The Musketeers are all tied up and seem to have lost interest in their coffee? LOL.
The Musketeers are all tied up and seem to have lost interest in their coffee? LOL.
With his eyes locked on the open space on the overhead luggage rack, the big guy, with the even bigger suitcase, walked all over his fellow travelers feet,
I think the message is right -- one should check one's luggage.With his eyes locked on the open space on the overhead luggage rack, the big guy, with the even bigger suitcase, walked all over his fellow travelers feet,![]()
Those suits look marvelous, but that camera is what has captured my attention in the illustration above. Not admitting that I am getting (that) old, but I can remember when those multiple lensed movie cameras where the hot Christmas gifts for the men of the house, with a note on the wrapped gift telling one to open first! LOL. Good memories, for sure.
I love train travel because, as you note, it feels so much more civilized to me. Living in New York, I have pretty good train coverage from Baltimore to Boston, with okay train travel to few modestly farther points as well. If in anyway possible, we choose Amtrak over flying when traveling anywhere in, as this area is called, the Northeast Corridor.I think the message is right -- one should check one's luggage.
Whenever I travel by air, I check my baggage, except for a small briefcase, thinking it would be helpful to others if I don't bring anything larger on board. And then I find that the overhead bins are packed to the rafters with giant suitcases crammed in every which way. I had to argue with a fellow once so that he would not shove a monster "carry-on" suitcase on top of my soft-sided briefcase and smash my laptop inside it! One more reason why, bring retired, I don't travel by air much anymore. Crowded airports, harried travelers -- who needs the aggravation?
But train travel is actually more civilized -- for one thing, there is more space. I don't think it will happen in my lifetime, but eventually mag-lev trains running over monorail networks will be the fastest way to get from city center to city center, especially since airports are usually located far away from downtowns. And think of the reduction in fossil fuel usage when switching from aviation fuel to electric power.
I, too, remember those days, which in truth if you stretch it to digital cameras, aren't that long ago as there was a time, into the '00s, when a digital camera was a hot gift.Those suits look marvelous, but that camera is what has captured my attention in the illustration above. Not admitting that I am getting (that) old, but I can remember when those multiple lensed movie cameras where the hot Christmas gifts for the men of the house, with a note on the wrapped gift telling one to open first! LOL. Good memories, for sure.Now we use our iphones to make our videos.
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Jeeze Louise, my friend, we are really going to be sad when it is us the relatives have dumped into a bowl and are gathering dust due to lack of any attention being placed upon us over extended periods of time! LOL.I, too, remember those days, which in truth if you stretch it to digital cameras, aren't that long ago as there was a time, into the '00s, when a digital camera was a hot gift.
We bought several for the nephews over the years back then and they were excited as heck. Now, as you note, it's all miraculously done with one's phone today.
I love the progress, but get sad when I see, as I did a few Christmases ago, a really nice (and pretty expensive) digital camera we bought one of those now young men sitting in a dusty bowl in their parents' kitchen that clearly hadn't been touched in a long time.
I don't blame them at all for moving on, it just somehow made me sad to see this once-important gift now completely ignored.
The Dust Bowl of old age?Jeeze Louise, my friend, we are really going to be sad when it is us the relatives have dumped into a bowl and are gathering dust due to lack of any attention being placed upon us over extended periods of time! LOL.![]()
It appears to be the ritual 'passing of the masses' as the early service ends and the later service is about to begin at the "Little White Church" in the vale. Can't help but note that all are wearing their Sunday best! Happy Sunday to the brotherhood.