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WCDT: 11-15 October 2010 (1771-1775)
jwhouk:
THE MOMENT OF THE WEEK:
Marigold and Dale - WOW Stalking! - 2 (4%)
"May the Oppossums grow fat on your flesh." - 5 (10%)
Are you jealous I went on a date? - 0 (0%)
"I'm sorry! I'll always cherish the time we had together!" - 6 (12%)
"You want the paper?" "Just the sports section, please." - 7 (14%)
"How the hell are things MORE awkward?" - 0 (0%)
NOT DURING WORK HOURS. - 3 (6%)
Seriously. It's OK. Let it go. - 0 (0%)
I WILL LET YOU TOUCH MY BOOBS IF YOU'LL SHUT UP. - 9 (18%)
Boob touching! - 8 (16%)
"I hate to interrupt your reverie, but..." SHHHH! - 10 (20%)
Total Voters: 50
raoullefere:
--- Quote from: Exar_Kun on 17 Oct 2010, 03:22 ---My dad likes to bitch non-stop about how "young people these days don't know half the things he did when he was half their age." Of course my dad grew up on a FARM of all places. I try to explain to my dad that not everybody grew up on a farm, and that this is no longer the 50s/60s, and that people can only be expected to learn as much as they need to learn to get the job done and that he was no different.
Its like talking to a particularly stubborn brick wall.
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Er, a farm is the place, dude. It's as basic as life gets, outside of being a hunter-gatherer, which can be a chancy way to make a living.
Here's the thing, Exar_Kun. Unless he grew up on some sort of factory farm, what your father likely sees is this: if all of civilization went to hell, he would know, basically, how to feed himself (especially if he every helped with any slaughtering. Trust me, killing the critter's the easy part). The people he's seeing wouldn't, or that's how it seems to him. That makes them vulnerable.
One of the things we tend to forget as nations is that each country's viability is really based on food production. If your country can't feed itself, it's a rotten log waiting to fall, no matter how advanced its tech or what fancy services it offers (Good luck eating a web page). Too many people don't stop to think where the food they buy at the supermarket comes from, and that in turn plays out in many ways that can be harmful in the long run.
Your father is seeing that from a personal perspective. I agree with him to this extent: while mastering such skills isn't necessary, I think it would do every child who lives in a large city or even a suburb an enormous amount of good to spend at least one summer (or longer) of his or her life on a farm learning where food comes from in a hands-on way. No, we can't all live on farms, but when we forget what feeds us, we're heading for trouble.
Mad Cat:
Age and experience beat youth and guile every time.
peterh:
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 17 Oct 2010, 06:19 ---Here's the thing, Exar_Kun. Unless he grew up on some sort of factory farm, what your father likely sees is this: if all of civilization went to hell, he would know, basically, how to feed himself (especially if he every helped with any slaughtering. Trust me, killing the critter's the easy part). The people he's seeing wouldn't, or that's how it seems to him. That makes them vulnerable.
--- End quote ---
True, to a point.
--- Quote ---I think it would do every child who lives in a large city or even a suburb an enormous amount of good to spend at least one summer (or longer) of his or her life on a farm learning where food comes from in a hands-on way. No, we can't all live on farms, but when we forget what feeds us, we're heading for trouble.
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Not only does it do them good, they also think it's tremendous fun. Our grandchildren love to come here (and do on quite a regular basis), and they want to be involved with all the "farmy things" (except the killing bit... they're still a bit too young for that).
It's now slowly dawning on the oldest that, no, it is NOT normal that if you want an apple or a prune or strawberries, or beans for dinner, you just go out and get them from your lot, rather than from the shop.
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: Mad Cat on 17 Oct 2010, 07:16 ---Age and experience beat youth and guile every time.
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Actually, it's "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill".
And yes, they will.
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