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Aussie105

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1. Oh No! Disaster! Panic big time!

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sun Jan 2, 2022, 08:21 PM

Jan 2022

How will people get by without plane flights?
(Same as before mass air transport was developed and became a 'must have, must do'.)

Same answer to . . . Oh no, running out of petrol/cell towers down/electricity supply disrupted!

But then I grew up in a time no one had cars, cell phones, or cheap air travel.

Guys with horse drawn carts came around for the daily milk, fresh vegetables . . . everything else involved riding to the nearest shop on a bicycle - job for the older/oldest male child in the family - with one shopping bag. With a note and the right money in your pocket.

Don't confuse 'convenient' with 'essential'.

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Almost 2,000 flights canceled on Sunday in the US [View all] left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 OP

Oh No! Disaster! Panic big time! Aussie105 Jan 2022 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 #2

Do you really think electricity, telephones, and gasoline in 2022 America are just "conveniences"? Dial H For Hero Jan 2022 #3

Yep. Aussie105 Jan 2022 #4

Without electricity and fossils fuels, I very quickly wouldn't have water, food, or warmth. Dial H For Hero Jan 2022 #5

Indigenous tribes don't worry about it... LiberatedUSA Jan 2022 #25

If they could generate power from smugness and condescension Clash City Rocker Jan 2022 #7

I'm a hypocrite then. Aussie105 Jan 2022 #8

You have a quaint understanding of the modern world Orrex Jan 2022 #10

Yo! Dude! Aussie105 Jan 2022 #12

Then you really don't know what you're talking about Orrex Jan 2022 #13

Remember, women here are usually groped to even get on a plane. moriah Jan 2022 #19

Seriously ? left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 #9

Have a little respect for the centenarian! Orrex Jan 2022 #11

I grew up in a small rural town in outback South Australia. Aussie105 Jan 2022 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Aussie105 Jan 2022 #15

I like it. Magoo48 Jan 2022 #26

Funny how flights are being cancelled but schools are somehow required to be open Orrex Jan 2022 #6

Give it a week NickB79 Jan 2022 #16

You're right, of course, and that's the tragedy Orrex Jan 2022 #17

Effective tomorrow, my daughter's middle school is dropping mask mandates NickB79 Jan 2022 #20

"Masks optional" means "we'll take your side if anyone gives you shit for not wearing a mask." Orrex Jan 2022 #23

Sounds about right. Aussie105 Jan 2022 #18

My kid rescheduled his flight MissB Jan 2022 #21

We just flew Southwest this afternoon DFW Jan 2022 #22

I don't know where my mind was, but I read that as "FIGHTS." C Moon Jan 2022 #24