You had a cardboard box! Damn cake eaters.
You had a hallway? You must have been part of the bourgeoisie that escaped these environs.
Posted on 12/27/2006 5:03:04 AM PST by rhema
Why in my day we 23 feet of snow, and that was in July!
"Why in my day we 23 feet of snow, and that was in July!"
And you lived in Florida!
For Christmas, I received a geology textbook that my great-grandmother used in high school. Even as a professional scientist, I found it was a mildly challenging read in places. I realized that not a single public school high school student I know (I substitute taught locally when they needed help) could understand that book. It's no wonder we have such ridiculous views on science these days.
Lemme see. That must have been about June 24, 1974, when you'd just finished reading this apocalyptic story in Time magazine.
My elder liberal sister was sitting at the Christmas Eve dinner table spouting off aboot the weather,and even admitted they saw the Al Gore infomercial....I was laffin at her....then came the punchline,the people on her block in Chanhassen decided that this coming summer they would have 1 'community' lawnmower between 6-7 houses,this was to do their part in lowering 'greenhouse gases'....when confronted by the question 'what is the difference if it is 1 lawnmower mowing 7 lawns or 7 mowing 7?' well,the answer was 'they won't be getting mowed all at the same time' ...at that point I had to open another bottle of wine.
We had to 43 miles one way in raaaaaging blizzards just to get to school. In fact the only time we had schools was during raaaaaging blizzards. And for Christmas all we'd get is a stick, and let me tell you we were darn glad to get even that!
the 12 of us lived in a small cardboard box in the hallway!
You had a cardboard box! Damn cake eaters.
Totally off topic I know. But it gave me the thought. I would pitch in with a few neighbors to get a really really excellent lawn mower, rather than four of us spending more money per person on crappier models.
yup,it sounds good on paper but then consider the logistics involved with scheduling lawn mowin and snow blowin and then maintenance on a high mileage peice of equipment...and don't forget to factor in that you might not like yer neighbor 'Bob' all that well after all....and why are just the wives cooking all the time? ;-)
If I remember the story, all the wives are housewives. Dinner is ready just after the husbands get home from work. It's just practicality more than anything. My wife is on bed rest now. I can tell you I am tired of cooking. If I could take turns with the neighbors I would jump at the chance to only produce 1 dinner a week.
That is hilarious-
I asked my liberal inlaws why I should believe Al gore-
I said I would listen to their tripe if they could tell
me what post secondary schools Al went to, and what the
outcome was...- for good measure I wanted them to find
what Tommy Lee Jones (Gore's roomate at Harvard )had to
say about Al.
p.s. - Al went to 2 other post secondary scools-
Vanderbilt Divinity- and then Law school-
he flunked out of divinity- and supposedly
left law school ( his records are sealed )
Great story; you may want to send it to the Mayor himself.
You had a cardboard box! Damn cake eaters.
You had a hallway? You must have been part of the bourgeoisie that escaped these environs.
The problem with Socialism/Communism is that the right people haven't done it yet. < /sarcasm >
You should start a pool on when this little socialistic brainstorm will result in a resounding "Uff Da! Vhat vas we tinkin' Ole!?!"
I would have suggested a community goat.
I would have suggested a community goat.
:-)
Someone caught my hi-lited 'community' lawnmower! ;-)
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