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To: The Antiyuppie

good points!

I had in mind the failure of the grid, (which I do not hope for, by the way), and the need to go back to manual skills.

I love technology, and all it has brought us, but sometimes wonder how our clerks would manage to add up our groceries, and correctly count out our change.

How would architects and engineers function?

Assume no recorders, maybe I should add shorthand to the list?

My list could go on and on, and is obviously impractical. But while we marvel at all our modern technology, we have lost many skills, and those of us old enough to remember them are going to pass on, taking them with us.

Maybe we could encourage our young to have re-enactment “faires”, as some do for medieval times, but with the 50s as the model.

Just dawned on me that I am probably guilty of “thread-jacking”!


93 posted on 02/27/2015 7:33:47 PM PST by jacquej ("You cannot have a conservative government with a liberal culture." (Mark Steyn))
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To: jacquej

Point taken. Maybe I rely a bit too much on technology.


128 posted on 02/28/2015 5:33:06 AM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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