This Is Very Sad

[Jerry Rapp]

went to the license office today to renew my plates. Rural southeast Missouri. I waited my turn and there were two 20 somethings behind me to conduct business also. While I was standing there getting ready to pay my fees, one of them said, "why are the flags at half mast". The other, while staring into her "smart" phone, said I have no clue. I just turned around and said, "Joan Rivers died". One said "cool", the other just nodded her head. After I got done with business, I said to them, "please remember 9/11" They gave me the deer in the head lights look and I just said "google it" Sad.....

[tho1mas]

Our leaders in a few years.

[fishinwrench]

Yeah, let's not forget to investigate that !

Not another word, I promise.

[ness]

That doesn't bother me as much after thinking about it for a minute. They're clueless. There are lots of them out there.

[Jerry Rapp]

Yeah, let's not forget to investigate that !

Not another word, I promise.

snicker....

[Mitch f]

I don't think there is an app for clueless.

But in reality they are being perfectly conditioned in many ways for the society in which they will live...all kidding aside.

Except maybe for the poverty part

[ness]

Jerry -- I've been thinking about this. First, congrats to you for pointing out to them what the importance of the day is. But, with the benefit of having time to sit and think, maybe it would have been good to try to inform them of the importance of it. Standing in line at the DMV -- that's a captive audience if there ever was one. I'm not criticizing, just thinking what might have had the biggest impact. Maybe all us old farts would be better messengers if we took advantage of our stature and educated rather than judged. Again -- not saying what you did was wrong.

[Bird Watcher]

Jerry -- I've been thinking about this. First, congrats to you for pointing out to them what the importance of the day is. But, with the benefit of having time to sit and think, maybe it would have been good to try to inform them of the importance of it. Standing in line at the DMV -- that's a captive audience if there ever was one. I'm not criticizing, just thinking what might have had the biggest impact. Maybe all us old farts would be better messengers if we took advantage of our stature and educated rather than judged. Again -- not saying what you did was wrong.

Gotta say Ness, you said it better than I could.

[TheBeardedTay]

Jerry -- I've been thinking about this. First, congrats to you for pointing out to them what the importance of the day is. But, with the benefit of having time to sit and think, maybe it would have been good to try to inform them of the importance of it. Standing in line at the DMV -- that's a captive audience if there ever was one. I'm not criticizing, just thinking what might have had the biggest impact. Maybe all us old farts would be better messengers if we took advantage of our stature and educated rather than judged. Again -- not saying what you did was wrong.

Very well said indeed. We're definitely headed in a dark direction. Surprisingly enough, people are still too lazy to research or look something up with the phone in their pocket. The phone that has more technology than the Apollo Astronauts that landed on the friggin moon! What happened to that America?

[jdmidwest]

I thought it was for the Rice Guy that beat his wife and lost his football jersey.

I was just thinking about it today, I think it was the last time I have seen gas at $1.45 was that morning. Before the day was over, it jumped to over $2 and there was talk of prosecuting for price gouging. Now its $3.20 and nobody blinks an eye.

I was coming out of the shower getting ready for work when the second tower got hit, watched the plane sail into it on live TV. Called the office and told them I was going to be late. Stopped on the way in an hour later and topped off the tank. By the time I went to lunch, the streets were almost empty and all planes were grounded, the town had an eery silence to it. It was a moment in history I will never forget, but was never really a part of.

I do remember the United States coming together in a sense of patriotism for a while after that. Then that all came to an end in about 2007 and today we are a nation that is divided for the most part.