carolineRobert:
not a single reply in 7 days ...hmmm ...i guess people prefer remaining in the dark and/or walk with horse blinders :(
If you have to watch that video to be enlightened you have the problem! Sorry!
Some
here have already done all that, worked hard, raised their family,
fought wars, watched the world around them change with technology,
watched people change (for the worse in my opinion), tried to do
something about it to no avail....
the same politicians keep
getting elected, the crime gets worse, the laws become more invasive,
the same powers that be run this world regardless of your effort to
effect change, there is no such thing as a moderate anymore, your either
far left or far right and if your not you become invisible to both of
them, people pick a side and follow like good little sheep oblivious
to whats really going on!!
Look up, I did that for decades, went
everywhere I wanted to, provided for my family, helped my friends, took
care of my wife when she got sick, but now I don't like what I see when I
do and I can't change that! I and other have earned the right to get
away from it all, be it here or somewhere else, and I'm grateful because
I know there are some here much less fortunate, some suffer from
illness, disabilities, other misfortunes, I'm one of the luckier ones...
Perhaps
you should have directed your post to those in perfect health or under 50 yrs of age, not
WGT in general...older members like it here, were tired and deserve a
rest, we don't NEED it, we deserve it!
While I admit it isn't as
much fun as attending big events like I used to, at least I know I
won't get blown up by some religious fanatic at the parade, or get
robbed by some punk who is on probation for the 5th time and still on
the streets because today everyone deserves a 2nd chance, and a 3rd, and
a 4th, f**k that, I'm too old for it!!! I'm safe here, if anyone comes
here to harm me, they are in trouble not me! I might even get killed in a
wreck with someone texting or on the phone, you know, looking down...
So
thanks for your concern, but I'm cool, when I
look up I get disgusted or embarrassed by half of what I see anyway!!!!
Respect your elders, don't try to school us!
We used to help the elderly carry in their groceries even if we didn't know them, not rob or murder them!
When
it snowed I shoveled my walkways(shovel, not a snow blower), then 2
elderly neighbors houses because I could, not for a fee, and they didn't
even have to ask!
I didn't get in trouble because I didn't want to embarrass my parents, not because they couldn't afford bail money!
We worked after school and gave the money to our parents!
Opened the doors for adults and ladies!
I
called my Mom if I was late so she wouldn't worry, from a f'n payphone!
(that's a phone you had to put money in to use usually located on
street corners and gas stations for those under 30)...today I call my kids to see how their doing and they "text" me back to see what I wanted!!!
Now I have to find my glasses to read it, then find the stronger
glasses to see the keyboard in order to respond!!! No f'n respect at
all....
I'm all for technology, I love it...I can't wait to be
able to press a button on my key fob and my car comes to me, I'm tired
of tipping those valet parking guys! But when it comes to behavior we
need to "LOOK BACK" to learn something, not up, or we won't like we see looking forward!