> >I watched a neighbor drive his new Ford 4X4 crew cab about 100 feet to the
> >empty garbage cans (yesterday was pickup day). He worked hard to jockey
> >back and forth so he could pick up his can without getting out then drove
> >the 100 feet back up the driveway dragging the can. A performance that had
> >to be seen to be believed.
>
>This is both funny and sad. I wonder what will happen to people
>like this in time of crisis. It is interesting to read about
>the history of various catastrophes and cultural failures and
>see how the people thought just before the event. In most
>cases the population ignored the problem until it was too late.
Like most people in times of real crisis, he will demand that someone solve
the problem for him. In the tribal evolution of us as a species, tribes
needed many more followers than leaders so most people are followers
expecting leaders to solve any and all problems.
>Anyway, those big 4x4 pickups are a status vehicle around here and
>you see them often. Not a scratch anywhere and often being driven
>by one person getting groceries. What a waste of resources.
Around here it seems the horsey people think they need a Dodge Diesel 4X4
big cab dually even though the heaviest thing they haul is a weeks worth of
groceries. I see those silly things heading to work in the morning with
only a driver. Like the family with only one kid needing a big 4X4
surburban to drive over paved roads to run down for a movie.
We are wastefull mostly because the followers have been told they are not
"right" until they can waste.
Don Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Valley Center, CA Senior Software Engineer
Contract software engineering
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