the old grind
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"In today's World" IMO we're typically too invested in random national news for entertainment. News-people glamorize events for share, but if you give one a guess they can pass it on, but they can't make it more factual. We know GW made it across the Delaware, but not really in which uniform, or know how many men rowed his boat.
History books don't always agree on details or get their stories perfect. Neither will the guys that were in the truck when it hit that moose doing 60 with Jack driving .. or was it Dave? Newspapers die when people don't read current ones. Reporters might have had half a day to deliver. Nowadays an hour or two is 'late' and the 'next edition' is already live and online.
We tend to cling to the digital media we often despise. (What, is the remote broken? We stuck in the chair?) "Give me State's Rights" but let me fuss over how stuff is done in one I won't move to. If I hear about something in another region or time zone maybe I need something to care about besides the international media conspiring with China to wreck our economy before landing troops on US soil. And then maybe something positive and in my own community is worth more focus.
There's a thread here about what your world looks like .. with eyes open. What does ours look like when they're closed? Do we picture planting a food plot/garden/crop, painting the BH, that one touchdown last Sat over OSU, .. or imagine getting revenge on that neighbor who robbed our orchard and then shot at our dog? Attitude and disposition are user-selectable. Just like news and weather people we work with what we got, live with it, and move on.
This thread has dissipated for sure. Our hindsight means little & I'd rather follow one honoring the lives lost and those injured.
History books don't always agree on details or get their stories perfect. Neither will the guys that were in the truck when it hit that moose doing 60 with Jack driving .. or was it Dave? Newspapers die when people don't read current ones. Reporters might have had half a day to deliver. Nowadays an hour or two is 'late' and the 'next edition' is already live and online.
We tend to cling to the digital media we often despise. (What, is the remote broken? We stuck in the chair?) "Give me State's Rights" but let me fuss over how stuff is done in one I won't move to. If I hear about something in another region or time zone maybe I need something to care about besides the international media conspiring with China to wreck our economy before landing troops on US soil. And then maybe something positive and in my own community is worth more focus.
There's a thread here about what your world looks like .. with eyes open. What does ours look like when they're closed? Do we picture planting a food plot/garden/crop, painting the BH, that one touchdown last Sat over OSU, .. or imagine getting revenge on that neighbor who robbed our orchard and then shot at our dog? Attitude and disposition are user-selectable. Just like news and weather people we work with what we got, live with it, and move on.
This thread has dissipated for sure. Our hindsight means little & I'd rather follow one honoring the lives lost and those injured.