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Ernie in River City's avatar

I miss kids on bikes, at playgrounds, and up trees. I’m sure orthopedists miss the revenue. Couple of kids around the corner from us have spent the past year digging, filling, re-digging, furnishing, and making defensible a hole in their front yard. They’ve had toy construction trucks, traffic cones, the whole nine yards. I grin and wave every time I pass them. Might have to stop and help one day. But I’d probably get arrested. ☹️

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Bill in Tennessee's avatar

Sean, most of us here were born, bred, and raised in an analog mechanical world, and we have, to different degrees, adapted to the digital world. You're right, we have lost something along the way. This morning I will spend time moving all my mechanical clocks and wristwatches ahead one hour, but it's a labor of love. I have an affinity for old clocks and watches from the late 1800s to the mid-20th Century.

The modern age has given us many things to be thankful for, such as medical treatments for ailments that a few decades ago would have simply killed us; near-instant communication with anyone, anywhere in the world; and a host of things too numerous to list here.

But we gained these things at a cost... the loss of a far simpler, slower pace of life. I think most of us are straddling two worlds, with one foot in the analog space and the other foot in the digital revolution. Young people today will never know that world, and more's the pity.

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