Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wellll, let's see - Mom's a nurse and works the 3-11 shift; Dad, a middle manager for a widget company, get's home at 7 after an hour-and-forty-minute commute that's necessitated by his living far enough outside the side city to be able to afford a house; Junior, 16, has sports after school until 6, and grabs food when he comes home because he's close to starving. Juniorette, 13, gets home at 4:30 from afterschool activities and fixes herself something in the microwave around five. And this wonderful Norman Rockwell family dinner takes place when? I know - Junior, Juniorette, and Dad, can wait and eat with Mom around midnight - or J,J and D can eat around 7:30 - that's likely. This is not a pretty picture. In fact it is an ugly picture. But it is reality for countless families in 2005, and has been for decades. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Afterswift@aol.com Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 2:01 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Off Topic In a message dated 1/30/05 8:13:31 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org writes: > As for KFC . . . well I haven't seen the ad but there are people I've > visited whose kids just leave the table, listen to their iPods at > dinner, wear their hats etc etc. Shuddering. Somewhere you learn > respect for a group. > > Adam > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- What's the point of having a family if only the technicality of sharing the family name gives kids some commonality. Kids are out of the house after high school. That's a very short time to enjoy the warmth and orientation of family life. The best preparation for appreciating all the aspects of civilized life begins at the dinner table. As photographers see the world, at least. Bob _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information