up to three years ago I hadn't left home in 7 years.
I also wish I could get on a private jet now and then. I could travel with my dog, and I wouldn't have to feel humiliated and uncomfortable for the two hours I have to be at the airport before being, finally, allowed to do something I had long ago paid dearly for.
Yes, was that the same time people had critical thinking and bots didn't stir outrage?
I don't miss standing in dog shit though haha. I think there's a lot of moral police around ready to pounce. I'm one of them. I hate shit everywhere - you've reminded me of a terrible part of the past haha. I mean I always flicked it into bushes so no one would stand on it... How virtuous of me!!!
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