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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3169159, member: 112&quot;]Randy - my hat&#039;s off to ya sir ! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hmmm - do you remember the &#039;60s ? Attitudes weren&#039;t much different then. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Your day is coming ! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And then ya have stuff like this - </p><p><br /></p><p>An Assyrian clay tablet dating to around 2800 B.C. bears the inscription:</p><p><br /></p><p><i> “Our Earth is degenerate in these later days; there are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; every man wants to write a book and the end of the world is evidently approaching.”</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or this - </p><p><br /></p><p>Naram Sin, 5000 B.C.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;We have fallen upon evil times, the world has waxed old and wicked. Politics are very corrupt. Children are no longer respectful to their elders. Each man wants to make himself conspicuous and write a book.&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>And I can not think of a more appropriate time to post this. The question however is this - how many will heed the lesson ?</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">“Echoes”</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Many people there are</p> <p style="text-align: center">in this world of ours</p> <p style="text-align: center">Who search for things</p> <p style="text-align: center">they cannot find</p> <p style="text-align: center">They pay no heed</p> <p style="text-align: center">to the echoes of time</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Some search for love</p> <p style="text-align: center">and some search for truth</p> <p style="text-align: center">And then there are those</p> <p style="text-align: center">who seek the fountain of youth</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Some seek out pleasure</p> <p style="text-align: center">but find only pain</p> <p style="text-align: center">And some seek the sound</p> <p style="text-align: center">of a choral refrain</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Many places they&#039;ll look</p> <p style="text-align: center">but they&#039;ll seldom find</p> <p style="text-align: center">The answers to questions</p> <p style="text-align: center">or peace of mind</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">These things that they seek</p> <p style="text-align: center">they won&#039;t find in bars</p> <p style="text-align: center">And nor will they find them</p> <p style="text-align: center">above in the stars</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Some folks will tell you</p> <p style="text-align: center">these things can be found</p> <p style="text-align: center">If you&#039;d open your eyes</p> <p style="text-align: center">and just look around</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">But the wise man will say</p> <p style="text-align: center">with his eyes all aglisten</p> <p style="text-align: center">Just open your ears</p> <p style="text-align: center">sit down and listen</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Most they will scoff</p> <p style="text-align: center">and some they will laugh</p> <p style="text-align: center">And when the laughter is over</p> <p style="text-align: center">they&#039;ll order a draft</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">But a few they will listen</p> <p style="text-align: center">and soon they will find</p> <p style="text-align: center">That the answers lie waiting</p> <p style="text-align: center">in the echoes of time</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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