G’day Jason, Dry, Lonewolf, Joe, Barb, Bjorn and all Meggsie’s mates.
Thanks for thoughts expressed and received. In a very metaphoric sense, being so glad Ginger’s problems with the pets have been attended to has caused me to sleep on my watch.
This is the second time in a few wee-ks Ginger has had this wee problem. Excuse the intended pun, we do seem to have had an abundance of them in the past few days.
Has anyone thought about how Sarah will feel when she sees the Paris fashions. She has been wearing the same style of dress (hope it’s not THE same dress) for 88 years. Maybe she will land there and start the umpteenth revival of her mode.
Same thing might happen for men’s fashions. Dad has been wearing check trousers for 89 years.
It might just be that once kids in Paris see Ginger’s waistcoat that kids’ everywhere will stop pestering their parents for ipods and want waistcoats instead during a wave of severe peer pressure.
Seems that someone not knowing an answer does not make them smarter, in fact, they may have been smarter in the first place not to bother with a trivial matter. Smart and knowledge are two entirely different matters.
Us (blush) oldies seem hell-bent on convincing ourselves kids are smarter than we are. They are not, on an average they may be just as smart. What is fooling us is that we don’t see the agonising private hours kids spend trying to work gadgets to keep up with their peers - gadgets that we have long learnt to do without.
I can’t work many features on a mobile phone simply because I don’t need to learn how. Saw a young mum at the supermarket yesterday speaking on a mobile to someone about the qualty of certain butters when the ‘unbranded’ one was 13 cents cheaper than the other. Seemed smarter to me not to spend the $1+ on the call and simply pick the known brand.
Is there anthropolgist out there who can give some idea as to how long it has been that human intelligence levels have been as they are today?
Joe, the same can be said for canned goods as well. A store brand can be packed by Del Monte or Hunt’s or whoever. I would imagine frozen vegetables, etc. would be the same. As I’ve gotten older , I read ingredient labels a lot more for healthier versions. Oh I still like my “non-healthy food fixes once in a while, like bacon, sausage, etc.
When my kids were small we watched Mr. Rogers Neigherhood all the time. He had some very interesting pieces on there, like how they made bicycles, potato chips, toothpaste, frozen dinners, toilet paper and so on. Very inforative and done in such a way that little kids could understand it, and adults found it most interesting
I guess I got a little off subject, there, oh well! :-)
Hi Joe Yes, unbranded things have to come from sources producing branded items. My father worked in a Melbourne brewery for over 40 years. He told me that when they bottled the beer they would do so many with one label and then change labels in the chute of the station where they were put on the bottles.
All my life I have tried to convince beer ‘connoisseurs” (if there is such a thing) of that fact - but no - they insist the beers were different.
Don’cha just love to hate at the supermarket.. Park your trolley in front of a stack and, sure enough, you will be in the way of some all-suffering soul who wants the item behind your trolley.
Stand in line at checkout and wouldn’t you just love to tell the person in front of you that they are buying junk food and that your selection is based on a much more informed approach.
Then there are the items the supermarket tells you are part of their price-cutting campaign and that they are 2 cents cheaper than they were a month ago. No mention of the fact that everything else has gone up by 3+ cents in the meantime.
There is. of course, the ‘rewards’ card. Get a few cents off fuel if you spend a certain amount. Of course, the cost of items is loaded to cover the discount which, in fact, makes the reward card actually a penalty card if you don’t have one.
Oh yes, the swipe of the ‘rewards card’ also places the information on the store’s computer as to what you have bought,. Maybe they will restock the item, along with a new price to match your preference.
As a finale to the cynicsim about it all, there is the urge while in the carpark, to tell the person parked in the ‘Disabled’ zone that you are aware they are only using the card for their disabled relative to gain a favored spot.
Tongue-in-cheek folks, but do you recognise a modicum of truth.
usfellers your last statement, “a modicum of truth”, oh yes!
And One more thing , these great SPECIAL DEALS, don’t you love how they only order in two, three, or four of said sale item, and there are no “rain checks” for said items when they run out of “said sale items”?
The Duke 1 over 14 years ago
GM, GM fans!
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
A question worth asking for one your age, Ginger!
G’Day, Jason, Usfellers, Joe and ALL the Meggsie fans!
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 14 years ago
G’day JFri, Jason, Joe and usfellers and all Meggsie fans far and wide!
Ginger Meggs over 14 years ago
Gday all!
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 14 years ago
Where’s usfellers this AM?
usfellers over 14 years ago
G’day Jason, Dry, Lonewolf, Joe, Barb, Bjorn and all Meggsie’s mates.
Thanks for thoughts expressed and received. In a very metaphoric sense, being so glad Ginger’s problems with the pets have been attended to has caused me to sleep on my watch.
This is the second time in a few wee-ks Ginger has had this wee problem. Excuse the intended pun, we do seem to have had an abundance of them in the past few days.
Has anyone thought about how Sarah will feel when she sees the Paris fashions. She has been wearing the same style of dress (hope it’s not THE same dress) for 88 years. Maybe she will land there and start the umpteenth revival of her mode.
Same thing might happen for men’s fashions. Dad has been wearing check trousers for 89 years.
It might just be that once kids in Paris see Ginger’s waistcoat that kids’ everywhere will stop pestering their parents for ipods and want waistcoats instead during a wave of severe peer pressure.
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
Good to “see” you, Usfellers!
Wee was getting worried without your daily wit.
usfellers over 14 years ago
Seems that someone not knowing an answer does not make them smarter, in fact, they may have been smarter in the first place not to bother with a trivial matter. Smart and knowledge are two entirely different matters.
Us (blush) oldies seem hell-bent on convincing ourselves kids are smarter than we are. They are not, on an average they may be just as smart. What is fooling us is that we don’t see the agonising private hours kids spend trying to work gadgets to keep up with their peers - gadgets that we have long learnt to do without.
I can’t work many features on a mobile phone simply because I don’t need to learn how. Saw a young mum at the supermarket yesterday speaking on a mobile to someone about the qualty of certain butters when the ‘unbranded’ one was 13 cents cheaper than the other. Seemed smarter to me not to spend the $1+ on the call and simply pick the known brand.
Is there anthropolgist out there who can give some idea as to how long it has been that human intelligence levels have been as they are today?
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 14 years ago
Joe, the same can be said for canned goods as well. A store brand can be packed by Del Monte or Hunt’s or whoever. I would imagine frozen vegetables, etc. would be the same. As I’ve gotten older , I read ingredient labels a lot more for healthier versions. Oh I still like my “non-healthy food fixes once in a while, like bacon, sausage, etc.
When my kids were small we watched Mr. Rogers Neigherhood all the time. He had some very interesting pieces on there, like how they made bicycles, potato chips, toothpaste, frozen dinners, toilet paper and so on. Very inforative and done in such a way that little kids could understand it, and adults found it most interesting
I guess I got a little off subject, there, oh well! :-)
usfellers over 14 years ago
Hi Joe Yes, unbranded things have to come from sources producing branded items. My father worked in a Melbourne brewery for over 40 years. He told me that when they bottled the beer they would do so many with one label and then change labels in the chute of the station where they were put on the bottles.
All my life I have tried to convince beer ‘connoisseurs” (if there is such a thing) of that fact - but no - they insist the beers were different.
Don’cha just love to hate at the supermarket.. Park your trolley in front of a stack and, sure enough, you will be in the way of some all-suffering soul who wants the item behind your trolley.
Stand in line at checkout and wouldn’t you just love to tell the person in front of you that they are buying junk food and that your selection is based on a much more informed approach.
Then there are the items the supermarket tells you are part of their price-cutting campaign and that they are 2 cents cheaper than they were a month ago. No mention of the fact that everything else has gone up by 3+ cents in the meantime.
There is. of course, the ‘rewards’ card. Get a few cents off fuel if you spend a certain amount. Of course, the cost of items is loaded to cover the discount which, in fact, makes the reward card actually a penalty card if you don’t have one.
Oh yes, the swipe of the ‘rewards card’ also places the information on the store’s computer as to what you have bought,. Maybe they will restock the item, along with a new price to match your preference.
As a finale to the cynicsim about it all, there is the urge while in the carpark, to tell the person parked in the ‘Disabled’ zone that you are aware they are only using the card for their disabled relative to gain a favored spot.
Tongue-in-cheek folks, but do you recognise a modicum of truth.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 14 years ago
usfellers your last statement, “a modicum of truth”, oh yes!
And One more thing , these great SPECIAL DEALS, don’t you love how they only order in two, three, or four of said sale item, and there are no “rain checks” for said items when they run out of “said sale items”?