Tiki Tom
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A bottle of wine and a bouquet of fresh flowers is something that I have treated my wife to, every week of the fifty three years that we have been married. It's not to score points, it's because I take the view that if I find her attractive then it feasibly possible that others could too. (It also almost guarantees a regular supply of new shirts too.)Yes. Too soon. Am gobsmacked that it has been twenty years.
Regarding flowers… I went through a romantic (small r) phase in my life when my credo was “always have fresh flowers on the table and a bottle of bubbly chilling in the fridge.” Of course, —-especially after we had kids—- I often did not live up to my own standard; but it was a nice sentiment. The underlying idea being to try to celebrate life even during weeks when there was no “special occasion “.
Why does a sexual profanity enter my head when seeing anything Christmas related, anywhere outside of Christmas?
Funny thing. I always thought, that Ohropax is an international term "Oropax", but indeed german with an "h".
But those are two different things.
What's the other??
Personal technology is slowly but steadily robbing humanity of its ability to interact face to face. I say "slowly," but it's happening a lot faster than anyone could have anticipated. Think about how many everyday interactions you would have had face-to-face just thirty years ago that are now transacted via apps. And think of how things were twenty years ago, ten years ago, and five years ago. And then tell me I'm a Luddite and an alarmist.
Put the gadgets down, humanity, while you still can. This isn't the future you want.
You better move to Germany. After the Covid bullshit, we will fully turn back to the 90s, here, as it always was. !
I had to laugh earlier today because I was watching the local morning news and the two anchors were discussing the numbers of photos on their cell phones. One had over 12,000, the other had over 17,000. I thought that seemed kind of excessive and couldn't understand how or why anyone would want that many photos on their cell phone, so I checked mine. 125. Not 125,000. 125. Seems a lot more reasonable....Put the gadgets down, humanity, while you still can. This isn't the future you want.
Personal technology is slowly but steadily robbing humanity of its ability to interact face to face. I say "slowly," but it's happening a lot faster than anyone could have anticipated. Think about how many everyday interactions you would have had face-to-face just thirty years ago that are now transacted via apps. And think of how things were twenty years ago, ten years ago, and five years ago. And then tell me I'm a Luddite and an alarmist.
Put the gadgets down, humanity, while you still can. This isn't the future you want.
I once had an apartment in Munich. And the women in that town, the food, drink, and scenic beauty
of Germany echo in memory. Only problemo is I cannot run the streets the way I did, stay up all night,
raise hell and pay heaven. But I can still interact face-to-face and don't need all the gizmoz prevalent today.
Marburg would be my top town choice.