Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
As much as I pi55 and moan about how crappy things are today, things are generally much better than they used to be.
1) Road markings - I grew up before reflective paint and Bott's dots. Driving on a two lane country road at night, in the rain, was an adventure, one that ended badly far more than it does today.
2) Headlights - Kinda related to 1). before 1984 or so, headlights were required to be sealed beam units and halogen lights were forbade. The headlights flat out sucked compared to the lights nowadys (except, over time a lot of the cheap plastic gets cloudy).
3) Word Processing - Put tons of secretaries out of work, but it sure was a huge step up over the typewriter when it came to revising your work or correcting errors.
4) Cheap foreign made clothing - complain all you want about the loss of American textile jobs, but foreign workers produce good of simillar quality at much lower prices. Enables you to spend less income on clothing and more on other stuff.
5) Industrial farming - I remember all the laments of the small farmers in the 80s, and all the Farm-aids, etc put on by Willie and John Cougar, but holy cow, we are growing so much food the government pays folks (and, yes, big agra) NOT to grow food. Think about that.
6) Heart Medicine - When i was a kid in the seventies, heart attacks were usually fatal...and out of the blue. That isn't the case these days, and there are all sorts of meds out there to lower bp, lower cholesterol, and after the fact (or pre attack) surgery has made great strides.
1) Road markings - I grew up before reflective paint and Bott's dots. Driving on a two lane country road at night, in the rain, was an adventure, one that ended badly far more than it does today.
2) Headlights - Kinda related to 1). before 1984 or so, headlights were required to be sealed beam units and halogen lights were forbade. The headlights flat out sucked compared to the lights nowadys (except, over time a lot of the cheap plastic gets cloudy).
3) Word Processing - Put tons of secretaries out of work, but it sure was a huge step up over the typewriter when it came to revising your work or correcting errors.
4) Cheap foreign made clothing - complain all you want about the loss of American textile jobs, but foreign workers produce good of simillar quality at much lower prices. Enables you to spend less income on clothing and more on other stuff.
5) Industrial farming - I remember all the laments of the small farmers in the 80s, and all the Farm-aids, etc put on by Willie and John Cougar, but holy cow, we are growing so much food the government pays folks (and, yes, big agra) NOT to grow food. Think about that.
6) Heart Medicine - When i was a kid in the seventies, heart attacks were usually fatal...and out of the blue. That isn't the case these days, and there are all sorts of meds out there to lower bp, lower cholesterol, and after the fact (or pre attack) surgery has made great strides.
