“You Used To Think Zapping Your Food With Rays Was Safe?”

I was thinking today that much of what is here now, is likely to be different than what will be here in 30 years.  Here’s what started that thought:

“You Used To Think Zapping Your Food With Rays Was Safe?”
Microwave oven
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They’ll either say:

“How did you get the electricity into those wires?”

or they’ll ask:

“Why did you connect all the buildings together with those wiry things?”

Pole carrying electricity, Cable TV, and telep...
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“Gramps, that looks like the letters they used to use in fancy documents. I wonder how long it takes to learn all those.”
The English alphabet, both upper and lower cas...
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“When maps were on paper, how did you ever know when you would get there?”
Louisville Roads: 1965
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“When music was on those CD things, what happened when you took them out of the holder? Would the music come off or did it stay?
“Would you have to go home every time someone called you. How did you decide what to do?”
A cordless phone produced by Panasonic
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Finally, and hopefully not. . .

“I’m glad they let you wait at home nowadays, I’d hate to wait in that little room for 6 months to see the doctor.”

Letterkenny General Hospital waiting room
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How To Rogaine – A Twitter Clinic About An Orienteering Sport

This Twitter Clinic was posted on Twitter May 24, 2007. lease follow me on Twitter so we can chat live during the clinics.

How To Rogaine – A Twitter Clinic. -it’s been a few days since my last Twitter clinic, and this one is quite different than my norm.

1st- A rogaine is an orienteering event where you use a map, compass and field clues to find “hidden” controls in the forest.

Unlike orienteering, there’s no course just a map with “controls” marked, you decide which ones you’ll try to get and in what order.

Each “control” or checkpoint has a point value associated with it, so you decide which to get based on that and seeming difficulty.

A Rogaine must be completed in a certain time frame; whereas, orienteering is more of a race akin marathons. So your course must involve the time it takes to get back.

Failure to return by the deadline results in lost points. Some include loss of your highest point value control for each minute you’re late

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Finding a control is a matter of map reading, compass skills, and the ability to read the topography and compare it to features on a map.

There are 6 hour, 12 hour and 24 hour Rogaine events. Us.orienteering.org is one of the best places to find Rogaine events listed near you.

Plan to bring a Camelback type water backpack, long pants, long sleeve shirt, shin guards for thorny bush areas, some food and a compass.

Normally you have to use the map they issue at the start, no other ones are allowed, so read the rules of your event. Also altimeters, GPS and electronics are forbidden

That’s the basics of Rogaining. Learn how to use the compass and read a map. Dress to prevent ticks and scratches.Get out there and have fun.

Rogaine events aren’t always easy to find so if you know about one, leave me a comment. I’m always looking for a new event.

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