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skipper wrote a new post, Just the Facts, Ma’am 1 year, 2 months ago
Across the board, recent polls about public confidence in news broadcasts has fallen in every poll. Why?
Mariner suspects it may be the ‘social media’ style of content. A hint may be that Huntley, Brinkley, Kur […]
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skipper wrote a new post, What if – 1 year, 2 months ago
Our nation went back to the original campaigning environment where, because of the spread of the population and a relative isolation because modern transportation and communication weren’t around yet, the funds f […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The good and the bad 1 year, 2 months ago
Mariner often has feedback suggesting he is an ‘old timer’ that won’t accept the modern world; they suggest he is too negative. He can’t deny these opinions and he is vulnerable to flamboyant metaphors as well. […]
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Regarding your moniker “old timer”: As you may remember, we watch our grandson, Wesley, twice a week at his home. Because his parents are “Gen something or other” , they have eschewed cable tv and instead rely on streaming services for their smart TV. They have grouped these services according to the persons(s) watching. These groupings are titled: “Jeremy”, “Kati”, “Kids” and our category, “Old People”. We know our place.
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skipper wrote a new post, Clearer insight into future 1 year, 3 months ago
Yesterday, mariner had one of those moments of clarity when deep wisdom falls upon a person. He saw the future as it will be. The moment occurred as he watched a clip of a man talking in English. Suddenly, the man […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Abortion 1 year, 3 months ago
The post about population provides a new perspective on abortion. Today, abortion is seen as an individual choice, either by individual right or a mandated right to the unborn. Mariner has been befuddled about the […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Population 1 year, 3 months ago
Regular readers may recall that mariner would mention rat and mouse studies done in the 1950s-70s. The focus was to document what happens when populations grow too large; the animals were given all the food and […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Gimme that old time economy 1 year, 3 months ago
Mariner had a chuckle when he read an NPR news item that said transport corporations were considering wind power to save costs and assist with fighting climate change:
Maybe we could hitch some mules to an […]
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skipper wrote a new post, News can be distracting 1 year, 3 months ago
McCarthy kicked out, eh. Talk about distraction! Today’s news is becoming so diverse and scattered across the subjects of human life that one may need advanced degrees to understand the nuance, detail and […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Melancholy about lost times 1 year, 3 months ago
Sincere moments reminiscent of our distant past sometimes occur today as if they were a fine artifact in an archeological dig. We have long forgotten certain attitudes and experiences that were moments to live by. […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The times they are a changing 1 year, 3 months ago
Human society as we know it today began as the last ice age receded, about 20,000 years ago. The earliest known communal societies were during the Neolithic Revolution, a time when the plant environment began to […]
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skipper wrote a new post, On democracy 1 year, 3 months ago
The premise of this post is to examine the impact of progress upon the cultural perceptions that existed in 1778 when the United States was born. Progress is not a bad thing; the benefits in comfort, health and […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Getting bored with the same old news? 1 year, 4 months ago
The reader can probably quote the subject of the top four headlines without turning the television on. Give it a try. Here is a sample: Trump, Biden, climate disaster and cost of living; there are variations. The […]
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skipper wrote a new post, We are in debt 1 year, 4 months ago
Mariner and his wife were talking about things in general when a meaningful metaphor emerged:
Every animal on the planet has to pay cash. Humans, however, have a credit card and it is maxed out.
Humans have, […]
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Mother Nature is going to foreclose and evict us.
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skipper wrote a new post, All over again 1 year, 4 months ago
We live in a time of change, no doubt about it. Not just the normal change between generations or the systemic changes brought on by cyclical weather eras or the changes in economics brought on by political […]
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skipper wrote a new post, World of work 1 year, 4 months ago
The following is a quote from Associated Press (AP):
Drescher told The Associated Press the moment is about the entire world of work, and a larger stand against corporate leaders who value shareholders over the […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Roller-coaster history 1 year, 4 months ago
֎ The first significant example of a railroad train was in 1825. By the 1860s trains had replaced most canal and river trade. Unless one was engaged in commerce, daily life still was limited to how far a horse […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Time Travel 1 year, 5 months ago
If you remember the melody, sing the lyrics – out loud with enthusiasm!
[Verse 1]
Oh Stewball was a racehorse
And I wish he were mine
He never drank water
He always drank wine[Verse 2]
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skipper wrote a new post, Let's all get together 1 year, 5 months ago
Mariner visited his primary care physician yesterday. He is an excellent doctor and has become a friend. The first thing he wanted to do in his office was show mariner photographs he had taken at the annual West […]
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skipper commented on the post, Regarding lifespan 1 year, 5 months ago
Note that I included a special sentence just for you, Robert:
“This is all a matter of individual genes; many will have an easier time but most will not be well.” You have good genes! -
skipper wrote a new post, Regarding lifespan 1 year, 5 months ago
From The Week magazine:
Don’t blame the politicians for our gerontocracy. Any of us would find it hard to quit a job that pays well, has endless benefits, automatic prestige and guaranteed s […]
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This is a very clear and succinct overview of the generations. The problem posed at the end could be addressed if seniors and oldies returned to the idea of communes—for those who remember the 60’s. Just as hippies created or found their own families by living communally, wouldn’t it be fun for aging hippies to return to their roots? Shared housing, shared economies, shared dining, and free love—maybe that is the appeal of the Villages!
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Note that I included a special sentence just for you, Robert:
“This is all a matter of individual genes; many will have an easier time but most will not be well.” You have good genes!
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