tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post4523823258510008519..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: It's Called "Creeping Normalcy" and It's a KillerThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-1883452085980451312017-12-21T16:49:46.346-08:002017-12-21T16:49:46.346-08:00I recall when, as teenagers in the 60s, we would h...<br />I recall when, as teenagers in the 60s, we would have to work all summer on perfecting our tans. Today you can get microwaved in an hour. <br /><br />Severe weather was a rarity, especially on national newscasts. Now it's daily fodder.<br /><br />Four distinct seasons generally transitioning from one to the next at the same time every year.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-76764873839185043242017-12-21T11:09:16.204-08:002017-12-21T11:09:16.204-08:00This article just got me thinking.
Thinking about ...This article just got me thinking.<br />Thinking about things I haven't thought to think about in years<br />...if not in a good two or three decades maybe.<br />I just get so chronically and perpetually caught up in dealing with whatever happens to be "most important at the time" that I lose track of a lot of the "what was" eventually (outside of the major superficial stuff---like old songs, television shows and magazines).Tal Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077424958233740898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-41658230390422645412017-12-21T10:58:16.435-08:002017-12-21T10:58:16.435-08:00When I retired to the island, Tal, there were huge...<br />When I retired to the island, Tal, there were huge numbers of song birds that nested in the cedar stand just behind my bedroom window. During the summers their chorus of songs was my alarm clock. <br /><br />Today that's gone. Somehow I'm not confident that they'll be back.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-37137270543659518212017-12-21T10:54:27.405-08:002017-12-21T10:54:27.405-08:00If the bottles said "No Deposit No Return&quo...If the bottles said "No Deposit No Return" then you just discarded them.<br />Otherwise you'd return empty bottles (in their case) to most any grocery store or corner food mart and get---I think---either a nickel or a dime for it.<br />And you never heard terms like "Recycling". Rather, this practice was the norm. You just did it, par-for-the-course, no-one thought anything about it. They just referred to it as "returning the bottles".Tal Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077424958233740898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-19397438900476309992017-12-21T10:39:09.532-08:002017-12-21T10:39:09.532-08:00...and the wildfires out west have gotten WAY over......and the wildfires out west have gotten WAY over-the-top in the last two decades, even more bizarre and out-of-control than even the psychopathic nature of modern-day humans come lately.Tal Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077424958233740898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-18917248391042138882017-12-21T10:35:01.272-08:002017-12-21T10:35:01.272-08:00It's been decades since the snow from December...It's been decades since the snow from December and January could still be on the ground into February and, sometimes, beyond in Ohio.<br />That period was back in the 60s and 70s.<br /><br />And, no, I haven't noticed the birds singing at twilight just prior to sunrise during the warmer months lately either, come to think of it.Tal Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077424958233740898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-56691148954445549132017-12-20T17:29:58.306-08:002017-12-20T17:29:58.306-08:00I remember when electronic entertainment was a rad...I remember when electronic entertainment was a radio with vacuum tubes in it. When they came HiFi was mono and television was black and white and the image was snowy. Milk and other dairy products were delivered by horse drawn wagon and the bottles sent back for re-use. Veggies were delivered by a produce huckster who had a truck modified for the purpose. We recycled everything we could because there was demand for bottles, papers, tin foil, etc. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-54893862025234137542017-12-20T13:00:19.104-08:002017-12-20T13:00:19.104-08:00Yes, I remember when Ontario had four distinct sea...<br />Yes, I remember when Ontario had four distinct seasons that arrived with predictable regularity. Winter, for example, was winter. No one would dream of golf in February, not unless they were in Florida.<br /><br />It's by looking back on the climate that had existed for generations, centuries, that we can see how radical the change over the past few decades has been. What does this portend for the next thirty years?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-31653827469581177962017-12-20T09:39:40.868-08:002017-12-20T09:39:40.868-08:00This is so, so true, Mound. When I think back to m...This is so, so true, Mound. When I think back to my own youth with regard to the weather, sure, we had heatwaves, for example, but they were generally few and far between, and of short duration. Winters were fairly predictable, always with exceptions, of course, but nothing that I recall approximated the wild gyrations we see in the world today. And, of course, weather is only one of the yardsticks to measure what is happening today.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com