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To: cuban leaf; Twinkie

Sigh. I know this will sound odd, but I look around me every single day, and think:

“This is all going to go away.”

The hot water coming out of the shower head.
The weekend drives in the car to remote destinations.
The security of a locked door.
The supermarket shelves full of produce and products.
A fridge full of food and ice.
The Internet.
Toilet paper.
Aspirin.
The rule of law.
A job.
Soap.
A paycheck.
Gasoline.
Heating.
Air conditioning.
Fresh potable water from the tap.
Pets.
Deoderant.
Elaborate dinners.
Security.

And much more. Every time now, when I walk into a grocery store and see stuff packed floor to ceiling, I think: “It is all going to go away.”

Every time I turn on the shower, I think of what a miracle it is, and how much I will desperately miss that, because I enjoy it so much.

I hate feeling this way. I hate it because it didn’t have to turn out this way. And I have felt that way for a few years now.


92 posted on 07/03/2012 2:04:33 PM PDT by rlmorel ("The safest road to Hell is the gradual one." Screwtape (C.S. Lewis))
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To: rlmorel

I know how you feel. It is why I’m really focusing on solar and wind power where I live. And regarding transportation, I’m an avid bicyclist and we even have a “hybrid” tandem. And with solar/wind, you can use electric vehicles.

It doesn’t solve everything, but what you are describing is literally a world of Mad Max or Book of Eli. If it gets that bad it means we are looking at the fulfillment of biblical prophesy. And that is a very good thing - in the end.


109 posted on 07/04/2012 4:24:04 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: rlmorel
Every time I turn on the shower, I think of what a miracle it is, and how much I will desperately miss that, because I enjoy it so much.

I can't tell you how often I do that very thing. TP is something I expect I will miss a lot.

110 posted on 07/05/2012 7:35:32 AM PDT by zeugma (Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
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