When you pour soda in a glass & it goes flat

[Dorothy Mae]

Lower. Much lower. Lol.

But I have to admit that is likely for the majority judging by what and how they write. Sigh!

 

[GodsGrace]

"If we don't learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it." There are generations who learned from history and still voices out there warning of its repetition. There are some who see it and the brave man or woman stands when others throw up their hands and give up. (For the Dispensationalists, it means doing nothing and waiting for Jesus to come.)

Do you think we really learn from history?
It seems to keep repeating itself.
I don't believe in doing nothing....
but I also see that river coming down and nothing is stopping it.
Small, personal action is pretty insignificant unless a person is someone that could really change history.
Not too many of those around.

 

[jasonc]

Being taken care of is an appealing proposition.
We've either lived through a lot of what formed the older generations or knew persons that did.

This is all gone Dorothy. It has to be a accepted.
The second WW was almost 100 years ago. Think of it. The younger generations don't know about communism and totalitarianism. They don't even read books about it anymore.

It's a brave new world.

History can be as I do it and I'm not even trained ,made interesting and taught.

I had persons love my presentation on the post offices in Vero.i used photos of a home that everyone passed and I heard from two members who lived in it and never knew it's story.

I didn't as I choose not to going into the 1940s save the post office change .

I had a retired history teacher say you make history alive .all we teach is facts not faces ,homes and so forth .

No one goes into the local stories of Vero during WW2 and who served here and died or lived here because they were trained here .


We even have a veteran who is well known and has talked about it.wally skiscm .

 

[Dorothy Mae]

Do you think we really learn from history?

Yes, sometimes. There are examples, but I do admit if it isn’t taught to subsequent generations, history can be repeated.

It seems to keep repeating itself.
I don't believe in doing nothing....
but I also see that river coming down and nothing is stopping it.
Small, personal action is pretty insignificant unless a person is someone that could really change history.

There are examples in history of one man saving a nation from going down a path another did. The Brits, for example, established a parliamentary government and restricted the power of the monarchy without the violence the Russians and French experienced. One man in England fought against slavery. It ended without a civil war. There are many examples. One courageous man can make a difference at times.

Not too many of those around.

I agree. Most care only about themselves.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Close encounters of the third kind

I really liked that one.
I have built several volcanos in my living room because of that movie.

 

[GodsGrace]

War Horse. :tongue

Is that a movie?
I miss so many good movies over here.
: (

 

[Riven]

You might be surprised.

True. I haven't taken the test in a while.

 

[jasonc]

I really liked that one.
I have built several volcanos in my living room because of that movie.

Devils mountain .my brother went to house where the boy was abducted in that movie .it's in Alabama.

The mountain influenced this boy to learn about the Ozarks and the north and south Dakota .

 

[GodsGrace]

You may be old enough to remember "Hang on Sloopy " and Beatle mania

Saw it heard it in Dolby Surround Sound , I am so cool .

Hey. Hey.
I saw Star Wars in a great movie theater in Manhattan.
The Ziegeld.
I'm soooooo cool !

Wonder if it's still there.

 

[GodsGrace]

What to your mind is real sci fi?

Let's see...
Ray Bradbury
Orson Wells
Aldous Huxley
George Orwell
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The 13th Floor
Brazil
Blade Runner
Hunger Games
Lucy

I think you get the idea.
Not just an action movie with aliens in it.
It has to have a theme and a moral.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Hey. Hey.
I saw Star Wars in a great movie theater in Manhattan.
The Ziegeld.
I'm soooooo cool !

Wonder if it's still there.

No, I don't think Star Wars is in theaters anymore.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

I miss so many good movies over here.
: (

Why? Because they're on after your bedtime?

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Lower. Much lower. Lol.

If intelligence was a game of Limbo, who do you think would be some of the finalists around here?

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Small, personal action is pretty insignificant unless a person is someone that could really change history.
Not too many of those around.

I can't even change my socks on a regular basis, so count me out on the changing history thing. :neutral

 

[GodsGrace]

I really liked that one.
I have built several volcanos in my living room because of that movie.

Were they made out of mashed potatoes?

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Were they made out of mashed potatoes?

Well, duh! Of course.

And brown gravy, too.
With mushrooms (as rocks).

 

[GodsGrace]

If intelligence was a game of Limbo, who do you think would be some of the finalists around here?

Riven better not answer that.
You gonna get us banned!

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Riven better not answer that.
You gonna get us banned!

I think we kind of know already, lol.

 

[GodsGrace]

Well, duh! Of course.

And brown gravy, too.
With mushrooms (as rocks).

And I'll bet you heard some strange piano music in the background.

 

[Riven]

No, I don't think Star Wars is in theaters anymore.

It will be. They're making three new movies.