OT: The Things We Take for Granted....

Instar · #1 December 31st, 2004, 05:31 AM

Wrist + deli slicer for me.... darn lucky I was. Lesson: pay attention to sharp blades!

Jack Simth · #2 December 31st, 2004, 07:55 AM

Nothing quite like chronic asthma to keep you from taking breathing for granted.

Atrocities · #3 December 31st, 2004, 08:35 AM

Sight. Beleive me you'll miss that when its gone.
Gun rights, if the Democrats and gun grabbing - tell people how to live - uber left wing dark side liberals get their way, we will all be living under UN control and doing the goose step to a new Hitler dictator of the world. No thanks.

Gandalf Parker · #4 December 31st, 2004, 01:26 PM

Technology continues to climb but we are nearing the peak of many other things. I remember my great grandmother talking often about "when I was a child we didnt have", less so from my grandparents, hardly ever from my parents, and I feel very little need to say it to my children (except with technology of course). On the other hand, I hear more often "when I was a child we DID have" and I think that will be increasing in my kids to the grandkids, and them to their children which I might live to see.

For one thing, my table grace is along the line of "thank god for the variety of life which has given itself to my meal each day". Yes its rather druidic. But it serves to remind me and make me thankful that my meal includes so much. Foods from all over the world, any single part of it was at one time the ENTIRE diet of some group of people who were thankful of an ocassional change. We are unlikely to discover new foods now, but we are very likely to lose many. And thats just one of many areas which we may be telling our grandkids "I remember having..."
Be thankful for bananas, songbirds, water, and beef.

Slynky · #5 December 31st, 2004, 01:45 PM

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Gandalf Parker said:For one thing, my table grace is along the line of "thank god for the variety of life which has given itself to my meal each day". Yes its rather druidic. But it serves to remind me and make me thankful that my meal includes so much. Foods from all over the world, any single part of it was at one time the ENTIRE diet of some group of people who were thankful of an ocassional change. We are unlikely to discover new foods now, but we are very likely to lose many. And thats just one of many areas which we may be telling our grandkids "I remember having..."
Be thankful for bananas, songbirds, water, and beef.

How true. Thanks for the reminder. I lived in Thailand for 3 years and talk about an unvaried diet! For the new year, I will make a conscious effort to reduce the "fast food" to an absolute necessity and make better use of all the fresh vegetables we have at hand in the US. Good thing for me I love tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce (all types), cabbage, beans (all types...LOVE my 15-bean soup!), potatoes, onions, garlic (well, for seasoning but, there IS a rule that says, "One can't EVER have too much garlic!", isn't there?), brocolli, peas (all types), squash, coliflower (sp?), carrots, peppers (all types, especially green peppers), and brussel sprouts. (don't even get me started on fruits!)

It's a nice thing you say, GP, whether it be druidic or not.

Instar · #6 January 1st, 2005, 01:20 AM

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Atrocities said:
Sight. Beleive me you'll miss that when its gone.
Gun rights, if the Democrats and gun grabbing - tell people how to live - uber left wing dark side liberals get their way, we will all be living under UN control and doing the goose step to a new Hitler dictator of the world. No thanks.

Whoa, no offense, but leave the politics at the door. Frankly, you have a very wrong impression of Democrats.