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cmac2012 · #91 08-03-2007, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by John Doe

If you were paying attention, I was responding to BC's correction of my grammar (which I took in the spirit of good fun). IOW, I didn't start it Zen Carlo. Hey, did you ever weigh in on the drill bit thread for Bill?

Once again, you are correct. DOHH!! And I thought I'd caught you in a serious indiscretion. My friends and me will strike again.

I missed the drill bit thread. I'll look for it.

dlssmith · #92 08-03-2007, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by cmac2012

In times past, there was much less chance of contracting cancer from any number of man-made carcinogens. Noise pollution was much less than at present, and natural capital -- soil, water, game, fish -- was so abundant as to seem limitless. That is clearly not the case now.

Death has always been a part of life, we just put it off longer now on average. Cancer has always been around too, just not discussed in polite company.

And thank God the attitude that natural resources are limitless has diminished some what. That kind of thinking has been harmful.

Mike Murrell · #93 08-04-2007, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Howitzer

We defeated hippies, disco and leaded gas

Were they defeated or did they just run out of gas?

Travolta spread out a bit....guess he ran out of gas too?

cmac2012 · #94 08-04-2007, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by dlssmith

Death has always been a part of life, we just put it off longer now on average. Cancer has always been around too, just not discussed in polite company.

And thank God the attitude that natural resources are limitless has diminished some what. That kind of thinking has been harmful.

Well, true but my point was, when the earth was carrying less than a billion people, or say 100 million, any notion that ground water could be exhausted would have been laughable. Also, the oceans were filled with fish. The Columbia used to be full of salmon. Not so now and over-fishing was not the culprit, in the Columbia anyway though overfishing is the culprit in mnay other locations.

Humans were in much better equilibrium with the earth back then. We're way out of balance now, IMHO.

jt20 · #95 12-06-2010, 10:21 PM

bumped out of curiosity to compare the change in poll response.

barry123400 · #96 12-07-2010, 10:57 PM

Well three years and a little since this thread started have made some differences in perspectives I imagine. The period of transition from one thing to another seems to be systamatically reducing time wise compared to all of past history.

Hard to guess the senario that will be present just ten short years from now.Same feeling may also apply to the end of the next five year period. Probably the odds of getting it right are less than getting the stock market right.

I have to wonder for example if all the media mention of another decline in real estate values will play out. Plus if so what it really represents this time. When that avenue is exhausted what comes next?

View Poll Results: In your lifetime, has America gotten better or worse?
I'm under 30, and it's worse.	10	12.50%
I'm under 30, and it's better.	2	2.50%
I'm under 50, and it's worse.	25	31.25%
I'm under 50, and it's better.	9	11.25%
I'm over 50, and it's worse.	12	15.00%
I'm over 50, and it's better.	8	10.00%
It's about the same.	9	11.25%
Don't really care.	5	6.25%
Voters: 80. You may not vote on this poll