Yeah Gummy! You said it right, our society is not oppressive and bleak like Orwell's 1984, it's the anesthetized, sterilized, drone but happy life of Huxley's Brave New World. Everything is disappearing without notice, how many songbirds do you hear anymore? Would you eat a fish caught off the Santa Monica pier as they used to do thirty years ago? Instead of the sound of crickets on the front porch, we are all in our air conditioned houses, watching television. And for me there is a fear that a lifetime of work and saving and planning will be swept away in hard times. Unreasoning fear maybe, but I just don't know if I will be expendable like so many in my situation. -- Eddie Pedantic Gasbag Discussion Group

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Date Posted: 03:32:55 07/01/01 Sun
Author: spoot going a bit too serious now
Subject: Yeah Gummy! You said it right, our society is not oppressive and bleak like Orwell's 1984, it's the anesthetized, sterilized, drone but happy life of Huxley's Brave New World. Everything is disappearing without notice, how many songbirds do you hear anymore? Would you eat a fish caught off the Santa Monica pier as they used to do thirty years ago? Instead of the sound of crickets on the front porch, we are all in our air conditioned houses, watching television. And for me there is a fear that a lifetime of work and saving and planning will be swept away in hard times. Unreasoning fear maybe, but I just don't know if I will be expendable like so many in my situation.
In reply to: gumtree 's message, "Speaking in Tongues" on 00:50:49 07/01/01 Sun

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A very articulate presentation of reality I feel Gumtree....being in the system does make it harder to do something so we all need to be aware of the inertia factor and how complacent we can be if we don't get involved and at least attempt to make changes. (NT) -- BZC, 14:16:19 07/01/01 Sun