I grew up in New Zealand in the 50s-60s. We got most info on current events from the radio. Later on there was TV, but it was mainly radio. Our radio had long-wave and if atmospheric conditions were right you could pick up foreign broadcasts.
Other knowledge came from school, obviously, and from libraries. I absolutely haunted my local library, and read voraciously. I still have a fund of info in my head from back then that comes in handy in pub quizzes. When I wasn't reading I was out with my friends on our bicycles. We rode for miles at a time - I don't remember ever telling an adult where we were going.
(About libraries - I don't know if you're aware, but the tycoon Andrew Carnegie funded libraries around the world, including the one in the city near my home town.)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_library
Having said all that and making it sound idyllic, it wasn't. Society back then was repressive in major ways and people's viewpoints were generally narrow. History books weren't always telling the truth. It wasn't terrible compared with say apartheid South Africa, but not great. There was a counter-culture bubbling away - beatniks and then hippies - so it was possible to get an alternative view, just about.
I love the technology that gives me access to not just information, but the lived experience of people round the world. I love reading posts here about mad trivial stuff like what you all are having for breakfast. I love taking a Street View tour of places I'll likely never visit. I'm reading a novel set in Iceland at the moment, and can "drive" along the route a character is taking. I can video chat with my sister, who lives 10,000 miles away. It's a miracle!
“Insurrectionists carrying foreign flags are attacking immigration enforcement officers, while one half of America’s political leadership has decided that border enforcement is evil,” Vice President JD Vance said in a post on X Saturday night.
Chiming in to say you're right. I ignored acid reflux for years and now have what's called "Barret's esophagus", pre-cancerous cells in my throat. It turned out I had a hiatus hernia. Had that repaired and now have a gastroscopy every couple of years to check I don't have cancer. So yes, listen to your body.
In my feed this came immediately after a photo of slime mould, so my reaction was instinctively "yuck!" - but in fact this looks absolutely delicious, especially after reading the ingredients. Paprika, cumin and turmeric are my top favourite spices.
Oh yes, the clever young woman points out a few things, eg the plot is VERY similar to a much earlier story, where the girl is 17, not 13. And Romeo's age is never mentioned. "Bit weird isn't it, Mr Shakespeare?"
Oh yes, the clever young woman points out a few things, eg the plot is VERY similar to a much earlier story, where the girl is 17, not 13. And Romeo's age is never mentioned. "Bit weird isn't it, Mr Shakespeare?"
About ten years ago I was talking to one of my sisters on the phone. She was in NZ, I'm in the UK, so it wasn't an everyday thing. Evening for me, morning for her. So we're chatting away and suddenly there's a weird noise, like interference on the line. I remarked on it - and it turned out it was her PEEING. She somehow thought I wouldn't hear? Bloody hell.
My neighbour has celiac disease and he's very grateful to the trendsetters - the previously tiny selection of gluten-free products has ballooned. There's even a fish and chip shop that does a gluten-free day each week when they change the frying oil.
Lol, that was going to be no 3 on my list. I'm at an age where I don't fall over, I "have a fall", and my own stupid feet are a trip hazard. It's going to kill me one of these days, if heart disease or cancer doesn't get me first.
Must be nice having an exact time to work towards!
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I grew up in New Zealand in the 50s-60s. We got most info on current events from the radio. Later on there was TV, but it was mainly radio. Our radio had long-wave and if atmospheric conditions were right you could pick up foreign broadcasts.
Other knowledge came from school, obviously, and from libraries. I absolutely haunted my local library, and read voraciously. I still have a fund of info in my head from back then that comes in handy in pub quizzes. When I wasn't reading I was out with my friends on our bicycles. We rode for miles at a time - I don't remember ever telling an adult where we were going.
(About libraries - I don't know if you're aware, but the tycoon Andrew Carnegie funded libraries around the world, including the one in the city near my home town.) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_library
Having said all that and making it sound idyllic, it wasn't. Society back then was repressive in major ways and people's viewpoints were generally narrow. History books weren't always telling the truth. It wasn't terrible compared with say apartheid South Africa, but not great. There was a counter-culture bubbling away - beatniks and then hippies - so it was possible to get an alternative view, just about.
I love the technology that gives me access to not just information, but the lived experience of people round the world. I love reading posts here about mad trivial stuff like what you all are having for breakfast. I love taking a Street View tour of places I'll likely never visit. I'm reading a novel set in Iceland at the moment, and can "drive" along the route a character is taking. I can video chat with my sister, who lives 10,000 miles away. It's a miracle!