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08-18-2023, 01:10 PM | #46 |
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I find myself very slow to DNF something so I don't want to set any more barriers with competition (even with myself).
I do find finding a book to be the most onerous part of reading. I wish that I had a "Royal Reader" (whether that actually ever existed or not). I dunno, it seems like novels rule the roost in most libraries? Just look at "most popular" or even "recent additions" In a perfect world I would read F/NF/F/NF... |
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Or like it. I saw one in the 1990s someone had brought to Limerick, Ireland, and one day it burnt down. But in 1970s East Germany was exporting Wartburgs to UK. No reverse gear. A 2 stroke that could be started in reverse due to 2nd set of points. Very ingenious. Wartburgs were metal. |
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Why? There are certainly more chances for a kid to get in a traffic accident than to get kidnapped and/or murdered. And traffic accidents were less likely to happen when I was a child, at least where I lived. Simply because there were a lot fewer cars around. These days practically every adult has a car, often several per family; it was not this way in my childhood.
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My memory may be faulty but as I recall it, years back, pedestrians seemed to be more careful. The stop and look both ways before stepping off the curb to cross the street mantra. Now, I've had to brake hard when someone staring at the cellphone decides to step off the curb on a red light. I don't mind so much that they are feeling suicidal—it's their life, I just wish they wouldn't have some poor driver blamed for their death.
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I think there is a tendency by modern pyschological writers to "poo poo" more peaceful times. I know that people, when I was a kid, weren't afraid all the time — most of them didn't even lock their doors. If you had 10 and 12 year-old kids now, would you let them hitchike? |
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Locally, the number of murders has about doubled over the 1970s, OTOH, the number of murders per 100,000 has actually dropped by ~50%. The majority of the murders now also seem to be gangland hits (most commonly, someone gets shot and the police find a SUV a few kilometres away that is a burnt out shell).
Of course, now we also have the homeless encampments which are a source of a lot of calls for police, fire and ambulance. The residents of an encampment in Crab Park are demanding the city of Vancouver fix up a nearby parking lot which belongs to the Port of Vancouver with tiny homes so they can be more comfortable during the winter. An idea which is not gaining all that much traction in an area where few can afford to purchase a home or even rent a apartment on their own. Not to mention that the Port of Vancouver which is federally controlled is restricted from allowing residential development on their property. |
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Lol, I went bactk to read this thread and I thought it was complaining about the gentrification of reading.
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08-18-2023, 08:36 PM | #56 |
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I lived when it was safer for kids in this country. So I know reality vs. selective stat gathering from those with an agenda. |
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I won't keep derailing this topic arguing with you. I just have an interest in this since I heard a theory about how violence in the US dropped when lead was removed from gasoline. Last edited by ZodWallop; 08-19-2023 at 01:14 AM. |
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The Girl Who Sat On A Tuffet: An unputdownable domestic crime thriller with a shocking twist that will leave you breathless I understand why lesser known authors do it. But I still don't like it. Last edited by ZodWallop; 08-19-2023 at 01:12 AM. |
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