Where is everyone?

At a local Italian place (with sports bar), DD earned herself a dessert for holding the doors for a pair of couple all on walkers. In some ways it was kind of comical to watch. She got them all into the little breezeway area, sprinted around to the far side and the other doors and opened the door into the restaurant for them. I don't know if management did it or the couples, but either way it was sweet of them - all puns intended.

C

I just put away the last of the dishes and leftovers from my lunch guests and now, for an extra dessert, I see your story about Ellice.

She's growing up to be a really nice kid. So much fun to hear good things about kids instead of all the bad stuff the news media thrives on.

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I am getting sick of trying to find news on television - I DON'T want to hear anything more about Michael Jackson, Letterman, Tiger Woods et al. The news seems to have degenerated into the lowest common denominator and it is no longer news.

What is it that people want to see/hear all about that rubbish these days ? They must because ratings will have told the media that's what sells. Thankfully radio still seems to be safe CBC, BBC anyway and I always feel a bit scared they may turn to that stuff.

Like most folk of my generation I was taught to hold doors open for ladies. A few years ago I held the door open for a shaven-headed young lady of very masculine appearance only for her to mutter "Fascist pig" before sweeping past me and stomping into the shop. However, this hasn't affected my manners and I still hold doors open, raise my hat, walk on the outside of the pavement etc.

Want to hear the honest truth????? Very few people these days, read, analyze , think etc. Look at the loss of newspaper membership? I have to admit we canceled ours, because there was NO news; if there was it was from the news feed they contributed to, New York Times in our case. No two sides were offered, or very rarely.. I could, and do, read it on the Internet, just for local stuff, and obits. Hell, that tells my age

Most of the electorate live, breath and emulate the "celebrities". In this country people are "persuaded" by left-wing motivated organizations to register to vote, and they do not have a clue what it is about.

People have been known to show at the poll and ask where do I mark for candidate "X"? It is a travesty of justice.

Damn, I wasn't going to go into a rant, but that is what the USA is coming to. I am a naturalised citizen, and have been since 1968. I am appalled at what is happening.

Don't get me on this subject. Remember Nevil Shute's book, the 7th Vote. What we need......well maybe not the final outcome.

Gillian

You wouldn't have thought she was a nice kid today on the ice - until the handshake line.

Cheryl

I read the local online, for much the same reasons.

I think you mean In The Wet lol Well so long as it doesn't become On The Beach...

It is a long time ago...I was in UK...but I remember the gist of it so we;ll. One earned votes by what was accomplished.

Wonder if I can get that from the library

I'm here. No Xmas shopping driving ME nuts - my tree setup, cards and shopping take about two hours all told. I like to enjoy the holiday without all the ruckus. We bring all the stress on ourselves with what we deem to be obligatory gifting, entertaining, cooking....why not just let the day come peacefully, even try to let it be strictly a religious event. Anyhow, that's my take on a much overdone yearly event.

I finished that needlepoint cat - I tried to eyeball the background and was woefully off. Had to finally count and lay out a pattern on ye olde graph paper. The cat will be appliqued to a very plain throw pillow. Then all ndlpt stuff gets put away. Yay - neat work corner at last.

Just reviewed some crocheting instructions - going to make grannies for an afghan project for vets.

I LOVE to hold the door for men - and they all have thanked me!!

It was indeed "In The Wet", but I doubt if you could get it from the public library as it was written around 1953 or 54 (we have the 54 edition), so has very possibly been deacessioned by now. However, I remember thinking when I read it that it was an extremely elitist system which was proposed - but then, so was Nevil Shute IMO although he did write books which were very exciting at the time. I thought that "A Town Like Alice" was his best.

Remember, the "news" which is pushed at us is mostly manufactured by the people at the very top of this country, who have a great interest in keeping the rest of us ignorant. I find out more about what is happening over here by reading the English language foreign newspapers on line. What we are being fed right now is the modern day version of the old Roman "bread and circuses" which were used to keep the populace in line, until finally Rome fell.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans

When a man opens the door for me, I say thank you. I also open doors anyone of whatever age or gender who could use the help. I don't consider having the door opened for me chauvinism, I consider it kindness.

Dawne

If a person is nice enough to open a door for me, I thank them, and if there is another door, reciprocate by opening that door for them. I had it drilled in my head while growing up that you open doors for other people, regardless of gender.

That's exactly what I do, too. It's common courtesy. Nothing infuriates me more than when people beat me to the door and then let it half slam in my face. I've had people do that to me even when I was using both hands to carry a heavy infant in carrier. They were not so courteously thanked in return.

Jinx

"Fran" wrote

Much more practical that way, isn't it?? We all get where we are going a little more easily. I had a mental picture of Hyacinth Bouquet standing by the car door clutching her handbag and trilling "Richard!" because she couldn't possible open the car door herself.

Dawne

I imagine. I liked his books and the movie of On The Beach came out in 1959/60 when I was pregnant - somehow with the Cold War at almost it's worst at that point, it made me very bunkerish. I hoarded up all sorts of basics like flour and sugar against the nuclear holocaust, David was as usual, at sea and I felt very vulnerable with a toddler and another on the way.

In 1962 coming back from Japan by sea, we were in the Bay of Biscay when the Bay of Pigs started. I could see us doomed to sail the seas forever till the ship sank if the balloon went up. We lived in strange times.

She probably had to hold an elaborate hat on !

In 1962 I was in the RAF and stationed at RAF Driffield (Yorkshire, UK). It was one of the four Thor missile bases in the UK with 15 missiles on

5 sites dispersed throughout North Yorkshire. When the Bay of Pigs fiasco blew up things got very "interesting"!